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Simple Minds

Simple Minds is a group from the UK, active since 1977.

Group GB since 1977 new wave rock electronic

TOTAL PLAYS

3,213

SONGS PLAYED

180

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-03-15 22:39 · 6 Music — "Glittering Prize (BBC session)"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Don't You (Forget About Me)"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 2,263 70%

6 Music 916 29%

Radio 1 30 1%

1Xtra 4 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 04:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Don't You (Forget About Me) 391 2026-05-25

2 Promised You a Miracle 361 2026-05-15

3 Alive & Kicking 252 2026-05-18

4 Glittering Prize 170 2026-05-11

5 I Travel 135 2025-12-29

6 Waterfront 134 2025-09-04

7 Don't You Forget About Me 131 2015-05-26

8 Vision Thing 91 2022-12-30

9 Someone Somewhere in Summertime 89 2026-05-22

10 Love Song 84 2025-11-26

11 Promised You A Miracle 80 2011-10-07

12 Magic 74 2019-11-24

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-25 16:55 Don't You (Forget About Me) Radio 2

2026-05-22 12:51 Someone Somewhere in Summertime Radio 2

2026-05-18 07:44 Alive & Kicking Radio 2

2026-05-15 06:11 Promised You a Miracle Radio 2

2026-05-13 12:20 Promised You a Miracle 6 Music

2026-05-11 06:46 Glittering Prize 6 Music

2026-05-10 10:03 Don't You (Forget About Me) Radio 2

2026-05-01 00:00 Alive & Kicking Radio 2

2026-04-30 23:56 Alive & Kicking Radio 2

2026-04-25 07:11 Promised You a Miracle Radio 2

2026-04-12 11:55 Alive & Kicking Radio 2

2026-04-11 07:34 Don't You (Forget About Me) Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

180 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

20th Century Promised Land —

1 2018-07-09 ▶

Act Of Love —

2 2022-03-06 ▶

Alive And Kicking 1995 —

1 2011-09-28 ▶

Alive & Kicking —

252 2026-05-18 ▶

Alive & Kicking (Acoustic Version) —

1 2016-11-23 ▶

Alive & Kicking (Radio 2 Piano Room, 22 Feb 2022) —

1 2023-01-16 ▶

Alive and Kicking —

16 2025-09-22 ▶

Alive And Kicking —

1 2008-06-05 ▶

Alive And Kicking (12" Remix) —

1 2026-04-04 ▶

Alive and Kicking (Acoustic) —

1 2024-07-06 ▶

Alive And Kicking (Live) —

2 2016-11-10 ▶

Alive And Kicking (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Alive and Kicking (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

1 2018-05-27 ▶

Alive And Kicking - Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow 1995 —

2 2015-06-06 ▶

Alive and Kicking 12" version —

1 2014-08-30 ▶

All the Things She Said —

28 2024-07-13 ▶

All The Things She Said —

12 2011-06-29 ▶

American —

1 2013-12-17 ▶

Andy Warhol (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Barrowland Star —

5 2019-11-24 ▶

Belfast Child —

18 2024-07-06 ▶

Belfast Child (Full Length version) —

1 2015-07-21 ▶

Belfast Child (Full-Length Version) —

1 2021-05-14 ▶

Belfast Child - Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow 1995 —

1 2013-09-18 ▶

Belfast Child 1995 —

1 2011-09-28 ▶

Big Sleep —

3 2020-10-25 ▶

Blindfolded —

4 2015-06-22 ▶

Blood Diamonds —

34 2013-09-20 ▶

Book of Brilliant Things —

1 2024-07-06 ▶

Book Of Brilliant Things (Live) —

1 2024-07-06 ▶

Broken Glass Park —

59 2014-01-31 ▶

Calling Your Name (Radio 1 In Concert, 8 Aug 1979) —

4 2019-05-04 ▶

Calling Your Name - Paris Theatre 1979 —

3 2013-11-04 ▶

Celebrate —

1 2018-05-17 ▶

Changeling —

8 2024-07-06 ▶

Changeling - BBC Session19/12/1979 —

4 2022-02-28 ▶

Changeling - Paris Theatre 1979 —

5 2019-05-04 ▶

Changing - BBC Session 19/12/1979 —

1 2011-02-08 ▶

Chelsea Girl —

62 2022-10-03 ▶

Chelsea Girl (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Citizen (Dance Of Youth - BBC Session —

1 2011-02-08 ▶

Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel —

2 2020-09-16 ▶

Dancing Barefoot (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Don't You (Forget About Me) —

