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Billy Idol
Don’t You (Forget About Me)
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Simple Minds sang it, but Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff wrote it, and the song kept moving after them, through Billy Idol and on to KT Tunstall. Put the Idol cut on and hear the same words land in a different mouth.
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Liner notes
Written by Keith Forsey, Steve Schiff.
Also recorded by KT Tunstall (2011), The Wind and the Wave (2014), Life of Agony (1995), The Bouncing Souls (1999).
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Simple Minds recorded "Don't You (Forget About Me)," but the band didn't write it. Who shares the writing credit with Steve Schiff?Keith Forsey
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