Presented with the biggest hit they'd ever have, Simple Minds initially balked. "We are Simple Minds; we don't do songs that sound like Simple Minds," frontman Jim Kerr remembered saying. "We are ...

When Simple Minds first heard “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” — their No. 1 single that would serve as the theme song and teenage anthem of the 1985 Brat Pack classic “The Breakfast Club” — it wasn’t ...

How could we forget about them? This week in 1985, Scotland’s Simple Minds landed an indelible number-one on the wing of a smash that soundtracked the final scene of the era’s seminal teen dramedy The ...

This morning, some of us, for mysterious reasons, might be compelled to punch the air. So here's the story of a culturally significant air-punch. There's a big hole right in the middle of Judd ...

The legendary Scottish rock band has a new documentary 'Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible' Dean Chalkley The documentary 'Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible' details the history of the legendary ...

In 1985, the Simple Minds cut "Don't You (Forget About Me)" ran during the opening and closing credits of the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. The global success of the chart-topping breakout No.

Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" appears in a Super Bowl ad for Facebook's parent company, Meta, which will air during the game's first quarter. The commercial, called "Old Friends, New Fun ...

On Thursday night, Scotland’s Simple Minds — which was born the same year as Sarah Michelle Gellar, James Van Der Beek and Jon “Napoleon Dynamite” Heder (1977) — wrap up its first U.S. tour in over a ...

ATLANTA -- That staccato "Hey, hey, hey, hey" is all you need to hear to beat Shazam and identify Simple Minds' eternal hit, "Don't You (Forget About Me)." ATLANTA -- That staccato "Hey, hey, hey, hey ...

Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" topped the charts after it was released on "The Breakfast Club" soundtrack in 1985. “It sounded a little generic to us,” Jim Kerr, lead singer of the band, ...