To most of the world, Dexys Midnight Runners are the definition of a one-hit wonder. In reality, however, they achieved significantly more success in their homeland. The British band is best known for ...

Hi! Welcome to my new column, One-Hit Wondering. I’ll be choosing a different one-hit wonder band every week and listen to all their songs—or at least a good handful of them—to give these artists a ...

Dexys Midnight Runners look back on family, aging, and belonging on LOVE, where hard-won sincerity sometimes curdles into schmaltz. For nearly five decades, Kevin Rowland has made a career out of ...

While the 1960s may have had the most one-hit wonders, the 1980s produced the most memorable one-hit tracks that burned their sound into the brains of the listener. Far Out Magazine pointed to hits ...

Dexys Midnight Runners has announced a new album titled LOVE, which marks the group's first release under the Dexys Midnight Runners name since 1985's Don't Stand Me Down. Frontman Kevin Rowland ...

Nigel Farage has sparked another music-related controversy after using a famous 1980s hit at a Reform UK event. The political ...

Topping the 80s charts with their mega-hits, 'Come On Eileen' and 'Geno', the Dexys Midnight Runners became a household name and captured the hearts and souls of not only the Great British public, but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. Sometime around 2016, Kevin Rowland, the driving force behind the ...

Dexys Midnight Runners have signed to esteemed UK indie label Heavenly and announced their first album for them. LOVE was produced by David Holmes (Primal Scream, Noel Gallagher), is their first under ...

Finished with music, or so he thought, after some soul-searching, and studies in tao, tantra, and more, Rowland revisited the band’s Too-Rye-Ay for a 40th anniversary reissue. Never pleased with the ...

Their latest, is similarly constructed, albeit around a different theme. Anyone who connected with One Day I’m Going to Soar will likely find much to enjoy. Dexys mainstay Kevin Rowland gives us a ...