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Save Ferris is an American ska punk band formed circa 1995 in Orange County, California, United States. [1] Their name is a reference to the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off . In 1995, the band began to perform underground venues in Southern California.
"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. It reached number one in the United States and was their second number one hit in the UK, following 1980's "Geno".
Save Ferris' version of "Come On Eileen" shifts towards ska compared to the Dexys Midnight Runners original; the staff at Billboard said Save Ferris have a "deft way of serving from jittery guitars to sunny horns" with tempo changes as the "verses dart from a breathtaking pogo pace to the more shoulder-shaking rate of the chorus". [16]
Dexys Midnight Runners' Kevin Rowland on the 'Catholic guilt' behind 'Come On Eileen' and embracing his 'Feminine' side: 'I had so much hate in me' Lyndsey Parker July 27, 2023 at 2:16 PM
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They are best known in the UK for their songs "Geno" and "Come On Eileen", both of which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and achieved six other top-20 singles. "Come On Eileen" also topped the US Billboard Hot 100, and, with extensive airplay on MTV, they are associated with the Second British Invasion. [1] [2]
The following is a list of programs [1] [2] broadcast on MeTV, a classic television network carried on digital subchannels of over-the-air broadcast stations, live streaming, satellite TV, and cable TV in the United States. This list does not include runs on MeTV's local stations in Chicago and Milwaukee before December 2010.