Don't You Forget About Me was recorded by Scottish band Simple Minds and released in 1985 as the theme for the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. It plays over the closing scenes and became the band's biggest hit, reaching number one in the United States. Its association with the film's detention story and final fist-pump moment kept it alive through decades of reruns, covers and parodies. Online, creators reuse the chorus as shorthand for eighties nostalgia, memorable exits and friendships that should not fade.