Dexys Midnight Runners star says huge hit became 'a millstone'

Singer Kevin Rowland said it was 'tough' when people would only talk about the band's biggest hit, Come On Eileen, because there were other ones during their 33 year career together Kevin Rowland said Come On Eileen got 'bigger' than the band (Image: Daily Record)

Come On Eileen singer Kevin Rowland said the song became a ‘millstone’ after it ‘got bigger' than the band itself. ‌

After Dexys Midnight Runners released the track in 1982 it shot to No1 in the UK and US and won Best British Single at the Brit Awards. But Rowland, 71, said it was ‘tough’ when folk would only ask him about that song rather than any of the band's other work. ‌

In response to the question of when he felt the song ceased to be his he told the Full Disclosure podcast : “I think when around ‘83, ‘