Come On Eileen

Peak Week

#1 · 1983-04-23

It debuted at #79 on January 22, 1983. It entered the Top 40 5 weeks later. It reached the Top 10 after 11 weeks. It reached a peak of #1 on April 23, 1983. After 23 weeks, its final appearance came on June 25, 1983.

Come On Eileen: The Breakthrough Moment

Dexys Midnight Runners's "Come On Eileen" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Come On Eileen" is a song by the English group Dexys Midnight Runners (credited to Dexys Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express), released in the United Kingdom in June 1982 as a single from their second studio album Too-Rye-Ay. 1 in the United States and was their second No. The song was produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley and was credited to Kevin Rowland, Jim Paterson, and Billy Adams, although Rowland later stated that the essence of the tune should be attributed to Kevin Archer. The song peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 23 weeks on the chart.