Simple Minds music video Chelsea Girl (From "The Old Grey Whistle Test", 1979)
Simple Minds music video See The Lights
Jam And Spoon Feat. Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) music video Cynical Heart
Simple Minds music video New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (From "The Tube")
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video Once Upon A Time
Simple Minds music video Kick It In
Simple Minds music video Love Song
Simple Minds music video Sweat In Bullet
Simple Minds music video Promised You A Miracle
Simple Minds music video Glittering Prize
Simple Minds music video Waterfront
Simple Minds music video Speed Your Love To Me
Simple Minds music video Up On The Catwalk
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video Alive And Kicking
Simple Minds music video Sanctify Yourself
Simple Minds music video All The Things She Said
Simple Minds music video Ghostdancing
Simple Minds music video Belfast Child
Simple Minds music video Mandela Day
Simple Minds music video This Is Your Land
Simple Minds music video Kick It In
Simple Minds music video Let It All Come Down
Simple Minds music video Let There Be Love
Simple Minds music video See The Lights
Simple Minds music video Stand By Love
Simple Minds music video Real Life
Simple Minds music video She's A River
Simple Minds music video Hypnotised
Simple Minds music video Glitterball
Simple Minds music video War Babies
Simple Minds music video Cry
Simple Minds music video Life In A Day (From The Old Grey Whistle Test, 27.03.1979)
Simple Minds music video Chelsea Girl (From The Old Grey Whistle Test, 27.03.1979)
Simple Minds music video Factory (From The Old Grey Whistle Test, 27.11.1979) (Recording From The Concert At The Hurrah Club, New York, 24.10.1979)
Simple Minds music video Changeling (From The Old Grey Whistle Test, 27.11.1979) (Recording From The Concert At The Hurrah Club, New York, 24.10.1979)
Simple Minds music video Premonition (From The Old Grey Whistle Test, 27.05.1982) (Recording From The Concert At The Hurrah Club, New York, 24.10.1979)
Simple Minds music video I Travel (From Oxford Road Show, 15.01.83)
Simple Minds music video Street Fighting Years (Recorded In And Around Arena Di Verona, Italy, 14-15.09.89)
Simple Minds music video Let It All Come Down (Recorded In And Around Arena Di Verona, Italy, 14-15.09.89)
Simple Minds music video Mandela Day (Recorded In And Around Arena Di Verona, Italy, 14-15.09.89)
Simple Minds music video Waterfront (Recorded In And Around Arena Di Verona, Italy, 14-15.09.89)
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me) (Recorded In And Around Arena Di Verona, Italy, 14-15.09.89)
Simple Minds music video Gaelic Melody (Recorded In And Around Arena Di Verona, Italy, 14-15.09.89)
Simple Minds music video Kick It In (Recorded In And Around Arena Di Verona, Italy, 14-15.09.89)
Simple Minds music video Ghost Dancing (Recorded In And Around Arena Di Verona, Italy, 14-15.09.89)
Simple Minds music video Belfast Child (Recorded In And Around Arena Di Verona, Italy, 14-15.09.89)
Simple Minds music video Sanctify Yourself (Recorded In And Around Arena Di Verona, Italy, 14-15.09.89)
Simple Minds music video East At Easter (Recorded In And Around Arena Di Verona, Italy, 14-15.09.89)
Simple Minds music video Alive And Kicking (Recorded In And Around Arena Di Verona, Italy, 14-15.09.89)
Simple Minds music video Hunter And The Hunted (From Late Night In Concert, BBC TV, 08.09.83) (Recording From The Concert At City Hall, Newcastle, England, 20.11.82)
Simple Minds music video Glittering Prize (From Late Night In Concert, BBC TV, 08.09.83) (Recording From The Concert At City Hall, Newcastle, England, 20.11.82)
Simple Minds music video Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) (From Late Night In Concert, BBC TV, 08.09.83) (Recording From The Concert At City Hall, Newcastle, England, 20.11.82)
Simple Minds music video The American (From Late Night In Concert, BBC TV, 08.09.83) (Recording From The Concert At City Hall, Newcastle, England, 20.11.82)
Simple Minds music video Big Sleep (From Late Night In Concert, BBC TV, 08.09.83) (Recording From The Concert At City Hall, Newcastle, England, 20.11.82)
Simple Minds music video New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (From Late Night In Concert, BBC TV, 08.09.83) (Recording From The Concert At City Hall, Newcastle, England, 20.11.82)
Simple Minds music video This Is Your Land
Simple Minds music video Belfast Child
Simple Minds music video Alive And Kicking
Simple Minds music video She's A River
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video Promised You A Miracle (1987 Version)
Simple Minds music video Ghostdancing
Simple Minds music video Promised You A Miracle (1987 Version)
Simple Minds music video See The Lights
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video All The Things She Said
Simple Minds music video Speed Your Love To Me
Simple Minds music video Belfast Child
Simple Minds music video Waterfront
Simple Minds music video See The Lights
