Thursday, June 21, 2012

Hits List: Simple Minds

This group from Scotland caught fire after landing a song in the great movie The Breakfast Club.  Here is the complete Hits List from Simple Minds:

1979:  "Life in a Day" (#62 U.K.)
           "Chelsea Girl"
1980:  "Changeling"
           "I Travel"
1981:  "Celebrate"
           "The American" (#59 U.K.)
           "Love Song" (#47 U.K., #38 Canada, #17 Australia, #16 Sweden)
           "Sweat in Bullet" (#52 U.K., #47 New Zealand, #17 Sweden)
           "I Travel" (re-issue)
1982:  "Promised You a Miracle" (#13 U.K., #10 Australia, #9 New Zealand, #17 Sweden)
           "Glittering Prize" (#16 U.K., #9 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #11 Sweden)
           "Someone, Somewhere in Summertime" (#36 U.K., #51 Australia)
1983:  "I Travel" (re-issue)
          "Waterfront" (#13 U.K., #19 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #16 Sweden)
1984:  "Speed Your Love to Me" (#20 U.K., #76 Australia, #46 New Zealand, #18 Sweden)
           "Up on the Catwalk" (#27 U.K., #44 New Zealand)

1985:  "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (#1, #7 U.K., #1 Canada, #6 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #13 Sweden)
           "Alive and Kicking" (#3, #7 Australia, #3 Canada, #21 Australia, #5 New Zealand, #11 Sweden)
1986:  "Sanctify Yourself" (#14, #10 U.K., #17 Canada, #46 Australia, #22 New Zealand, #16 Sweden)
           "All the Things She Said" (#28, #9 U.K., #65 Canada, #46 Australia, #20 New Zealand)
           "Ghostdancing" (#13 U.K., #72 Australia)
1987:  "Promised You a Miracle" (Live) (#19 U.K.)
1989:  "This Is Your Land" (#13 U.K., #40 Canada, #38 Australia, #26 New Zealand, #18 Sweden)
           "Take a Step Back"
           "Kick It In" (#15 U.K., #27 New Zealand)

1991:  "Let There Be Love" (#6 U.K., #15 Australia, #48 New Zealand, #9 Sweden)
           "See the Lights" (#40, #20 U.K., #10 Canada, #100 Australia, #27 Sweden)
           "Stand By Love" (#13 U.K., #70 Australia, #39 Sweden)
           "Real Life" (#34 U.K.)
1992:  "Love Song" (#6 U.K.)
1995:  "Shes a River" (#52, #9 U.K., #3 Canada, #29 Australia, #21 New Zealand, #26 Sweden)
           "Hypnotised" (#18 U.K., #34 Canada, #85 Australia)
           "And the Band Played On"
1998:  "Glitterball" (#18 U.K.)
           "War Babies" (#43)
2001:  "Dancing Barefoot"
           "Homosapien"
2002:  "Belfast Trance" (#74 U.K.)
           "Cry" (#47 U.K.)
           "Spaceface"
           "New Sunshine Morning"
           "One Step Closer")
           "Monster"
2003:  "Don't You Forget About Me" (remix) (#92 Australia)
2004:  "Dirty Old Town" (with Jimmy Johnstone) (#46 U.K.)
2005:  "Too Much Television"
           "Home" (#41 U.K.)
2006:  "Stranger"
           "Different World"
           "The Jeweller (Pt II)"

2009:  "Rockets"
           "Stars Will Lead the Way"

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