Don’t You Forget About Me goes to No. 1

May 18, 1985
Simple Minds song Don’t You Forget About Me went to No.1 on the Billboard charts on this date.

Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff wrote this song specifically for The Breakfast Club. Forsey, who also co-wrote Shakedown for Beverly Hills Cop II and the title song to FlashdanceWhat a Feeling, was in charge of the music on The Breakfast Club. Schiff had been a guitarist in Nina Hagen’s band and co-wrote one of her biggest songs, New York / N.Y.

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