Simple Minds

Released: February 20, 1985

Songwriter: Steve Schiff Keith Forsey

Producer: Keith Forsey

[Intro]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Ooh, whoa

[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

[Bridge]
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, 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

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band that formed in Glasgow in 1977. The most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s, they have achieved five UK number one albums during their career and have sold over 70 million records worldwide. Despite various personnel changes, they continue to record and tour.

The core of the band is the two remaining founding members – Jim Kerr (vocals, songwriting) and Charlie Burchill (guitars, keyboards after 1990, other instruments, songwriting). The other current band members are Andy Gillespie (keyboards), drummer Mel Gaynor (who first joined the band in 1982) and Ged Grimes (bass guitar). Former members include bass guitarist Derek Forbes, drummer Brian McGee, and keyboardist Mick MacNeil.

more tracks from the album

Acoustic

From the albums

Guitar Hero Live GHTV Soundtrack
The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1985)
NOW That’s What I Call Music 5 [UK] (1985)
The Greatest Of The Eighties [SWE] (1996)
VH1 The Big 80s- The Big Movies (1998)
Like Omigod! The 80s Pop Culture Box (Totally) (2002)
Jentefest (Girls Just Wanna Have More Fun) (2004)
Legends - Livin’ On A Prayer (2004)
Absolute Movie Hits [NOR] (2005)
Pure 80s (2007)
NOW That’s What I Call The ’80s [US] (2008)
Easy A (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2010)
Virgin Records: 40 Years of Disruptions (2013)
Acoustic (2016)
NOW That’s What I Call Dad Rock [UK] (2018)
NOW That’s What I Call NOW! [UK] (2018)
Bumblebee (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2018)
NOW 100 Hits Power Ballads [UK] (2019)
NOW 100 Hits Movies [UK] (2019)
NOW That’s What I Call a Decade! 1980s [US] (2021)

Simple Minds popular songs

Don’t You (Forget About Me)Simple Minds

Simple Minds

Acoustic