391 2026-05-25 ▶

Don't You (Forget About Me) (Acoustic Version) —

3 2016-11-24 ▶

Don't You (Forget About Me) (BBC Live Recording, Glasgow 1995) —

1 2016-11-19 ▶

Don't You (Forget About Me) (Live In Hyde Park) —

1 2013-09-09 ▶

Don't You (Forget About Me) (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Don't You [Forget About Me] —

13 2013-09-30 ▶

Don't You Forget About Me —

131 2015-05-26 ▶

Don't You Forget About Me (Jam And Spoon Remix) —

2 2025-01-03 ▶

Don't You Forget About Me (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

4 2018-06-01 ▶

Don't You Forget About Me - Guilfest 2004 —

1 2007-12-24 ▶

Don't You Forget About Me - Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow 1995 —

1 2013-09-18 ▶

Don'T You Forget About Me 1995 —

1 2011-09-28 ▶

Don't You Forget About Me(live at Hyde Park) —

1 2013-09-08 ▶

East At Easter —

1 2012-03-30 ▶

Factory (Radio 1 In Concert, 8 Aug 1979) —

4 2019-05-04 ▶

Factory - Paris Theatre 1979 —

2 2013-11-04 ▶

First You Jump —

49 2022-10-28 ▶

For One Night Only —

12 2021-11-14 ▶

Ghost Dancing —

1 2008-07-12 ▶

Ghost Dancing (Live at Live Aid, John F. Kennedy Stadium, 13th July 1985) —

1 2025-04-05 ▶

Ghostdancing —

10 2024-08-03 ▶

Glittering Prize —

170 2026-05-11 ▶

Glittering Prize (BBC session) —

6 2005-09-16 ▶

Glittering Prize (David Jenson Session 1982) —

1 2016-07-27 ▶

Glittering Prize (Radio 2 In Concert , 10 November 2016) —

1 2016-11-11 ▶

Glittering Prize (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Here Comes The Fool (Radio 1 In Concert, 8 Aug 1979) —

4 2019-05-04 ▶

Here Comes The Fool - Paris Theatre 1979 —

2 2013-11-04 ▶

Honest Town —

56 2015-03-11 ▶

Honest Town (Iain Cook Remix) —

1 2014-10-04 ▶

Human Traffic —

2 2022-10-26 ▶

Hunter and the Hunted —

4 2024-09-15 ▶

Hunter And The Hunted (2016 remaster) —

1 2016-07-27 ▶

I Promised You A Miracle (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1982) —

1 2018-02-11 ▶

I Promised You A Miracle - BBC Session 11/02/1982 —

4 2011-10-19 ▶

I Travel —

135 2025-12-29 ▶

Imagination —

3 2014-10-30 ▶

In Dreams —

2 2018-02-07 ▶

In Trance As Mission —

1 2023-01-16 ▶

In Trance As Mission (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1982) —

1 2018-02-11 ▶

In Trance As Mission - BBC Session 11/02/1982 —

4 2010-02-28 ▶

In Your Room - Paris Theatre 1979 —

5 2019-05-04 ▶

Kick It In —

4 2019-07-17 ▶

King Is White (And In The Crowd) (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1982) —

1 2018-02-11 ▶

King Is White (And In The Crowd) - BBC Session 11/02/1982 —

2 2008-11-17 ▶

King Is White and in the Crowd —

1 2020-09-16 ▶

Let the Day Begin —

57 2015-05-01 ▶

Let There Be Love —

7 2022-09-17 ▶

Life In A Day —

48 2024-10-03 ▶

Long Black Train (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Love Song —

84 2025-11-26 ▶

Love Song (Live Recording) —

1 2019-08-20 ▶

Magic —

74 2019-11-24 ▶

Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Mandela Day —

8 2025-07-14 ▶

Midnight Walking —

38 2015-04-24 ▶

New Gold Dream —

1 2017-09-28 ▶

New Gold Dream (81 82 83 84) —

20 2015-11-30 ▶

New Gold Dream (81 82 83 84) (CH) —

1 2011-05-09 ▶

New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (2016 remaster) —

1 2016-07-27 ▶

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) —

26 2025-08-29 ▶

New Gold Dream (Live at Glasgow Barrowlands) —

2 2019-11-24 ▶

New Gold Dream (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84 (Radio 2 In Concert , 10 November 2016) —

