Don't Stand Me Down
by Dexys Midnight Runners
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Dexys Midnight Runners bestography
Don't Stand Me Down is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by Dexys Midnight Runners on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dexys Midnight Runners is Searching For The Young Soul Rebels which is ranked number 1180 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,485.
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Don't Stand Me Down track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Don't Stand Me Down rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1985 by Ultimate Record Collection | 15/41 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Creation Records | 12/100 | - |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 25 Music Albums of 1985 | 9/25 | 3 |
| 2026 | occasionalrain | Top 75 Greatest Music Albums | 5/75 | 94 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  flamingyesdept | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 93/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Pastiche | Top 18 Music Albums of 1985 | 11/18 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 84 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 344 | |||
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Don't Stand Me Down ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/26/2026 19:19 |  HoldenM | 1,898 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2026 19:29 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/16/2025 14:35 | cicadelic | 14,102 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.8/100, a mean average of 69.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.
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BestEverAlbums 09/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdept neilgee 09/10/2026 19:01 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 02/04/2024 17:45 in What album are you listening to right now?Don't Stand Me Down comments
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i love most things dexys, but this i don't quite get, despite repeated listens, or i don't get why it so frequently is hailed as mr lowlands masterpiece. but i guess it's in the lyrics, me being scandinavian and first of all occupied with music, and the musical part of this one isn't, extracted from the words, that hilarious in my humble you-know-what.
Jboy56 02/06/2022 15:37 | #280868 | TOP COMMENT
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A bit of a pedestrian album from Runners, no hits, and songs are way too long for my taste. The last song was the best.
So... underwhelmed...
HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/26/2026 19:19 | #313298 | TOP COMMENT
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Not bad, but not for me. (Edited)
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