{"id":211746,"date":"2025-06-25T00:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T00:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/211746\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T00:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T00:28:10","slug":"simple-minds-expand-once-upon-a-time-for-40th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/211746\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Minds Expand ‘Once Upon a Time’ for 40th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simple Minds<\/a>‘ seventh album, the worldwide multiplatinum hit\u00a0Once Upon a Time, will celebrate its 40th anniversary later this year with an expanded five-CD Deluxe Edition.<\/p>\n

The 1985 LP arrived just months after the soundtrack single “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” hit No. 1\u00a0in the U.S. thanks to its inclusion in the movie The Breakfast Club.<\/p>\n

Once Upon a Time became the Scottish band’s only Top 10 LP in the States after its release in October 1985. Three of its singles made the Top 40: “Sanctify Yourself,” “All the Things She Said” and “Alive and Kicking,” which peaked at No. 3.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Top 40 Albums of 1985<\/a><\/p>\n

The upcoming five-disc Once Upon a Time, scheduled to arrive on Oct. 17, 40 years to the week of its original release, includes the original LP plus CDs featuring B-sides, single mixes, extended mixes, and a live\u00a0album from Paris in 1986.<\/p>\n

What’s on Simple Minds’ 40th Anniversary Edition of ‘Once Upon a Time’?<\/p>\n

“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” will also be included in the set in three versions: the original 7″ single mix, the 12″ extended single and a live rendition from Rotterdam in December 1985.<\/p>\n

The second disc of the upcoming Deluxe Edition will include “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”‘s B-side\u00a0“A\u00a0Brass Band in African Chimes” in both 7″ and 12″ mixes; edit and instrumental versions of “Alive and Kicking” and “Sanctify Yourself”; and\u00a0the U.S. remix of the 1982 single “Promised You a Miracle.”<\/p>\n

Live in the City of Light – Live From Le Zenith, Paris 1986 \u2014 a No. 1 album in the U.K. when it was released in 1987 \u2014 features on the final two CDs, and includes concert versions of many Once Upon a Time\u00a0tracks and earlier Simple Minds songs “Waterfront,” “Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)” and\u00a0New Gold Dream.”<\/p>\n

You can see the track listing for the Super Deluxe edition of Once Upon a Time below.<\/p>\n

The original album will also be available in red vinyl.<\/p>\n

Simple Minds recently completed a U.S. tour<\/a>. The band will launch the U.K. leg of the tour later this week in their hometown of Glasgow.<\/p>\n

Simple Minds, ‘Once Upon a Time Super Deluxe’ Track Listing<\/strong>
DISC ONE: Once Upon a Time<\/strong>
Once Upon a Time
All The Things She Said
Ghost Dancing
Alive And Kicking
Oh Jungleland
I Wish You Were Here
Sanctify Yourself
Come A Long Way<\/p>\n

DISC TWO: B-Sides \/ Mixes<\/strong>
Don’t You (Forget About Me) – 7″ Single
A Brass Band in African Chimes – 7″ Single
Don’t You (Forget About Me) – 12″ Single
A Brass Band in African Chimes \u2013 – Extended Version
Alive And Kicking – Edit
Alive And Kicking – Instrumental
Up On the Catwalk – Live (Barrowlands, Ballroom, Glasgow: 5th January 1985
Alive And Kicking – 7″ Remix \/ Edit
Alive And Kicking – 12″ Remix
Alive And Kicking – Kevorkian 12″ Remix
Sanctify Yourself – Edit
Sanctify Yourself – Instrumental
Sanctify Yourself – Alternative Edit<\/p>\n

DISC THREE: B-Sides \/ Extended Mixes<\/strong>
Street Hassle – Live – Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985
Love Song -Live – Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985
Sanctify Yourself – Extended Mix
Sanctify Yourself – Dub Version
All The Things She Said – Edit
Promised You a Miracle – US Remix
All The Things She Said – Extended Version
Don’t You (Forget About Me) \u2013 Live- Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985
Ghost Dancing – 12″ Remix
Ghost Dancing – Instrumental
Oh Jungleland – 12″ Remix
Oh Jungleland – Instrumental<\/p>\n

DISC FOUR: Live In the City of Light – Live From Le Zenith, Paris 1986<\/strong>
Ghost Dancing
Big Sleep
Waterfront
Promised You a Miracle
Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
Oh Jungleland
Alive And Kicking<\/p>\n

DISC FIVE: Live In the City of Light – Live From Le Zenith, Paris 1986<\/strong>
Don’t You (Forget About Me)
Once Upon a Time
Book Of Brilliant Things
East At Easter
Sanctify Yourself
Love Song \/ Sun City \/ Dance to The Music
New Gold Dream<\/p>\n

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Gallery Credit: Michael Gallucci<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simple Minds‘ seventh album, the worldwide multiplatinum hit\u00a0Once Upon a Time, will celebrate its 40th anniversary later this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,269,84395,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-211746","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-new-albums","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114741176171437687","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}