Don't You (Forget About Me)

reel · May 27, 2026

“We have a strange relationship with a few of our biggest successes, ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ being the most obvious example. A song achieves everything you ever wished for, yet you feel conflicted because it didn’t happen in exactly the way that you had hoped or imagined. It’s an irony that I appreciate a little more the older I get.” - Jim

reel · Apr 8, 2026

This week in ‘85: ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ was released as a single in the UK. “Something that often gets overlooked and should always be celebrated is the amount of enjoyment that song has given people all over the world for forty years. That’s a gift, too, and one I increasingly appreciate.” - Jim

reel · Feb 20, 2026

On this day in 1985, Simple Minds released ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ as a single in the US. The song went on to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band’s biggest international hit and defining a generation through its association with The Breakfast Club. Thirty years later, in 2015, the band performed the song on the Billboard Music Awards stage to mark the anniversary of it topping the US chart, introduced by the film’s star, Molly Ringwald.

reel · Mar 25, 2025

Simple Minds performing ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ live at the @billboard Music Awards 2015. 2025 marks 40 years since the release of this iconic record and the film it was written for, The Breakfast Club.