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"Don't You (Forget About Me)" was played during the opening and closing credits of The Breakfast Club (1985). [16] It was included on the film's soundtrack. [17] [18] "Don't You (Forget About Me)" was released as a single in February 1985 in the United States and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 [19] in May 1985. [20]
The Best of Simple Minds is the second greatest hits album by Simple Minds, released in 2001. New versions of the "Theme for Great Cities" were released, and some copies (such as the US version), included the remixes by Raven Maize. A new edition was released in November 2007 with an extra DVD of the Verona concert film.
James Kerr (born 9 July 1959) is a Scottish musician and lead singer of the rock band Simple Minds.Commercially successful singles released by Simple Minds include "Don't You (Forget About Me)", "Glittering Prize" (1982), "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" (1982), "Waterfront" (1983) and "Alive and Kicking" (1985), as well as the UK number one single "Belfast Child" (1989).
The 1985 film The Breakfast Club broke Simple Minds into the US market, when the band achieved their only No. 1 U.S. pop hit in April 1985 with the film's opening track, "Don't You (Forget About Me)", [11] a song written by Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff; [11] which had previously been offered to Billy Idol and Bryan Ferry before Simple Minds ...
No.1 smash “Don't You (Forget About Me)” — especially with the massive John Hughes boxed set, Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes, coming out Nov. 11. (Simple Minds’ iconic ...
"Alive and Kicking" is a song released by the Scottish rock band Simple Minds as the lead single from their seventh album, Once Upon a Time. The song reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four in Canada; it peaked within the top five of several European countries including Italy, where the song reached number one.
The discography of the Scottish art rock–new wave band Simple Minds consists of 21 studio albums (either original or covers and counting 1981's Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call as a double album release), eleven live albums, ten compilation albums, fourteen box sets, 68 singles, and five video albums.
Keith Forsey, who had previously worked with Simple Minds on their breakout single "Don't You (Forget About Me)", shares producing credits with the band. In some markets the album performed somewhat better than their previous record, Real Life (1991), but it quickly faded from public attention, producing only two moderately successful hit ...