Don't You Forget About Me Simple Minds (1985) This is probably the best-known and most-played Simple Minds single, mainly because it was the soundtrack to the movie "The Breakfast Club", but also because it's one of their greatest singles! It reached No.7 in the UK singles chart. . Simple Minds - Someone, Somewhere in Summertime This performance is from the early days when Jim Kerr was still wearing make-up and sang in a less commercial style. The last single from the New Gold Dream album only reached No.36 in the UK charts, even though it was one of their finest moments in my opinion. Simple Minds Promised You A Miracle This single was taken from Simple Minds' sixth studio album, New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84), which was released in 1982. It was the first album to feature a slick and sophisticated sound, to the annoyance of hardcore fans!
Simple Minds - Waterfront Live (1989) Don't miss this interview with Jim Kerr (lead singer of Simple Minds) and Bono. Check out Bono's mullet!   You can listen to the hit singles "Don't You Forget About Me" and "Alive and Kicking" for free at their Myspace profile, so it's well worth visiting! Simple Minds had their biggest world-wide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. From Glasgow, the rock band produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s, and later went on to produce some politically inspired and critically praised work. Simple Minds earlier work was more synth-based and Jim Kerr's vocal style and dress sense was very much different in the early days. One of the most-played Simple Minds tracks is "Don't You Forget About Me", which was the No.1 soundtrack of the film The Breakfast Club. Simple Minds are still performing and releasing albums.
Simple Minds - Belfast Child (1989) This epic reached No.1 in 1989 and was taken from the double-platinum selling album Street Fighting Years. Alive and Kicking (1985) Released in September 1985, the was the first single to be lifted from the highly successful, triple-platinum selling Once Upon A Time album (Simple Mind's 7th Studio Album) and reached No.7 in the UK. |
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