"All the Things She Said" is a song by Scottish rock group
Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish Rock music, rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977, becoming best known internationally for their song "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985), which topped the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100 ...
, released as the third single from their seventh studio album, ''
Once Upon a Time
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''. It was sung by lead vocalist Jim Kerr, with backing vocals provided by American singer
Robin Clark
Robin Clark is an American vocalist known for her work as a vocalist on David Bowie's 1975 album ''Young Americans'' and Simple Minds' 1985 album ''Once Upon a Time''.
Clark was born in New York. In 1967, when Clark was 17, she and future s ...
who also appeared in the promotional video.
The song reached number 9 on the
UK Singles Chart and number 28 on the
US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was featured in the 2013 video game, ''
Grand Theft Auto V
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'', on the fictional radio station
Los Santos Rock Radio.
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Singer Jim Kerr said the song was based on an article he read about Polish political prisoners in the Soviet Union. "There was an interview with wives of guys that had been away for a long time, taken away, and some of the beautiful quotations that the women had used became sort of the background for that song," he said.
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1985 songs
Simple Minds songs
Song recordings produced by Jimmy Iovine
Song recordings produced by Bob Clearmountain
Virgin Records singles
Songs written by Jim Kerr
Songs written by Charlie Burchill
Songs written by Mick MacNeil
Music videos directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński
1986 singles