Simple Minds – 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”
Released: February 1985 (US); 9 April 1985 (UK)
Label: Virgin, A&M (US)
Songwriters: Keith Forsey, Steve Schiff
Producer: Keith Forsey
Charted No.1 in US; No.7 in UK; No.4 in West Germany; No.6 in Australia; No.1 in Canada; No.2 in Italy.

“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” is the big song from the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club. Directed by John Hughes, it features many members of the “Brat Pack,” including Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, and Judd Nelson.

Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff wrote this song specifically for The Breakfast Club. Forsey, who also co-wrote “Shakedown” for Beverly Hills Cop II and the title song to Flashdance, was in charge of the music for the film. Schiff had been a guitarist in Nina Hagen’s band and co-wrote one of her biggest songs, “New York / N.Y.”

The music video – filmed inside Knebworth House, Hertfordshire – was directed by Daniel Kleinman. It takes place in a darkened room with a chandelier, a rocking horse, a jukebox, and television sets displaying scenes from The Breakfast Club. The room gets increasingly cluttered with random objects as the video progresses until the last minute. The video was published on YouTube on 3 December 2010.

Music video by Simple Minds performing Don’t You (Forget About Me). (P) (C) 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Virgin Records America, Inc., Capitol Records, LLC, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011.