re: Simple Minds released "Don't You (Forget About Me) from “The Breakfast Club” soundtrack

Here's a good article about the history of the song and who got offered it first. (John Hughes wanted Simple Minds to do the song, they didn't want to perform a song someone else wrote.)


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Side note: The regular Stereogum feature on songs that hit number 1 is always solid. They've expanded it recently to include songs that topped the alternative charts.