Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

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The official 4K video remaster of ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)', the smash hit single by Simple Minds.

Originally released in 1985, the track became an iconic anthem of the 1980s, famously featured in the closing scene of John Hughes’ film The Breakfast Club. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 and remains one of the band's most enduring hits.

Remastered from the available 35mm film negatives and the 1985 videotape master by James Wong (insta: @jmhwong).

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Lyrics:

Hey hey hey hey
Ohhh…

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

Don't you forget about me
Don't don't don't don't
Don't you forget about me

Will you stand above me?
Look my way never love me
Rain keeps falling rain keeps falling
Down down down

Will you recognise me?
Call my name or walk on by?
Rain keeps falling rain keeps falling
Down down down down

Hey hey hey hey
Ohhhh…

Don't you try to pretend
It's my feeling we'll win in the end
I won't harm you or touch your defenses
Vanity and security
Don't you forget about me
I'll be alone dancing you know it baby
Going to take you apart
I'll put us back together at heart baby

Don't you forget about me
Don't don't don't don't
Don't you forget about me

As you walk on by
Will you call my name?
As you walk on by
Will you call my name?
When you walk away

Or will you walk away?
Will you walk on by?
Come on call my name
Will you call my name?

I say La la la...

Simple Minds are one of the UK’s most enduring and influential rock bands, renowned for their anthemic sound and dynamic live performances. Formed in Glasgow in 1977 by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, they rose from post-punk roots to global fame with hits like Don’t You (Forget About Me), Alive And Kicking and Belfast Child. With over 60 million records sold and chart-topping albums such as Sparkle In The Rain, Once Upon A Time, and Street Fighting Years, their legacy spans over four decades.

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