Friday’s Forgotten 45 is from Simple Minds

Best known for their monster hit Don’t You (Forget About Me), the Scottish band Simple Minds followed up with today’s Forgotten 45 at 3:45 “Alive and Kicking”. The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in Fall of 1985. The song also reached number 4 in Canada. And in Europe, the song topped the charts in Italy, reached number 2 in Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands, and peaked at number 7 in the UK.

You can hear the song again Saturday night on Absolutely 80’s with Nina Blackwood from 9 to midnight on KOKZ!