Written by Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff, Simple Minds' “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” was released as a single February 20, 1985 and was featured as the main theme of the classic 1985 teen film The Breakfast Club.
Originally offered to The Fixx, Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol but all declined (Idol did...
[Refrain]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Ooh, woah
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
Don't you forget about me
Don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't you forget about me
[Post-Chorus]
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
[Refrain]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Ooh, whoa
[Verse 2]
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
Goin' to take you apart
I'll put us back together at heart, baby
[Chorus]
Don't you forget about me
Don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't you forget about me
[Bridge]
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?
[Outro]
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
Don’t You (Forget About Me) was written by Steve Schiff & Keith Forsey.
Don’t You (Forget About Me) was produced by Keith Forsey.
Simple Minds released Don’t You (Forget About Me) on Wed Feb 20 1985.
And so to this week, where we are soon to be making our way to the Nevada Desert, and above all to that mecca of gambling and many other ritzy pastimes – Las Vegas. Lady Luck certainly happened our way when producer Keith Forsey and movie director, John Hughes came banging on our door in November ’8...
Yes! On November 21, 2014, the group interpreted the song in live at Le Grand Studio RTL.