Don't You (Forget About Me)

Momentum

This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.

Why it's here

The song was written for The Breakfast Club by Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff, inspired by a scene in which an introvert and a school bully bond while no one else is watching. [1] It was offered first to Bryan Ferry, Corey Hart, and Billy Idol before Simple Minds—initially reluctant—agreed to record it. [2] It became Simple Minds' only number-one hit on the US Top Rock Tracks chart, holding the top spot for three weeks, and their biggest American hit overall. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Covered AMsource
• Covered Billy Idolsource
• Covered Boy & Bearsource
• Covered Cornell University Last Callsource
• Covered Hookslidesource
• Written by Keith Forseysource
• Covered Kontrollverlustsource
• Covered KT Tunstall & Johnny Lynchsource
• Covered New Found Glorysource
• Covered Royal Philharmonic Orchestrasource
• Covered Stella Starlight Triosource
• Written by Steve Schiffsource
• Covered Vitamin String Quartetsource
• Covered Winston K.source

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. United Statesus · shazam · 7 cities2026-07-202026-10-28#9686#28
   #96
3. Brazilbr · shazam2026-07-202026-10-29#6588#38
   #65
4. Argentinaar · shazam · 1 city2026-07-202026-10-29#13485#41
   #134
5. Australiaau · shazam2026-07-202026-10-28#7059#41
   #70
6. Chilecl · shazam2026-07-202026-10-29#13383#91
   #133
7. Canadaca · shazam · 1 city2026-07-222026-10-12#10019#47
   #100
8. United Kingdomgb · shazam2026-07-282026-09-20#926#89
   #92
9. Spaines · shazam2026-08-032026-10-25#9438#62
   #94
10. Show all 15 markets

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. World feedworld · shazam2026-07-202026-10-29#17787#157
   #177

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

1. us 7 cities · best #28 orlando
2. ar 1 city · best #41 buenos aires
3. ca 1 city · best #47 calgary

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Editions

No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.