Contrary to what might be expected, Dexys Midnight Runners is consistently spelled without an apostrophe. The word ''Dexy'', in this case, comes from a colloquialism of dextroamphetamine or ''purple hearts'', a type of amphetamine diet pill that was a popular "upper" drug with England's Northern Soul scene in the 1960s. About the capitalization of "Come On Eileen": In this case, "Come On" is a phrasal verb. "On' is a part of the verb, rather than a preposition, and should be capitalized according to the English Style Guideline.
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