I once saw this song being performed at a burial ceremony...
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Written by Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff, Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" was released as a single February 20, 1985 and was featured as the main theme of the classic 1985 teen film The Breakfast Club.
Originally offered to The Fixx, Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol but all declined (Idol did however record his own version years later). Forsey then asked Simple Minds, who initially refused but eventually agreed per suggestion of their label, A&M.
It's said that the band rearranged and recorded the song in three hours and "promptly forgot about it," considering it just another song they recorded for somebody.
The song would go on to top the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it Simple Minds' biggest hit (in the U.S.) to date.
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
Don't you forget about me
Don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't you forget about me
[Bridge]
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
Ooh, woah
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