Songs · UK Singles Chart

Don't You (Forget About Me)

Simple Minds

Entered Apr 14, 1985 · peaked at #7 on Apr 28, 1985 · 64 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 21, 1986

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 22 wkUK Singles Chart · #7, 64 wk
Record Power
31.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
64
April 1985 – December 1986

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Simple Mindsprimary100%29.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 28, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1Move CloserPhyllis Nelson
  2. #2We Are The WorldUSA For Africa
  3. #3Everybody Wants To Rule The WorldTears For Fears
  4. #419Paul Hardcastle
  5. #5I Feel Love (Medley)Bronski Beat & Marc Almond
  6. #6One More NightPhil Collins
  7. #7Don't You (Forget About Me)Simple Minds
  8. #8The Unforgettable FireU2
  9. #9Clouds Across the MoonRah Band
  10. #10Could It Be I'm Falling in LoveDavid Grant & Jaki Graham

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