Origin: Glasgow, Scotland
Genre(s): Rock, New Wave, Pop
Years Active: 1978-Present
Members: Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Eddie Duffy, Mel Gaynor
Simple Minds are a rock band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band, from the south side of Glasgow, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s, and later went on to produce some politically inspired and critically praised work.
Simple Minds have secured a string of successful hit singles, the best known being their number one worldwide hit single "Don't You (Forget About Me)", from the soundtrack of the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club.
Simple Minds' Chart Positions In The U.K.
Singles Pos.
Belfast Child 1
Let There Be Love 6
Don't You (Forget About Me) 7
Alive and Kicking 7
She's A River 9
All The Things She Said 9
Sanctify Yourself 10
This Is Your Land 13
Stand By Love 13
Promised You A Miracle 13
Ghostdancing 13
Waterfront 13
Kick It In 15
Glittering Prize 16
Glitterball 18
Hypnotised 18
The Amsterdam EP 18
Speed Your Love To Me 20
See The Lights 20
Up On The Catwalk 27
Real Life 34
Someone Somewhere 36
