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"Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a song by the Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released as a single in 1985. It was written and composed by the record producer Keith Forsey and the guitarist Steve Schiff for the film The Breakfast Club (1985). Simple Minds initially declined to record it, preferring to record their own material, but accepted ...
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American indie [4] [5] teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Emilio Estevez , Paul Gleason , Anthony Michael Hall , Judd Nelson , Molly Ringwald , and Ally Sheedy .
"Right on Track" is a 1987 hit single by the American band Breakfast Club. Written by the band's lead singer and drummer, Dan Gilroy and Stephen Bray respectively, the single climbed to number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on May 30, 1987.
She convinced Gilroy to let her perform her own songs, to which he reluctantly agreed. Madonna promoted the band and they performed local gigs. [2] In 1980, Madonna left Breakfast Club to form the band Emmy and the Emmys. [4] By the mid-1980s, Breakfast Club consisted of the Gilroy brothers: Dan concentrated on singing, with Ed on guitar.
The 1985 film The Breakfast Club broke Simple Minds into the US market, when the band achieved their only No. 1 U.S. pop hit in April 1985 with the film's opening track, "Don't You (Forget About Me)", [11] a song written by Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff; [11] which had previously been offered to Billy Idol and Bryan Ferry before Simple Minds ...
Breakfast Club is an American musical group. Their biggest hit single was "Right on Track" (1987), which peaked at No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.The song was remixed for a commercial release in a 12" version for dance and club play by John "Jellybean" Benitez and became a top 10 hit on the Billboard Magazine Hot Dance Club Play chart.
Breakfast Club signed with ZE Records, first issuing the "Rico Mambo" in 1984 as a standalone single with "Walk It Off" as a b-side.Distributed by Island Records, the single saw release as both 7″ and 12″ singles on five continents, [1] but failed to chart anywhere.
The song was the soundtrack of a 2009 video meme that featured individuals reenacting the dance scene from the 1985 film The Breakfast Club.One video created by Boston University students gained new attention in 2019 due to the participation of future U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.