The Very Best of Dexys Midnight Runners

The Very Best of Dexys Midnight Runners
Compilation album by Dexys Midnight Runners
Released	21 May 1991
Recorded	1979–1982; 1984–1986
Genre	New Wave/Blue-eyed soul
Label	Universal Music TV

The Very Best of Dexys Midnight Runners is a best of compilation album by Dexys Midnight Runners. The album contained seven Dexys hits that had also been album tracks ("Geno, "There, There My Dear", "The Celtic Soul Brothers", "Come On Eileen", "Jackie Wilson Said", "Old", and "This Is What She's Like") but was more notable as the first album to contain ten of Dexys' non-album singles, including "Let's Get This Straight (From the Start)", "Because Of You",^[1] "Show Me", "One Way Love", "Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache", "Dance Stance", "Keep It Part Two (Inferiority Part One)", "I'm Just Looking", "Soon", and "Soul Finger"), plus the original recordings of two more ("Plan B", "Liars A to E"). "One Way Love" was the only Dexys song with Kevin Archer as the lead vocalist. The tracks covered Dexys' entire career, shown by the fact that, although the album was released on Mercury Records, 9 of the album's 19 songs were recorded for EMI Records, Dexys' first label.

The album peaked at #12 in the U.K. and was certified Gold on 1 June 1991.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Come On Eileen" (Kevin Rowland-"Big" Jim Paterson-Kevin "Billy" Adams)
2. "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" (Van Morrison)
3. "Let's Get This Straight (From the Start)" (Rowland-Adams-Helen O'Hara)
4. "Because of You (The Theme from Brush Strokes)" (Rowland-Adams-O'Hara)
5. "Show Me" (Rowland-Paterson)
6. "Celtic Soul Brothers (More, Please, Thank You)" (Rowland-Paterson-Mickey Billingham)
7. "Liars A to E" (Rowland-Paterson-Steve Torch)
8. "One Way Love" (Bert Berns-Jerry Ragovoy) *
9. "Old" (Rowland-Paterson)
10. "Geno" (Rowland-Kevin Archer) *
11. "There, There, My Dear" (Rowland-Archer) *
12. "Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache" (Sandy Linzer-Denny Randell) *
13. "Dance Stance" (Rowland) *
14. "Plan B" (Rowland-Paterson) *
15. "Keep It Part Two (Inferiority Part One)" (Rowland-Archer) *
16. "I'm Just Looking" (Rowland-Geoff Blythe-Pete Saunders) *
17. "Soon" (Rowland-Paterson)
18. "This Is What She's Like" (Rowland-Adams-O'Hara)
19. "Soul Finger" (King/Jones/Alexander/Caldwell/Cunningham/Cauley) *

• - licensed from EMI

References

1. Woodstra, Chris. "The Very Best of Dexys Midnight Runners". Retrieved 2016-02-12.
2. "Certified Awards: Dexys Midnight Runners". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2016-02-12.