When Simple Minds recorded Don’t You Forget About Me in the 1980s, they believed it would be instantly forgettable – just another song on a soundtrack for an insignificant movie.
But the movie was The Breakfast Club – a cult classic that came to sum up a generation of disaffected youth. And the song became a hit too, winning the Scottish rockers new audiences around the world.
Now it has been re-recorded in a way they could never have imagined. It’s been taken over by a band of LGBT+ celebrities and HIV activists, including a member of the UK’s House of Lords.
Together they are not going to become rock legends any time soon. Some struggle to hold a tune. But they have got a vitally important message.