Simple Minds - Don´t you ( forget about me ) ( Live 1985 )

Simple Minds - Don´t you ( forget about me ) ( Live 1985 ) 1985 Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd. Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd. recorded live on 3rd December 1985 at the Ahoy, Rotterdam. Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a song by the Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released as a single in 1985. It was written and composed by the producer Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff, a guitarist and songwriter from the Nina Hagen band. Forsey and Schiff wrote it for Simple Minds, and offered it to several acts before Simple Minds agreed to record it. The song was inspired by and used in the 1985 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. It was also later used in the 2010 film Easy A. Theme "Don't You (Forget About Me)" was written by the producer Keith Forsey and the guitarist Steve Schiff while they were scoring the 1985 film The Breakfast Club. Forsey and Schiff were inspired by the scene in which an introvert and a school bully bond while no one else is watching. Forsey said, "It was: don't forget, when we're back in the classroom, you're not just a bad guy and we've got other things in common." Recording Schiff and Forsey were Simple Minds fans and wrote the song with the band in mind. After Forsey played a demo for the band's label, A&M Records, A&M invited him to meet the band backstage after one of their "Tour du Monde" shows in the U.S. However, A&M did not notify Simple Minds that Forsey was coming, and the band declined to record the song. Forsey offered "Don't You (Forget About Me)" to Bryan Ferry, who declined as he was working on his album Boys and Girls. Ferry said later: "It was just bad timing ... Keith Forsey sent me a demo of the song and it sounded like a hit to me. Simple Minds did a great version of it."Billy Idol, whom Forsey was producing at the time, also declined. A&M suggested Corey Hart, who had a hit at the time with "Sunglasses at Night", but Forsey did not think Hart was the right singer.Cy Curnin, the lead singer of the Fixx, also declined. According to the Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr, Simple Minds were reluctant to record the song as they felt they should only record their own material. They also were frustrated that their attempts to find success in the US market had not found significant radio airplay, and did not see how recording the song would change this. The band relented after persuasion from A&M and from Chrissie Hynde, Kerr's wife at the time, and after receiving a phone call from Forsey in which he reiterated his admiration for the band. According to one account, the band "rearranged and recorded 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' in three hours in the north London studio and promptly forgot about it," believing that it would be a throwaway song on the soundtrack to a forgettable movie. In the process of recording, Simple Minds added parts such as Kerr's "la la la" vocal fills. They resumed work on Once Upon a Time, their next album. However, some of the band members had realised they had recorded something with commercial potential. Founding member, bassist Derek Forbes left the band after this recording and did not appear on Once Upon a Time. He would later rejoin the band in 1998 for the album, Neapolis Hey, hey, hey, hey Ooh, woah Won't you come see about me? I'll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby Tell me your troubles and doubts Giving 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 recognize me? Call my name or walk on by Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling Down, down, down, down Hey, hey, hey, hey Ooh, woah Don't you try and pretend It's my feeling we'll win in the end I won't harm you or touch your defenses Vanity and security, ah 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-la-la, la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la When you walk on by And you call my name When you walk on by Songwriter: Keith Forsey / Steve W. Schiff Songtext von Don’t You (Forget About Me) © BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group