Careless Whisper: Stripped 80s Chillout

Enjoy these soulful, chilled and jazzy lounge takes on classics from the 1980s! One of the tracks is Don't You (Forget About Me) from the movie The Breakfast Club. Producer Keith Forsey, who used to be Giorgio Moroder’s right hand, asked subsequently Cy Curnin from The Fixx, Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol to record the song, but all three turned it down. Bryan would regret his decision later on in his career, because it would have been a good opportunity to crack the US market. Forsey then asked Simple Minds who, after refusing as well, agreed after some pushing from their label, A&M. According to frontman Jim Kerr, the band was reluctant to record the song as they felt they should only record their own material, relenting after persuasion from Kerr's wife at the time, Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, and a phone call from Forsey in which he expressed his admiration for the band. The band rearranged and recorded Don't You (Forget About Me) in three hours in a north London studio and promptly forgot about it. Profiting from the success of The Breakfast Club, the song became a #1 hit in the U.S. and around the world. While only reaching #7 in the UK, it stayed on the charts from 1985 to 1987, one of the longest time spans for any single in the history of the chart. The video of the track has been viewed over 100 million times on YouTube.

Tracklist:

Corneille – Careless Whisper (2018)
Cassandra Wilson – Time After Time (1999)
Miles Davis – Human Nature (1985)
Leela James – I Want To Know What Love Is (2009)
Jasmine Thompson – Mad World (2013)
Inger Marie – Take On Me (2011)
Marc Collin Feat. Leelou – Don’t You (Forget About Me) (2008)
Slow Moving Millie – Don’t Go (2011)
Nick Rezo Feat. Melo – Every Day Is Like Sunday (2018)
The Blue Hammock – Rosanna (2013)
Nouvelle Vague – Love Will Tear Us Apart (2004)
Flavourine – Smooth Operator (2017)
Gretchen Parlato – Holding Back The Years (2011)
Stella Starlight Trio – Tainted Love (2007)
Robert Symons – I Just Called (To Say I Love You) (2014)