With Paterson and Billingham's departures, the core of Dexys became Rowland, Adams, and O'Hara. In September, touring behind the hit album, Dexys embarked on The Bridge tour. [7] On 10 October 1982, the Dexys performance at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London was recorded by Steve Barron and then released on videodisk and videocassette (and later DVD) as an edited 9-song set also entitled The Bridge. a b Smith, Adam (16 March 2022). "Dexy's cancel 40th anniversary Come On Eileen tour due to motorbike accident". Express & Star. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022 . Retrieved 16 March 2022.

a b c d Kinney, Fergal (26 October 2014). "Dexy's: Nowhere is Home – Kevin Rowland and Jim Paterson in depth interview". Louder Than War. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016 . Retrieved 1 April 2016. Press Office – BBC says fond farewell to Top of the Pops". BBC. 20 June 2006. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019 . Retrieved 30 January 2020.

In an interview with HitQuarters Gatfield later described the recording process as "very long and painful", [22] and he left the group after a short tour of France and the UK. The album's most controversial feature was its use of conversational dialogue in the songs; [23] Rowland said, "The idea of a conversation in a song is interesting to me." [24] Commenting on this, O'Hara said that "we had to keep going ahead with what we believed" despite the length of time that the production took. [25] Most contemporaneous reviewers strongly disliked this latest incarnation of Dexys, comparing the new look to "double glazing salesmen" and condemning the album as "a mess" and "truly awful". [21] [26] [27] Only a few reviewers were supportive; for example, writing in the Melody Maker, Colin Irwin described it as "quite the most challenging, absorbing, moving, uplifting and ultimately triumphant album of the year". [28] Key, Iain (3 April 2023). "Watch This! New Dexys single and album announcement". Louder Than War. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023 . Retrieved 4 April 2023. Let the Record Show - Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul by Dexys Midnight Runners". Official Charts. The Official UK Charts Company . Retrieved 3 August 2023. Documentary Nowhere is Home – a Film about Dexys". walesartreview.com. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015 . Retrieved 9 November 2015. Things You Didn't Know: "Come On Eileen" By Dexys Midnight Runners". WCBS-FM. 29 March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016 . Retrieved 12 February 2016.

a b "Dexys announce special London performances". The Irish World. 25 May 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016 . Retrieved 30 June 2016. Happy Birthday: Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama". Rhino Records. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016 . Retrieved 12 February 2016. Rowland became a solo singer with the release of 1988's poorly received album, The Wanderer. [7] Rowland suffered from financial problems, drug addiction and depression. [29] Rowland said: "I'd been too confident, too arrogant. I thought everyone would hear our new music and go: 'Wow.'" [19] When he went to sign on for a jobseeker's allowance, another unemployed person recognised him and sang "Come On Eileen". [19] Dance Stance", which Rhodes produced, was released on Oddball Records, which Rhodes owned, and which was distributed by EMI. [7] Although it was named "single of the week" by Sounds, [5] it stalled at number 40 in the British charts, [7] which EMI and Rowland believed was due to Rhodes' poor production. [6] Rowland said, "We learned that early on, that the wrong producer can totally screw your record up." [6] As a result, Dexys fired Rhodes and signed with EMI, and EMI immediately put Pete Wingfield in charge of their production. [6] Saunders and Ward left the band, replaced by Andy Leek (keyboards) and Andy "Stoker" Growcott (drums). [7] Searching for the Young Soul Rebels and first band split [ edit ]Although Dexys began preparing material for a new album in late 1983, once the touring stopped, the band was reduced to a nucleus of Rowland, Adams, O'Hara and Gatfield. [6] Rowland wanted to explore different songwriting, and Dexys Midnight Runners began recording more "introspective, mournful" music. [19] Recording and mixing the new album took almost two years and spread across Switzerland, the U.K., and the U.S; [7] at various times, Tom Dowd, Jimmy Miller, and John Porter were attached as producers. [20] Some seasoned performers, ex-Dexys members, and session musicians made up the rest of the band, including Vincent Crane (ex- Atomic Rooster) on piano, Julian Littman on mandolin, Tim Dancy (who had been Al Green's drummer) on drums, Tommy Evans on steel guitar, and former Dexys members "Big" Jim Paterson on trombone, Robert Noble on organ and synthesizer, and John "Rhino" Edwards on bass. Near the end of these sessions, Rowland and O'Hara's personal relationship broke up, although they continued to work together. [20] Curran, Shaun (21 July 2023). "The Feminine Divine: Dexys". Record Collector . Retrieved 1 August 2023. Don't Stand Me Down is the third studio album by English pop band Dexys Midnight Runners, released in September 1985 by Mercury Records. The title of the album was inspired by a line in the album's song "The Waltz".

a b c d e f g h i j Reynolds, Simon (2005) Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984, Faber & Faber, ISBN 0-571-21570-X, p. 293–296 Dexys made its only two live appearances of 2016 to support this release: one at a private reception at the Embassy of Ireland in London on 6 June and one at Rough Trade East in London on 3 June. [46] They also performed two songs on the ITV program Weekend on 11 June. [47] For these three performances, O'Hara temporarily rejoined Dexys in place of Morgan, who was unavailable. [46] Mason, Phil (3 December 2013). "Searching for the Old(er) Soul Rebel: An Interview with Dexys' Kevin Rowland". PopMatters.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016 . Retrieved 13 February 2016. Kevin Rowland, Liner notes for Don't Stand Me Down: The Director's Cut (2004). Retrieved 12 February 2015. The first single from the album was "She Got a Wiggle", released 28 May 2012. [38] They performed the song on Later... with Jools Holland in May 2012. The group toured in September 2012 in the UK, performing their new album. [39] Talbot left the group following this tour.

The band performed two new songs, "Manhood" and "If I Ever", on the UK Channel 4 TV show Saturday Zoo Because the band's lineup had been reduced to a quartet by the time of the recording, a number of performers and session musicians filled the other roles during the lengthy recording sessions, including Vincent Crane (ex- Atomic Rooster) on piano, Julian Littman on mandolin, Tim Dancy (who had been Al Green's drummer) on drums, Tommy Evans on steel guitar, and former Dexys members "Big" Jim Paterson on trombone, John "Rhino" Edwards on bass, and Robert Noble on organ and synthesizer. After more treatment, Rowland returned once more as a solo performer and signed to Creation Records, although, in his words, "every other record label advised [Creation] against it because I was trouble." [8] In 1997, he released his first project on Creation: a remastered and reprocessed version of Don't Stand Me Down with extensive liner notes, revised credits and titles, and two extra songs, which helped contribute to a significant reversal of opinion with regard to the album, which was now increasingly being re-evaluated and recognized as an unfairly overlooked masterwork. [29] [23] Following this, in 1999 Rowland released a new solo album of interpretations of "classic" songs called My Beauty, which received virtually no publicity or radio airplay and sold poorly but attracted attention for Rowland's cross-dressing cover attire. [8] [29] Rowland limited his pre-release publicity for the album to one interview, and he "auditioned" potential interviewers before selecting Jon Wilde. [8] However, the negative reaction to My Beauty and the demise of Creation Records shortly after its release meant that Rowland's planned follow-up album, which would have featured Dexys performing new material, was never made. The failure caused Rowland more problems; in his own words from 2003, "Four years ago, I was nuts." [29] Later, in March 2010, Rowland said that signing to Creation was "definitely a mistake". [31] Dexys Mark IV: 2003–present [ edit ] Dexys reformed [ edit ]