The Best Of Simple Minds (2001)

The Best Of Simple Minds is the second greatest hits album by Simple Minds, released in 2001. New versions of the 'Theme for Great Cities' were released, and some copies (such as the U.S. version), included the remixes by Raven Maize. A new edition was released in November 2007 with an extra DVD of the Verona concert film

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band that achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their #1 US, Canada and Germany hit single "Don't You (Forget About Me)", from the soundtrack of the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club, #3 US hit single "Alive and Kicking" and #1 UK hit single Belfast Child. The band has sold more than 40 million albums since 1979. Between 1979 and 1989, composers were Kerr, Burchill and MacNeil. Since 1990, composers are mainly Kerr and Burchill.

Founding members Jim Kerr (composer, vocals) and Charlie Burchill (composer, guitars, violin, sax, keyboards since 1990), along with Mel Gaynor (drummer since 1982), are the core of the band, which currently features Andy Gillespie on keyboards and Ged Grimes on bass guitar since founding members Michael MacNeil and Derek Forbes left the band.

The Best Of Simple Minds
2001
SIMPLE MINDS
Jim Kerr (v), Charlie Burchill (g/k), Mel Gaynor(d), Ged Grimes (b), Andy Gillespie (k)
Past Members: Mick MacNeil (f), Derek Forbes (f), Brian McGee, Mike Ogletree, John Giblin, Eddie Duffy

Bit Rate: 320kbps

Disc one 1."Don't You (Forget About Me)" - 4:20 2."Promised You A Miracle" (Edit) - 3:59 3."Waterfront" - 4:49 4."Alive And Kicking" - 5:24 5."Glittering Prize" (Edit) - 3:58 6."All The Things She Said" - 4:16 7."Sanctify Yourself" - 5:00 8."Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)" - 4:38 9."Ghost Dancing" - 4:46 10."Up On The Catwalk" (Edit) - 4:04 11."Speed Your Love To Me" (Edit) - 3:59 12."Theme For Great Cities" - 5:50 13."Love Song" (Edit) - 3:54 14."The American" (Edit) - 3:32 15."Sweat In Bullet" - 4:30 16."Life In A Day" - 4:00 17."I Travel" - 3:56

Disc two 1."Let There Be Love" (Extended Album Mix) - 5:14 2."This Is Your Land" (DJ Version) - 5:05 3."Kick It In" (Edit) - 4:20 4."Let It All Come Down" (Edit) - 3:37 5."See The Lights" - 4:22 6."Stand By Love" - 4:04 7."Real Life" (Video Mix) - 4:53 8."She's A River" (Edit) - 4:29 9."Hypnotised" (Edit) - 4:46 10."Glitterball" (Edit) - 4:25 11."War Babies" (Edit) - 4:24 12."Mandela Day" - 5:41 13."Biko" - 7:32 14."Belfast Child" - 6:40 15."The Real Life" (Raven Maize Remix) - 2:55

Remix "Don't You (Forget About Me)" 12" "Don't You (Forget About Me)" 12" Remix

Videos "Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Philidelphia Live Aid July 13, 1985 "Alive & Kicking" (Remastered) - Official Video

Dont You (Forget About Me) (Lyrics)

Hey, hey, hey ,hey
Ohhh...

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 recognise me?
Call my name or walk on by
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down, down

Hey, hey, hey, hey
Ohhhh.....

Don't you try to pretend
It's my feeling we'll win in the end
I won't harm you or touch your defenses
Vanity and security

Don't you forget about me
I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby
Going to take you apart
I'll put 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

Or will you walk away?
Will you walk on by?
Come on - call my name
Will you all my name?

I say :

The Best of Simple Minds - Night of the Proms Edition

Virgin Records released this compilation on October 1, 2002; it is identical to The Best of Simple Minds except it deletes "The Real Life" remix and replaces it with "Cry" (3:55) and "Spaceface" (3:52).

Special Edition DVD: Live in Verona

1. "Theme For Great Cities '90"
2. "When Spirits Rise"
3. "Street Fighting Years"
4. "Let It All Come Down"  (Promotional Video)
5. "Mandela Day"
6. "Waterfront"
7. "This Is Your Land"  (Instrumental Segue)
8. "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
9. "Gaelic Melody"  (Instrumental Segue)
10. "Kick It In"
11. "Ghost Dancing"
12. "Soul Crying Out"  (Instrumental Segue)
13. "Belfast Child"
14. "Sanctify Yourself"
15. "East At Easter"
16. "Alive & Kicking"
17. "Let It All Come Down"  (Instrumental End Titles)
18. "Hunter & The Hunted"  [Recorded Live at the Newcastle City Hall, 20.11.82]
19. "Glittering Prize"  [Recorded Live at the Newcastle City Hall, 20.11.82]
20. "Someone Somewhere In Summertime"  [Recorded Live at the Newcastle City Hall, 20.11.82]
21. "The American"  [Recorded Live at the Newcastle City Hall, 20.11.82]
22. "Big Sleep"  [Recorded Live at the Newcastle City Hall, 20.11.82]
23. "New Gold Dream"  [Recorded Live at the Newcastle City Hall, 20.11.82]