Simple Minds music video Promised You A Miracle (1987 Version)
Simple Minds music video Waterfront
Simple Minds music video Sanctify Yourself
Simple Minds music video Promised You A Miracle (1987 Version)
Simple Minds music video Home
Simple Minds music video Let There Be Love (From Wetten Dass)
Simple Minds music video Promised You A Miracle
Simple Minds music video Waterfront (From Formel Eins)
Simple Minds music video Speed Your Love To Me
Simple Minds music video Waterfront
Simple Minds music video Once Upon A Time
Simple Minds music video Alive And Kicking (Live)
Simple Minds music video All The Things She Said
Simple Minds music video Sanctify Yourself
Simple Minds music video Alive And Kicking
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video Sanctify Yourself
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video Alive And Kicking
Simple Minds music video Promised You A Miracle
Simple Minds music video All The Things She Said
Simple Minds music video I Promised You A Miracle
Simple Minds music video Alive And Kicking
Simple Minds music video Sweat And Bullets
Simple Minds music video Love Song
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video Alive And Kicking
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video Sanctify Yourself
Simple Minds music video Promised You A Miracle
Simple Minds music video Alive And Kicking
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video Sanctify Yourself
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video Belfast Child
Simple Minds music video Let There Be Love
Simple Minds music video Don't You
Simple Minds music video Belfast Child
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds music video All The Things She Said
Best known in the U.S. for their 1985 number one hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from the film The Breakfast Club, Scotland's Simple Minds evolved from a post-punk art rock band influenced by Roxy Music into a grand, epic-sounding pop band along the lines of U2. The band grew out of a Glasgow punk group called Johnny and the Self-Abusers, which featured guitarist Charlie Burchill and lead singer Jim Kerr. The inaugural 1978 lineup of Simple Minds featured a rhythm section of Tony Donald on bass and Brian McGee on drums, plus keyboardist Mick McNeil; Donald was soon replaced by Derek Forbes. Their early albums leaped from one style to another, with Life in a Day consisting mostly of dense, arty pop songs; critical acclaim followed the darker, more experimental art rock of Reel to Real Cacophony and the Euro-disco of Empires and Dance. The group began a transition to a more accessible pop style with the albums Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call, originally issued together and subsequently split up. New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) became their first chart album in the U.S., and the tour-shy McGee quit owing to burgeoning popularity, eventually being replaced by Mel Gaynor. Following the Steve Lillywhite-produced Sparkle in the Rain, Jim Kerr married Pretenders lead singer Chrissie Hynde (the two groups had toured together).
After Bryan Ferry rejected the opportunity to sing "Don't You (Forget About Me)," Simple Minds almost did so as well; Kerr was dissatisfied with the song's lyrics, which he regarded as formulaic. His change of heart gave Simple Minds their only American chart-topper, and the song later became an international hit as well; however, Kerr's feelings about the song remained ambivalent, and it did not appear on the follow-up album, Once Upon a Time. This album went gold and reached the U.S. Top Ten, in spite of criticism for its bombastic, over-the-top approach. A live album and the uncompromisingly political Street Fighting Years squandered Simple Minds' commercial momentum, however. By the time the group returned to more personal themes and its straightforward, anthemic rock on 1991's Real Life, personnel changes and audience loss left the group's future viability in doubt. But they weren't totally deterred, however. Kerr and Burchill trudged on, releasing Good News From the Next World in 1995 while the single "She's a River" received moderate airplay. A short tour of North America soon followed, but Simple Minds' direction also quickly faded. They needed a break to clarify their own personal stance in music. Derek Forbes returned for 1998's Néapolis, but that, too, wasn't strong enough to sustain Simple Minds' newfound creativity. Their famed pop songs had diluted a bit; however, the new millennium proved poignant. Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill signed to Eagle Records in early 2001 and constructed their first covers album, Neon Lights, later that fall, paying tribute to Patti Smith, Neil Young, David Bowie, and others. In summer 2002, Kerr and Burchill issued Cry, Simple Minds' first batch of new material since 1995's Good News From the Next World. Our Secrets Are the Same, an album that was intended for release in 2000, saw official release in 2003.
