Trivia: What Dexys Midnight Runners song did NASA play on its Discovery mission?
Plan B
Come on Eileen
There There My Dear
Geno
The correct answer is Come on Eileen
So why is this answer correct? : Dexys Midnight Runners made headlines in 2005 when NASA used their infamous 1980s hit “Come on Eileen” as a wake-up call on the Space Shuttle Discovery, in honor of Commander Eileen Collins. The song is from DMR’s 1982 album, “Too-Rye-Ay.” By the spring of 1983, the song reached No. 1 on the U.S. charts. While the band might be a one-hit wonder in the U.S., they have a larger following in the U.K. and Ireland.