before "come on eileen", dexys' only north american single was the northern soul classic "seven days too long", which dexys' previous label emi america had released only in canada (with "geno" as the b-side). however, on the strength of "come on eileen", "too-rye-ay" reached number 14 in the us. dexys' success in us was not maintained; the best performer of the band's follow-up singles in the us was "the celtic soul runners", which peaked at number 86.