The band recruited producer Jimmy Iovine, who had worked with the likes of Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks and Bruce Springsteen. It’s a sound that would carry over into their seventh album, Once Upon a Time. The band had reluctantly recorded a song for the film, Don’t You (Forget About Me), which topped the US charts when released as a single in April 1985.ĭon’t You was a bombastic arena anthem that showcased frontman Jim Kerr’s energetic vocals. While popular in Europe, it took the soundtrack of the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club to break Simple Minds in the US. In the early ’80s they began to evolve into a more commercial prospect with distinctively anthemic pop tunes. Formed in Glasgow in 1977, Simple Minds began as a New Wave act with an experimental, minimalist sound on their early albums.
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