I find "Come On Eileen" to be very catchy. I mean I don't even know what the heck they're saying, and I smile when I hear it, and try to sing along with the only part I know "Come on Eileen, and that "toora loora aye" line. I'm glad I finally decided to look up the lyrics for this song, 'cause I could never really figure out what the singers were saying. So now I know. And I guess I'm somewhat disappointed that the song is about a man trying to get a woman-Eileen-to sleep with him. I guess that's what it's about. I hope they ended up getting married afterwards. [semi-snark]

Actually, I think that it's not the words but the tune that made "Come On Eileen" a hit. I like how the recording starts off with some brief notes that sound traditional to me. And I also like how it changes to a slower tempo toward the end and then speeds up again. For whatever reason/s, that song works for me. Here's a comment that agrees with me from one of several YouTube videos of that song:

"this song is so amazing and addicting! i keep playing it over and over!"-littlemisschilepeper, April 19, 2008.

Here's the link to that YouTube video that has had 1,237,736 viewers since it was posted in November 2006.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7z9bPrUark4

Also, here's a link to the lyrics for that song: http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/lyrics/come_on_eileen.html




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