Simple Minds: Don't You (Forget About Me)

Inegavelmente a música "Don't You (Forget About Me)" representa o maior hit da banda escocesa Simple Minds. A afinada voz de Jim Kerr, a exuberante sonoridade do teclado de Michael MacNeil e a inconfundível guitarra de Charlie Burchill, tornou a obra de Keith Forsey e Steve Schiff um hino icônico que irá perdurar por séculos.

É irônico saber que a música foi recusada por Billy Idol e Bryan Ferry antes de chegar às mãos do Simple Minds, isso nos faz pensar que o destino gera acontecimentos providenciais.

Temendo ofuscar as faixas do álbum Once Upon a Time (1985), a banda decidiu que a música faria parte, apenas naquele momento, da trilha sonora do filme "Clube dos Cinco" (The Breakfest Club).

Don't You Forget About Me (Keith Forsey/Steve Schiff)

(Hey, hey, hey, hey)

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

Don't you forget about me
Don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't you forget about me

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)

Don't you try and pretend
It's my beginning
We'll win in the end
I won't harm you
Or touch your defenses
Vanity, insecurity

Don't you forget about me
I'll be alone dancing, you know it, baby
Going to take you apart
I'll build us back together at heart, baby

Don't you forget about me
Don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't you forget about me

As you walk on by
Will you call my name
As you walk on by
Will you call my name
When you walk away

Oh, will you walk away
Will you walk away
Oh, call my name
Will you call my name