The film's soundtrack, The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), was produced by British pop musician Keith Forsey and released on February 19, 1985, by A&M Records. The album peaked at No. 17 on the US Billboard 200 album chart, due in main part because the song "Don't You (Forget About Me)", performed by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, this was released as a single on February 23, 1985, in the United States and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was released on April 8, 1985, in the United Kingdom.
John Hughes' The Breakfast Club was
the quintessential '80s high school film, and it had a soundtrack full
of songs that went on to become just as beloved as the movie itself in some ways. Released in 1985 to rave critical reviews, the film follows a group of
disparate students who come to know each other over the course of a day
in Saturday detention. The Breakfast Club captured the high
school experience in a way that had never been attempted before, and it
felt completely tuned into the culture of the 1980s. Besides launching
the careers of "The Brat Pack", it also changed teen movies forever.
The film's music was perhaps its most underrated aspect,
and the new wave sounds firmly placed it in its time period. The
soundtrack album was mostly a vehicle for the hit single "Don't You
(Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds, but supplemental music from the
score and pop songs from artists like Wang Chung were just as strong.
The album opener was the huge "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds, was not only the biggest hit on the
soundtrack, but it was also one of the biggest hits of the entire
decade. The epic new wave tune plays over the film's opening credits and
continues in instrumental form under the film's opening monologue about
the adult perception of students. "The Reggae" by Keith Forsey, the instrumental tune
plays several times throughout the film, and essentially serves as the
tension hook in the score. "Waiting" by Elizabeth Daily, while most of the music
used in the film was overt, the song "Waiting" was actually snuck into a
scene rather subtly through the use of diegetic sound. next is "Didn't I Tell You" by
Joyce Kennedy, "Fire in the Twilight" by Wang Chung, now this was the other big
pop song on the soundtrack album, Wang Chung's hit song plays during the
memorable scene in which the teens run through the hallway while trying
to avoid being caught by Vernon.
"Dream Montage" by Gary Chang is the bluesy
instrumental piece plays during the hilarious moment in the film when
the teens all imbibe in Bender's stash of weed. "I'm The Dude" another one by Keith Forsey was a hard-rocking
instrumental plays during the scene where Andrew comes out of the closet
after smoking weed and dances furiously around the library punching the
air and jumping over furniture. "We Are Not Alone" by Karla DeVito was essentially the
anthem for the finale of the film as it explored the idea that the teens
in the film had finally found community with each other. Finally the ballad "Love Theme" by Keith Forsey which was another piece of the
film's underrated score that made it onto the soundtrack, and the finally "Love Theme"
plays during the scene where Claire gives Allison a makeover and rolls
over into the moment when Andrew is suddenly struck by her looks, and "Heart Too Hot to Hold" by Jesse Johnson &
Stephanie Spruill used to close out the movie on a good note.
Despite the huge succesful the movie enjoyed, the soundtrack was different, it was reviewed eith a terrible note called it a bunch og "utterly negligible" songs, and he commended except for the magnificent "Don't You (Forget About Me)", which is the undisputed masterpiece", tthen he album is largely
"disposable" and marred by "'80s artifacts" and "forgettable
instrumentals", something like a pack of forgotten '80stracks.
The Breakfast Club Soundtrack Track List:
1. Don't You (Forget About Me)
2. Waiting
3. Fire In The Twighlight
4. I'm The Dude
5. Heart Too Hot To Old
6. Dream Montage
7. We Are Not Alone
8. The Reggae
9. Didn't I Tell You
10. Love Theme
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