Once Upon a Time (Simple Minds album)
Once Upon a Time is the seventh studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released on 21 October 1985 by record label Virgin, Once Upon a Time topped the UK charts, and peaked at No. 10 on the US charts, spending five consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of Billboard and 16 weeks in the Top 20.
Alternative cover
UK picture disc cover
Image: Once Upon a Time (Simple Minds album cover art)
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. They have released a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for "Don't You " (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), "See the Lights" (1991), and the UK number one single "Belfast Child" (1989).
Simple Minds performing live in 2022
Simple Minds during the New Gold Dream era, c. 1983
Ticket for the band's concert at Tiffany's, Glasgow on 20 December 1982
Simple Minds wrote the song "Mandela Day" as a homage to South African President Nelson Mandela