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covers

Whilst cover version are themselves easy to document and classify, the situation is a little clouded by some Simple Minds releases being issued under pseudonyms, and Jim re-recording and re-working several key Simple Minds tracks and releasing them under different band names.

The ones I know about have been collected here.

Given their connections with Simple Minds, and the fact that several of these recordings have been reissued as Simple Minds releases, then it isn't unreasonable to consider these releases part of the mainstream Simple Minds discography, albeit released under different names.

taormina covers

The first release of a Simple Minds song through Absolutely Records wasn't released with the band's name, nor, arguably, was it by Simple Minds. Although The Floating World appeared as the last song of the Cry album, it was solely written by Vince Clarke.

Taormina featuring Vince Clarke

The Floating World
Release Date: March 2002
Highest Chart Position: -
12" (Absolutely ABR 012)

biba rom covers

So far, two Biba-Rom releases have appeared as promos from the Italian Absolutely label. Jim has re-recorded the vocals for radical remixes by Phunk Investigation, with Absolutely commissioning further remixes to flesh out the records.

Given the connection with Biba-Rom!, it isn't unreasonable to consider these releases part of the mainstream Simple Minds discography, albeit released under a different name.

	Biba-Rom Don't You (Forget About Me) Release Date: 19th March 2003 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (Absolutely ABR 041)
	Biba-Rom One Step Closer Release Date: 18th April 2003 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (Absolutely ABR 039)

covers by jim kerr

It sounds odd, but Jim has re-recorded the lyrics of several Simple Minds songs, which have been then been remixed and released under different names. All these new recordings are highly recommmended.

	DJ T Gold Dreamer Release Date: August 2002 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (Y2K House Y2K032) 12" (Y2K House Y2K032r)
	Gold Dream Gold Dreamer Release Date: 2002 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (RISE RISE 144)
	White Spaces featuring Jim Kerr Don't You (Forget About Me) Release Date: 6th October 2003 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (BMG 82876552721) CD (BMG 82876552722)
	White Spaces featuring Jim Kerr Alive And Kicking Release Date: 17th March 2004 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (Absolutely ABR 057) 12" (Absolutely ABR 058)
	White Spaces featuring Jim Kerr Don't You (Forget About Me) Release Date: 19th May 2004 Highest Chart Position: - CD (Big Records BIGS002)
	White Spaces featuring Jim Kerr Don't You (Forget About Me) Release Date: 2004 Highest Chart Position: - CD (Columbia COL 674847 1)
	White Spaces featuring Jim Kerr The Man Who Sold The World Release Date: August 2006 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (Absolutely ABR 096)
	Jim Kerr and Martha Wainwright Promised You A Miracle Release Date: May 2010 Highest Chart Position: - Promo DVD (Ear Music)

covers by other artists

	Unknown Artist Alive And Kicking Release Date: 1985 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (London Records LRP 3003)
	Corporation Of One The Real Life Release Date: 1988 Highest Chart Position: - 7" (Desire WANT 16) 12" (Desire WANTX 16) 12" (Desire WANTXR 16)
	Impedance Don't You (Forget About Me) Release Date: 1990 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (Jumpin' And Pumpin' 12TOT 7)
	Eastside Beat Alive And Kicking Release Date: 1992 Highest Chart Position: - 7" (ffrr F206) 12" (ffrr FX206) 12" (ffrr FCD206)
	Liquid People vs Simple Minds Monster Release Date: June 2001 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (Defected DECT49) 12" (Defected DECT49R)
	Dischi vs Simple Minds Live In Glasgow Release Date: 9th January 2003 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (Sound Division SD0073)
	Kelvin Alive And Kicking Release Date: 31st March 2003 Highest Chart Position: - CD (Soultrans ST0055)
	Simple Minds / Paul Rincon Don't You (Forget About Me) Release Date: 26th September 2003 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (RINCON 001)
	The Deadly Ones vs Simple Minds Don't You (Forget About Me) Release Date: 11th November 2003 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (Deadly Ones)
	ATE 1 vs Simple Minds Alive And Kicking Release Date: 2nd April 2004 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (Deadly Ones ATE 01)
	Simple Minds vs Underworld Big Beauty Release Date: 25th June 2004 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (BIG BEAUTY 01)
	David Guetta The World Is Mine Release Date: 21st February 2005 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (Virgin DINST 271) 12" (Virgin DINSTX 271) 12" (Virgin DINXDX 271)
	RM Speed Your Love To Me Release Date: February 2005 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (d:vision DV 401)
	Simple Minds / Jakob Carrison Don't You (Forget About Me) Release Date: September 2007 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (WINX 010)
	Gertrud Stein Blumchen Release Date: September 2010 Highest Chart Position: - 7" (Kernkrach HERTZ 031)
	KT Tunstall Don't You (Forget About Me) Release Date: September 2011 Highest Chart Position: - CD (Songs To Save A Life STSALCDDJ002)
	Loudry, Derek Forbes And Mick MacNeil Book Of Brilliant Things Release Date: March 2013 Highest Chart Position: - 12" (Nang Records NANG100)

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