# ID this song.  A remake of a Simple Minds song.

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**Created:** [November 24, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-a-remake-of-a-simple-minds-song/561787 "2010-11-24T16:37:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-a-remake-of-a-simple-minds-song/561787/1 "2010-11-24T16:37:54Z")

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This always happens to me… I was in a clothing store last night and heard a song on their piped in music channel. It was a remake of the old Simple Minds song, “Don’t You Forget About Me”. It was slower than the original version and sung by a male. It was very “electronic” sounding. I made a mental note and went home and googled it, but have not been able to find it. I did find several remakes, but they featured the original singer, which is not version I’m looking for. I incorrectly assumed that this would be easy to find. Any ideas on who this version is by?

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-a-remake-of-a-simple-minds-song/561787/2 "2010-11-24T16:40:13Z")

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There is a list of bands that have covered it on Wiki. Did you look there?

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**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-a-remake-of-a-simple-minds-song/561787/3 "2010-11-24T16:56:32Z")

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> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#):
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> There is a list of bands that have covered it on Wiki. Did you look there?

Yes, I found that, but none of those songs are the version I’m looking for.

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**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-a-remake-of-a-simple-minds-song/561787/4 "2010-11-24T17:27:29Z")

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[Life of Agony’s version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p2ce7gOcbo) is slow and electronic sounding in parts.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-a-remake-of-a-simple-minds-song/561787/5 "2010-11-24T18:33:54Z")

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[The Covers Project](http://www.coversproject.com/) is always a good resource for this kind of thing.