Sometimes buying singles is just something that 'has to happen'. You scour through the boxes in a record store and nothing decent co...

Can it really be 13 years since I last bought a Simple Minds single? I guess so, but this time I felt it was quite necessary. I bought '...

'Stand by love' was released in 1991 as the third single from their tenth album 'Real life'. The song was written by Charlie...

'Sweat in bullet' was released in 1981 as the second single from Simple Minds' fourth album 'Sons and fascination'. The ...

I think 'Someone somewhere (in summertime)' is my favourite Simple Minds song of all times. Still, it took me this long to find a co...

'Sanctify yourself' was released as the second single from the Simple Minds' 1986 album 'Once upon a time', their sevent...

In 1987, the Simple Minds released the album 'Live in the city of light', which as the name vaguely describes, was a recording of th...

'Kick it in' was released as the third single from the 1989 Simple Minds album 'Street fighting years'. Although I wasn'...

The Simple Minds released five singles from their 1989 album 'Street fighting years', of which the first and the last one were EP...

'Hypnotised' was the second single taken from the Simple Minds' 1995 album 'Good news from the next world'. The 7" ...

By 1995, the Simple Minds had become 'the former super group'. The line-up had diminished to Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, using se...

'Love song' is a track from the Simple Minds' 1981 album 'Sons and fascination'. It was originally released as a single ...

'See the lights' was the second single released from Simple Minds' 1991 album 'Real life'. The track was remixed and edi...

Released in 1982, 'New gold dream' was the fifth album of the Simple Minds. The single 'Promised you a miracle' was the firs...

The first single from the Simple Minds' 1991 album 'Real life' was 'Let there be love'. Although the song still had a ve...

'This is your land' was released as the second single from the Simple Minds' 1989 album 'Street fighting years' in April...

I still remember vividly the first time I heard 'Belfast child' by the Simple Minds. It was a Saturday evening and I had a splitting...

'Don't you (forget about me)' was released in April 1985 and made a big impression on me right away. I loved the song, and the f...

'Alive and kicking' was released as a single from the Simple Minds' 1985 album 'Once upon a time'. The single featured a...

The early Simple Minds material has a certain quality their later songs did not have. It featured a sparser sound, it rocked like hell and t...