Don't You (Forget About Me)

"Don't You (Forget About Me)"
Single by Simple Minds
from the album The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
B-side"A Brass Band in African Chimes"
Released20 February 1985 (US)
8 April 1985 (UK)
RecordedNovember 1984[1][2]
Genre
Length4:20
6:32 (extended version)
LabelVirgin
A&M (US)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Keith Forsey
Simple Minds singles chronology
"Up on the Catwalk"
(1984) 		"Don't You (Forget About Me)"
(1985) 		"Alive and Kicking"
(1985)
Music video
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" on YouTube

"Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a 1985 song by Scottish band Simple Minds and was released as a single for the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club. It went to number 1 in the United States, Canada and the Netherlands and made the top 20 in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland. It was originally offered to Bryan Ferry, Corey Hart, Cy Curnin and Billy Idol (who recorded a new version of the song in 2001) before it went to Simple Minds.

Track listing

7″: Virgin/VS749 (UK), 7″: A&M Records/AM-2703 (US)

  1. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" – 4:20
  2. "A Brass Band in Africa" – 5:10

12″: Virgin/VS749-12 (UK), 12″: A&M Records/SP-12125 (US)

  1. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" – 6:32
  2. "A Brass Band in African Chimes" – 9:22

12″: Virgin/VSX 1250 (Canada)

  1. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (extended version) – 6:32
  2. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" – 4:20
  3. "A Brass Band in Africa" – 5:10

1988 3″ CD: Virgin/CDT2 (UK)

  1. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" – 4:20
  2. "A Brass Band in African Chimes" – 9:22

1988 CD: A&M Records/75021 2375 2 (US)

  1. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (live) – 9:02
  2. "Bass Line" – 4:37
  3. "The American" – 3:33

1990 CD: Virgin/THEME10 (UK)

  1. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" – 6:35
  2. "Up on the Catwalk" (extended version) – 7:36
  3. "A Brass Band in African Chimes" – 9:24

References

  1. ↑ "Don't You (Forget About Me) No 1 on U.S. Billboard Charts". Simpleminds.com. 20 May 1985. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Here's Why Simple Minds Almost Didn't Make Don't You (Forget About Me)". Grunge. 18 May 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sun, Michael (14 November 2018). "From Sixteen Candles to Love, Simon: how teen soundtracks have evolved". Double J. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Covering the Hits: "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (Simple Minds)". CoverMeSongs.com. 16 October 2020.
  5. ↑ Parker, Dylan (4 September 2022). "The Breakfast Club's "Don't You" is Absurdly Beloved Except Maybe by the Band Who Sang It". TheThings.com.