Positive Friction
he producers had worked on the band for months get them in the studio at all. Now that the musicians had finally agreed, they obviously wanted to get out as soon as possible. No, Simple Minds really didn‘t like „Don‘t You (Forget About Me)“. They didn‘t like the idea that they should record a song that they hadn‘t written themselves. They didn‘t like that it sounded like a commercial imitation of their own compositions. And “The Breakfast Club“, the movie that Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff had written the song for, seemed like a project for the trash can of history. Only, Forsey was a huge Simple Minds fan and willing to beg to get his heroes in front of the mic. After another flattering phone call - and several failed attempts to get the song to another band - Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr finally agreed; nevertheless, he seemed to regret his decision until the very end. In the studio, the group took just three hours; Kerr sprinkled in some uninspired „La la la
