| Simple Minds discography | |
|---|---|
 Simple Minds at Rock the Ring, 2018 | |
| Studio albums | 21 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Live albums | 12 |
| Compilation albums | 10 |
| Singles | 67 |
| Video albums | 5 |
| Music videos | 55 |
| Promotional singles | 12 |
| Box sets | 14 |
| Website releases | 7 |
The discography of the Scottish art rock–new wave band Simple Minds consists of 21 studio albums (either original or covers and counting 1981's Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call as a double album release), eleven live albums, ten compilation albums, fourteen box sets, 68 singles, and five video albums.
The band became best known internationally for their song "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985), which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Other commercially successful singles include "Promised You a Miracle" (1982), "Glittering Prize" (1982), "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" (1982), "Waterfront" (1983), "Alive and Kicking" (1985), "Sanctify Yourself" (1986), "Let There Be Love" (1991), "She's a River" (1995), and the UK number one single "Belfast Child" (1989).
Simple Minds have achieved 24 top 40 singles on the UK Singles Chart, and 23 top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart,[1] including five number one albums:[2] Sparkle in the Rain (1984), Once Upon a Time (1985), Live in the City of Light (1987), Street Fighting Years (1989), and Glittering Prize 81/92 (1992).[1] They have sold more than 60 million albums worldwide,[3] and were the most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s.[4] Simple Minds have had chart success in the United States, Australia, Germany, Spain, Italy and New Zealand.[2]
- ^ a b "Simple Minds Official Chart History". Official Charts company.
- ^ a b "History Of Simple Minds". Simpleminds.com. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ ""When I say that there are a few songs about faith, I don't mean it in a religious sense..." hmv.com talks to Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr". HMV. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Roberts, David, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles and Albums. Guinness World Records Limited. p. 500. ISBN 978-1904994107.