SIMPLE MINDS - DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME)

DON'T YOU (FORGETABOUT ME)

SIMPLE MINDS

SONGWRITERS: KEITH FORSEY & STEVE SCHIFF

COUNTRY: SCOTLAND

ALBUM: DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME)

LABEL: VIRGIN RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1985

"Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds. It was written and composed by producer Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff, a guitarist and songwriter from the Nina Hagen band. The song was played during the opening (Forsey's demo) and closing (Simple Minds' recording) credits of the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club.

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. Simple Minds have released a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for their 1985 hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)", from the soundtrack of the film The Breakfast Club. Their other prominent hit singles include "Alive and Kicking" and "Belfast Child" (UK No. 1). They have achieved five UK Albums chart number one albums and have sold more than 60 million albums. They were the most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s. Despite various personnel changes, they continue to record and tour. In 2016, they received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors.

The nucleus of Simple Minds consists of the two remaining original members, Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (electric & acoustic guitars, occasional keyboards after 1990, saxophone and violin). The other current band members are Ged Grimes (bass guitar), Cherisse Osei (drums), Sarah Brown (backing vocals), Gordy Goudie (additional guitar & keyboards). Notable former members include Mick MacNeil (keyboards), Derek Forbes (bass), Brian McGee & Mel Gaynor (drums).

(Hey, hey, hey, hey)

Won't you come see about me

I'll be alone dancing, you know it, baby

Tell me your troubles and doubts

Giving me everything inside and out

And love's strange: so real in the dark

Think of the tender things

That we were working on

Slow change may pull us apart

When the light gets into your heart, baby

Don't you forget about me

Don't, don't, don't, don't

Don't you forget about me

Will you stand above me

Look my way, never love me

Rain keeps falling

Rain keeps falling

Down, down, down

Will you recognize me

Call my name or walk on by

Rain keeps falling

Rain keeps falling
Down, down, down, down

(Hey, hey, hey, hey)

Don't you try and pretend

It's my beginning

We'll win in the end

I won't harm you
Or touch your defenses

Vanity, insecurity

Don't you forget about me

I'll be alone dancing, you know it, baby

Going to take you apart

I'll build us back together at heart, baby

Don't you forget about me

Don't, don't, don't, don't

Don't you forget about me

As you walk on by

Will you call my name?

As you walk on by

Will you call my name?

When you walk away

Oh, will you walk away

Will you walk away

Oh, call my name

Will you call my name?