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Simple Minds
Don’t You (Forget About Me)
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"Blazin'" runs on a confirmed sample of "Don't You (Forget About Me)," and Simple Minds had that song on record back in 1985. Play the two back to back and listen to the old hook get put to work.
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Liner notes
Written by Keith Forsey, Steve Schiff.
Recorded earlier by Simple Minds in 1985.
Also recorded by Billy Idol (2001), KT Tunstall (2011), Belle Lawrence (2004).
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Kanye West's "Blazin'" samples "Don't You (Forget About Me)" and carries its writing credit. Who had that song on record before him?Simple Minds
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