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Don't You (Forget About Me)
- primarySimple Minds
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a song by Simple Minds released on 1985-01-01.
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Spotify royalty estimates
All time
$3,898,000
Rounded forecast · nearest $1,000
estimated Spotify gross royalties to rightsholders
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- As of
- Sep 8, 2026
- Source
- Chartmetric
- Formula version
- artistsphere_spotify_gross_preview_v1
Each figure multiplies an identity-matched Chartmetric Spotify stream count by a deterministic $0.003 modeled gross rightsholder rate. The estimate is gross to rightsholders before contractual splits, fees, recoupment, and taxes; it is not artist take-home pay.
These estimates represent gross royalties to rightsholders before contractual splits, fees, recoupment, and taxes. They do not represent artist take-home pay.
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reel · May 27, 2026
“We have a strange relationship with a few of our biggest successes, ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ being the most obvious example. A song achieves everything you ever wished for, yet you feel conflicted because it didn’t happen in exactly the way that you had hoped or imagined. It’s an irony that I appreciate a little more the older I get.” - Jim
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This week in ‘85: ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ was released as a single in the UK. “Something that often gets overlooked and should always be celebrated is the amount of enjoyment that song has given people all over the world for forty years. That’s a gift, too, and one I increasingly appreciate.” - Jim
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Don't You (Forget About Me)
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