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"Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a song written for the soundtrack of the 1985 John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club. The songwriters were disco producer Keith Forsey, (who won an Oscar for "Flashdance... What a Feeling") and Steve Schiff (edgy post punk guitarist songwriter from the Nina Hagen band.) Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ...
Simple Minds is a rock band from Scotland, which had its greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s. ...
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 teen film widely considered as the definitive work in the genre. ...
1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ...
1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 12-inch single gramophone record gained popularity with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. ...
A vinyl EP from Crop Circles. ...
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For popular music (music produced commercially rather than art or folk music), see Popular music. ...
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A&M Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Universal Music Group. ...
A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...
Keith Forsey (born on January 22, 1948 in London, England, UK) // In 1988 Keith Forsey won the ASCAP Award for Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures for: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) Shared with: Harold Faltermeyer Bob Seger In 1984, Keith Forsey won an Oscar for Best Music, Original Song...
A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ...
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...
The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ...
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The Breakfast Club is a 1985 teen film widely considered as the definitive work in the genre. ...
Flashdance. ...
Forsey asked both Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol to record the song, but both declined; Idol would later perform a cover of it on his 2001 greatest hits compilation. Schiff then suggested Forsey ask the Scottish New Wave band Simple Minds, who initially refused as well, but then agreed under the encouragement of their label, A&M. According to one account, the band "rearranged and recorded 'Don’t You (Forget About Me)' in three hours in a north London studio and promptly forgot about it." [1] It has been suggested that Otis Ferry be merged into this article or section. ...
Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad, 30 November 1955 in Middlesex) is an English rock musician. ...
New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in Western popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s inspired by the punk rock movement. ...
Simple Minds is a rock band from Scotland, which had its greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s. ...
A&M Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Universal Music Group. ...
Propelled by the success of The Breakfast Club, the song became the band's only number-one U.S. hit (though, by all accounts, Simple Minds did not much care for it). The song was not included on Simple Minds' subsequent Once Upon a Time album, finally appearing on the 1992 best-of Glittering Prize 81/92. The song is considered to be one of the greatest from the 1980's. Once Upon a Time is the eighth album by Simple Minds, released in 1985. ...
See also: 1992 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1992 Record labels established in 1992 other events of 1992 list of years in music 1990s in music // 1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. ...
Glittering Prize is the first compilation album by Simple Minds, released in 1992. ...
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The song has been covered by numerous musicians including, ironically, Billy Idol, Tears for Fears, Life of Agony, Bouncing Souls, as well as Rufio on the Punk Goes 80's album. Yellowcard played a version of "Don't You (Forget About Me)" as a live twentieth anniversary tribute to The Breakfast Club at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards. The song was also featured in the movies American Pie and The Business, as well as in episodes of South Park ("Asspen"), Futurama ("The Luck of the Fryrish"), Ghost Whisperer ("A Vicious Cycle"), Family Guy ("Let's Go to the Hop"), American Dad, Lizzie McGuire, "Not Another Teen Movie" and Scrubs ("My Drama Queen"). A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ...
Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad, 30 November 1955 in Middlesex) is an English rock musician. ...
Tears for Fears (abbreviated TFF) are a popular English pop band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, which emerged after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate. ...
Life of Agony or LoA is a hardcore/hard rock band from Brooklyn, New York. ...
The Bouncing Souls are a punk band, formed in 1987. ...
Rufio is a melodic punk rock band from Rancho Cucamonga, California. ...
Punk Goes 80s is part of the Punk Goes. ...
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The 2005 MTV Movie Awards was hosted by Jimmy Fallon and featured performances by Mariah Carey, Eminem, Foo Fighters, and Yellowcard. ...
American Pie is a 1999 teen comedy film directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and written by Adam Herz. ...
The Business is a 2005 British crime/gangster film written and directed by Nick Love, who performed the same duties on The Football Factory. ...
South Park is an American, Emmy Award-winning[1] animated television comedy series about four third/fourth-grade school boys who live in the small town of South Park , Colorado. ...
Asspen is episode 603 of the Comedy Central series South Park. ...
Futurama is an Emmy Award-winning animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox network, and will resume airing in 2008 on Comedy Central. ...
The Luck of the Fryrish is the 4th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ...
Ghost Whisperer is an American television drama-fantasy-thriller about a young woman who can communicate with the spirits of the dead. ...
Family Guy is an American animated television series about a nuclear family in the suburb of Quahog (IPA or ), Rhode Island. ...
Lets Go to the Hop is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ...
The Smiths, from left to right: Roger, Francine, Stan, Klaus, Hayley, and Steve. ...
Lizzie McGuire is a popular Disney Channel Original Series that aired on the Disney Channel from 2001 to 2004. ...
Not Another Teen Movie is a film released in 2001 by Sony Pictures. ...
Scrubs is an Emmy Award and Peabody award-winning American situation comedy that premiered on October 2, 2001 on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence, who also co-created Spin City. ...
My Drama Queen is the 45th episode of the American sitcom Scrubs. ...
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