"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[4] as a single from their second studio album Too-Rye-Ay.

The song was produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley and was initially claimed to be written by Kevin Rowland, Jim Paterson and Billy Adams, although Rowland later stated that the essence of the tune should be attributed to Kevin Archer.

[8] According to Kevin Rowland, there was actually no real Eileen: "In fact she was composite, to make a point about Catholic repression.

[10] Archival footage of Johnnie Ray arriving at London Heathrow Airport in 1954 was featured in the video.

[15] The song reached number one in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 charts during the week ending 23 April 1983.