When Simple Minds first heard “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” — their No. 1 single that would serve as the theme song and teenage anthem of the 1985 Brat Pack classic “The Breakfast Club” — it wasn’t ...

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For most Americans, the Scottish rock group Simple Minds will always be synonymous with their number one hit from 1985, “Don't You (Forget About Me),” from the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club.

In the trailer for the upcoming documentary Simple Minds: Everything is Possible, shared exclusively with PEOPLE,The Breakfast Club star Molly Ringwald recalls listening to the band's soundtrack hit ...

Molly Ringwald is releasing her first album this week, and one of the tracks on her collection of jazz covers pays homage to the 45-year-old's Brat Pack days. The CD, Except...Sometimes, includes a ...

Formed in 1977 in Glasgow from the roots of short-lived punk band Johnny & the Self-Abusers, Simple Minds released their ...

This morning, some of us, for mysterious reasons, might be compelled to punch the air. So here's the story of a culturally significant air-punch. There's a big hole right in the middle of Judd ...

Simple Minds is still very much an active band. In fact, its 20th studio album is in motion, according to frontman Jim Kerr. But this year, the Scottish group is enjoying the 40th anniversary of an ...

Consider 2025 a victory lap of sorts for Simple Minds. In 1985, the Scottish outfit played Live Aid in Philadelphia and released Once Upon a Time, the band’s seventh studio album and one that yielded ...

Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" topped the charts after it was released on "The Breakfast Club" soundtrack in 1985. “It sounded a little generic to us,” Jim Kerr, lead singer of the band, ...