Simple Minds, is a Scottish rock band which achieved its 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.Simple Minds has secured a string of successful hit singles, the best known being their number 1 worldwide hit single Don't You (Forget About Me), from the soundtrack of the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club and number 3 worldwide hit single Alive and Kicking.