1 2016-11-14 ▶

Premonition —

1 2024-07-06 ▶

Premonition - BBC Session 19/12/1979 —

2 2008-11-17 ▶

Premonition - BBC Session19/12/1979 —

2 2022-02-28 ▶

Promised You a Miracle —

361 2026-05-15 ▶

Promised You A Miracle —

80 2011-10-07 ▶

Promised You A Miracle (Acoustic Version) (feat. KT Tunstall) —

44 2016-11-22 ▶

Promised You A Miracle (BBC session) —

3 2005-08-28 ▶

Promised You A Miracle (David Jensen Session 1982) —

1 2024-07-06 ▶

Promised You A Miracle (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Promised You A Miracle (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

2 2018-05-29 ▶

Rockets —

43 2015-11-07 ▶

Room - BBC Session19/12/1979 —

3 2022-03-06 ▶

Sanctify Yourself —

27 2025-11-01 ▶

Sanctify Yourself (Acoustic Version) —

28 2017-01-06 ▶

Sanctify Yourself (Radio 2 In Concert , 10 November 2016) —

1 2016-11-11 ▶

Sanctify Yourself (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

See The Lights (7" Mix) —

2 2024-06-05 ▶

See The Lights (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Sense of Discovery —

33 2018-04-19 ▶

Shake Off the Ghosts —

1 2023-06-26 ▶

Solstice Kiss —

42 2023-08-24 ▶

Somebody Up There Likes You —

4 2020-09-16 ▶

Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) (R2 Piano Room Month, 22 Feb 2022) —

3 2023-01-16 ▶

Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) (Radio 1, Aug 1982) —

1 2023-11-27 ▶

Someone Somewhere (In The Summertime) —

32 2016-09-07 ▶

Someone Somewhere (In The Summertime) (Acoustic Version) —

1 2016-11-21 ▶

Someone Somewhere (In The Summertime) (Radio 2 In Concert , 10 November 2016) —

1 2016-11-11 ▶

Someone Somewhere in Summertime —

89 2026-05-22 ▶

Someone Somewhere In Summertime (BBC session) —

1 2005-05-29 ▶

Someone Somewhere In Summertime (Live From Paisley Abbey) —

1 2024-07-06 ▶

Someone Somewhere In Summertime (Radio 2 In Concert 50 , 2016) —

1 2020-11-16 ▶

Someone Somewhere In Summertime (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Someone Somewhere In The Summertime —

1 2016-01-04 ▶

Speed Your Love To Me —

4 2024-06-01 ▶

Speed Your Love To Me —

4 2015-08-03 ▶

Speed Your Love To Me (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Spirited Away —

2 2014-10-30 ▶

Stand By Love (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Stars Will Lead The Way —

24 2009-10-20 ▶

Street Fighting Years —

1 2019-11-15 ▶

Street Hassle —

1 2015-03-20 ▶

Summer —

36 2018-06-22 ▶

Summer (Gary Numan And Ade Fenton Remix) —

1 2018-05-03 ▶

Summer (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

2 2018-06-02 ▶

SW Sanctify Yourself —

1 2015-12-08 ▶

Sweat in Bullet —

13 2025-06-30 ▶

The American —

22 2025-07-26 ▶

The Signal and the Noise —

8 2018-02-07 ▶

The Signal And The Noise (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

1 2018-05-26 ▶

The Walls Came Down —

2 2022-10-25 ▶

Theme for Great Cities —

11 2024-12-01 ▶

Theme For Great Cities —

1 2006-10-29 ▶

Theme For Great Cities (Original Mix) —

4 2024-08-18 ▶

Theme For Great Cities (Remastered 2001) —

1 2024-07-28 ▶

Theme For Great Cities BED —

3 2013-12-01 ▶

Thirty Frames a Second —

2 2017-12-07 ▶

This Fear of Gods —

1 2025-01-04 ▶

This Is Your Land —

3 2024-05-25 ▶

Traffic —

16 2023-02-10 ▶

Twist/Run/Repulsion —

1 2013-12-29 ▶

Up On the Catwalk —

10 2024-07-13 ▶

Up on the Catwalk —

1 2011-02-19 ▶

Utopia —

1 2018-02-07 ▶

Vision Thing —

91 2022-12-30 ▶

Walk Between Worlds —

3 2018-02-10 ▶

Waterfront —

134 2025-09-04 ▶

Waterfront 1995 —

1 2011-09-28 ▶

Waterfront (Live in the City of Diamonds) —

1 2025-04-05 ▶

Waterfront (Radio 2 In Concert , 10 November 2016) —

1 2016-11-12 ▶

Waterfront (Radio 2 In Concert, 10th November 2016) —

1 2016-11-10 ▶

Waterfront - Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow 1995 —

2 2016-07-15 ▶

Wonderful in Young Life —

1 2012-08-01 ▶

Your Name In Lights —

20 2025-02-16 ▶