Geno (song)

"Geno"
Single by Dexys Midnight Runners
from the album Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
B-side"Breakin' Down the Walls of Heartache"
Released14 March 1980
Recorded1979
Genre
Length3:31
LabelLate Night Feelings/EMI
Songwriter(s)Kevin Archer, Kevin Rowland
Producer(s)Pete Wingfield
Dexys Midnight Runners singles chronology
"Dance Stance"
(1979)
"Geno"
(1980)
"There, There, My Dear"
(1980)

"Geno" is a song by Dexys Midnight Runners, released in 1980 as the lead single from their debut album Searching for the Young Soul Rebels. Written by Kevin Archer and Kevin Rowland,[2] it was the band's second overall single[3] and their first UK number one, staying at the top of the singles chart for two weeks.[2] In Ireland, the song charted at number two.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Searching for the Young Soul Rebels - AllMusic". allmusic. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b Noyer (1998, p. 72)
  3. ^ Bronson (1997, p. 598)