Simple Minds

Simple Minds is a British new wave and alternative rock group, from Glasgow (Scotland). Their international popularity peaked from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s and remains notable today, with nearly 60 million albums sold worldwide. The members inseparable from the band, singer Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill, both founders, are still there. Former members include bassist Derek Forbes, drummer Brian McGee and keyboardist Michael MacNeil.

The group is known to the wider public for their contribution to the soundtrack of the film The Breakfast Club with the track Don't You (Forget About Me) in 1985, which notably reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and became the group's biggest commercial hit. Their other major hits include Promised You a Miracle (1982), Glittering Prize (1982), Someone Somewhere in Summertime (1982), Waterfront (1983), Up On The Catwalk (1983), Alive and Kicking (1985), Ghostsdancing (1986), One Upon a Time (1986), Sanctify Yourself (1986), Mandela Day (1989), Belfast Child (1989), See the Lights (1992) and Hypnotised (1995).