Dexys Midnight Runners - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartach

[icantfindaeffingname]

top band...very under rated...despite having some of the best selling singles of all time

[TheBigBanggggg]

JUST FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!

[Mr12sean34]

well said devon boy this a feckin top tune.

[BigAlDevonBoy]

this is there greatest song ever, this is better than Geno or There There My Dear

[p1ngu45]

Awesome tune, I played this more than Geno when I bought the single :)

[bowp123]

dont just like this tune i love it! classic dexys, easly made a side. thankyou potbellypete.

[Mr12sean34]

WOW this takes me back in the day.

[buda863]

Geno on the A side & Breaking down the walls of heartach on the B side What a buy! Could be said it was a, AA side single.

[yorkie6687]

Should have been an A side, I even prefer it to the original!

[TheEssexSpurs]

This record taes me back to 1980 and the best period ever.

Shame I missed them when they played at Chelmsford.Boo Hoo!!!!

Ah the drink,Spurs Home and away bla bla bla this record says it all.

[pogospace]

I grew up with the Johnny Johnson version but this is a cracking cover and Dexy's brass section is as ever outstanding.

[fixyoutrouble]

sound like they had such a good time recording this, fucking amazing sound

[fixyoutrouble]

sound like they had such a good time recording this, fucking amazing sound

[djleesamuel]

Youth Club Disco - Monkey Boots and Fred perry.

[jasonpfinch]

did it actually HARM them (& Kev esp.) to get a US Billboard no.1 with "Come ON Eileen"? Perhaps it did. Did it make Kev rich enough to live on the royalties for life? dunno. He did a lot of drugs and struggled to be taken seriously after that. But I find their decline a little difficult to understand, I confess.

[dirkbogarde44]

@jasonpfinch Being afraid of constantly repeating himself didn't help, that and the way he promoted their last major album didn't help.

[jasonpfinch]

it's a brilliant cover and, yes, better than the pretty decent original.

[ylt123]

its one classic tune and cover ......good on them!

[Richardpd16378]

Very good, when I first heard Dexy's version I though they were singing about Hoylake.

[rach36]

Brilliant tune in about '86 when I used to go to the local mod night near where I lived

[rach36]

Fab tune in '86 at a local mod club I used to go to

[AndrewAnthonyHyde]

It still comes as a shock what a magnificent singer our Kev was.

[BlondeRocknRoll]

love this , still sounds so good ..

[MrOldknight]

whats wrong with you people for f__ks sake it,s a top tune,dexys top band wish they were round now instead of this present shit??????

[TheJohnat1]

Takes me back to college 20 years ago, drink and drugs before calming down. Sort of.

[ABITTERSWEETGIRL]

class.. simple as..

[welshiethepotter]

I heard this version before the original ...IMHO better than the original .

[pollythewasp]

@welshiethepotter : I agree, it's rare that a sould cover exceeds the original, but this does.

[Tottione1]

Was this song the B side to Gino???

[devilskitchen08]

yeah it was,the bside to geno late night feelings indeed

[vikkibib1]

Pure Class x

[ilovebumfun]

wow not herd this 4 a real long time!! love it

[soulchosen]

Got be the Bandwagon for me and then Edwin Starr but this was a good attempt.

[battywattywoo]

I love the Bandwagon's version, too, but I think I slightly prefer this one; it's a tough decision, though!

[bestbass42]

WOLVERHAMPTONS FAVOURITE SON!!!

[mrhitmanisback]

big up wolvos soul rebs

[fireblade929]

this song got me through my basic training in 87, always had my walkmam on playing this,

[geator]

This singer is a mush mouth. He can't pronunciate and he killed a great song besides!

[potbellypete]

Everyone to thier own opinion.

[thepubghost]

Slow Down Slow Down... You are both right. Johnny Johnson (Direction) & Edwin Starr (Motown) have both recorded this track.

Now Shake hands and shut up

The thing from planet Z

[potbellypete]

Now lets not have a slaggong match. "Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache", was a major UK hit in 1968 for Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon. Edwin Starrs was a cover vision.

[TheMerseyman]

"serious music fans" !!! You must be fuckin joking. They have crucified a Motown classic. Total crap.

[eagleinblack]

Motown? You don't even know that it wasn't Motown you joker!!!

[mrhitmanisback]

northern soul

[BabaYayaLeo]

I love the way Dexys songs other than Eileen are real serious music fans songs and you dont have to wade through miles of inane or insulting comments!

[Tic0Toc]

IT's called SOUL

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[Clarelovesangels]

really reminds me of being about 14... loved it and had a massive crush on kevin !

[soulcaz]

id forgotten about this tune from my youth, id loved it then also geno, oh school days!

[soulchosen]

By saying it isn't half bad, I mean it is pretty good!

[soulchosen]

I remember this as being on the b side of Geno. I've got it somewhere. On hearing it again, it isn't half bad. ktf

[01triggerthehorse]

Thanks for posting this from the Dexy''s best era in my opinion the brass sound is great things were never as good during the dungree era.

[scenxad]

i'm one of the few american s i know who is aware they did more than come on eileen, to me this is more soulful than anytthing motown has even come close to doing in over 25 years

[fireblade929]

brilliant. x

[stev1963hit]

AT LAST!! Cheers man,i got this on vinyl but its scratched to buggery,& the live one ive got on cd isnt as corking as this! What a tune to throw away on a b-side eh-very nearly as good as the original-ta again.

[nigesx200]

takes me back to my earlier years!! just f*cking amazing.

[potbellypete]

Thanks for your comment, it was the B side track for Geno.

[soulboy29]

Brilliant!

Genius!

Thanks for posting this...

Where is this cover from? A B side or somesuch, i know it's not on any of the albums.

I always thought if Dexy's had done a Northern cover album it would have been the best album ever made.

Genius