# Simple Minds: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

As of 2026-10-27, Simple Minds has 658,000 subscribers, 1,028,912,816 total views, and 530 videos. It ranks #114,965 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Simple Minds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Simple Minds is “Don't You (Forget About Me) - Live at @isleofwightfest, 2009. #simpleminds”, a Short published Oct 7, 2026.
- These are Simple Minds’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Feb 13, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026 (3 long-form videos and 45 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 20,131. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Simple Minds - Beginner Boys (Official Audio)” (234,571 views, Sep 3, 2026). Least viewed: “The new music video for ‘Beginner Boys’ is out today. #SimpleMinds” (7,537 views, Sep 11, 2026).
- Median length: 3:29 for 3 long-form videos; 0:31 for 45 Shorts.
- In this sample, Simple Minds’s consecutive uploads were a median of 3 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 33 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 27, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Don't You (Forget About Me) - Live at @isleofwightfest, 2009. #simpleminds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/hwge_pK9Q4I/) | 2026-10-07 | Short | 113,135 | 0:29 | 7.14x |
| [Speaking to @bbcradio2, Jim reveals the origins of Simple Minds' new single 'Beginner Boys'.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/sdNhnlDKMY0/) | 2026-10-06 | Short | 15,052 | 0:31 | 1.03x |
| [Simple Minds lighting up Stirling Castle last month with their new single 'Beginner Boys'.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/Hletmltr6ds/) | 2026-10-05 | Short | 22,051 | 0:46 | 1.62x |
| [Watch the new music video for 'Beginner Boys' now on the #SimpleMinds YouTube.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/jAfSGFCFpWM/) | 2026-10-02 | Short | 7,735 | 0:23 | - |
| [Jim speaking to @VirginRadioUK about touring with Simple Minds after five decades together.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/c98nvDTcp9w/) | 2026-10-01 | Short | 9,771 | 1:40 | - |
| [Simple Minds performing their hit single 'Alive and Kicking' for #R2InThePark](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/JoK1OW0EBso/) | 2026-09-30 | Short | 13,078 | 0:56 | - |
| [Simple Minds at Stirling Castle 2026 \| Behind The Scenes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/kcbHhgeSLaM/) | 2026-09-24 | Long-form | 50,496 | 3:09 | 2.52x |
| [Simple Minds’ triumphant show in Stirling last Sunday for @bbcradio2 In The Park!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/fUJZamTDS_w/) | 2026-09-20 | Short | 34,997 | 0:42 | 2.07x |
| [Simple Minds performing New Gold Dream - Live in Newcastle, 1982.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/MEFCR2YIP3A/) | 2026-09-17 | Short | 18,437 | 0:44 | 1.2x |
| [The new music video for ‘Beginner Boys’ is out today. #SimpleMinds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/G6uPH9_mT64/) | 2026-09-11 | Short | 7,537 | 0:48 | - |
| [Simple Minds - Beginner Boys (Official Video)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/pnJ1xHNdrTM/) | 2026-09-11 | Long-form | 152,456 | 3:35 | 8.59x |
| [Celebrating five decades of Simple Minds. The V Tour comes to the UK and Europe in 2027.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/7o2vRV7r0vg/) | 2026-09-11 | Short | 24,235 | 0:31 | 1.56x |
| [Simple Minds are thrilled to announce their new studio album ’Sacrosanct’. Released 29 January 2027.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/BYZ-vGqUg2o/) | 2026-09-03 | Short | 16,258 | 0:30 | 1.02x |
| [Simple Minds - Beginner Boys (Official Audio)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/AfifHMAEPFA/) | 2026-09-03 | Long-form | 234,571 | 3:29 | 15.84x |
| [Something is coming…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/IjPfK18B4d8/) | 2026-09-01 | Short | 12,236 | 0:11 | - |
| [44 years ago this month, Simple Minds released ‘Glittering Prize’ ✨ #SimpleMinds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/AKyJxKpi0aA/) | 2026-08-20 | Short | 26,784 | 0:27 | 1.6x |
| [Thank you to everyone who joined Simple Minds for the Closing Ceremony of the @CommonwealthGames.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/CYyXZOoYQG8/) | 2026-08-05 | Short | 14,311 | 0:38 | - |
| ["Stay until your love is..." #SimpleMinds #80s #LiveMusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/mQjWMIIHAXM/) | 2026-07-03 | Short | 18,384 | 0:41 | 1.09x |
| [3 years ago today, 'Solstice Kiss' was released as a single from Direction of the Heart.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/mpkB30UUvdw/) | 2026-06-30 | Short | 17,291 | 0:24 | 1x |
| [The Doors originally released 'Riders on the Storm' in June 1971. #SimpleMinds #TheDoors](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/FtSocyEsbuc/) | 2026-06-16 | Short | 9,300 | 0:25 | - |
| [This is who we are and what we do…the prism through which we try to make sense of the world - JK](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/SnOlOq5UhbU/) | 2026-06-05 | Short | 15,498 | 0:06 | - |
| ["Step in, step out of the rain." #SimpleMinds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/ZdEjV18VnJg/) | 2026-05-28 | Short | 32,797 | 0:41 | 1.71x |
| [This is Don’t You (Forget About Me) #SimpleMinds #BreakfastClub #80s](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/B5ud-Zm0Ro0/) | 2026-05-27 | Short | 57,948 | 0:29 | 3.04x |
| [What books have had the biggest impact on you? #SimpleMinds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/tJg30VENHDg/) | 2026-05-11 | Short | 10,374 | 0:28 | - |
| [Cherisse and Sarah talk backstage in Glasgow during the 2022 tour 📹](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/CXibIgm5toA/) | 2026-04-30 | Short | 10,378 | 0:34 | - |
| [Back in 1985 this week, ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ broke into the UK Top 10 at No.7. #SimpleMinds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/G4AIOnQJvsQ/) | 2026-04-24 | Short | 69,217 | 0:29 | 3.63x |
| [Like a glittering prize, I saw you up on a clear day #SimpleMinds #Acoustic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/H0nKwItPtWw/) | 2026-04-24 | Short | 16,190 | 0:40 | - |
| [Simple Minds released their debut album Life in a Day this week in 1979. #SimpleMinds #70s](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/9qDpNXN8Z8U/) | 2026-04-23 | Short | 13,347 | 0:17 | - |
| ["Wherever you are that night, this is the only night on Earth." #SimpleMinds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/SvNj--VT7Oo/) | 2026-04-17 | Short | 16,354 | 0:20 | - |
| [See The Lights - Top Of The Pops, 1991 #SimpleMinds #LiveMusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/UkwOiQo5F4Y/) | 2026-04-16 | Short | 30,926 | 0:31 | 1.44x |
| ["Anywhere you go, you know I'll still be waiting." #SimpleMinds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/iESv_okxOpM/) | 2026-04-14 | Short | 21,772 | 0:36 | 1.02x |
| [This week in '85: ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ was released as a single in the UK. #SimpleMinds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/l0anxmAtwbM/) | 2026-04-08 | Short | 42,304 | 0:30 | 1.98x |
| [New Gold Dream - The Oxford Road Show, 1983 #SimpleMinds #80sMusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/aNOwgDr3IX8/) | 2026-04-02 | Short | 25,261 | 0:39 | 1.04x |
| [In April 1982, Simple Minds released ‘Promised You a Miracle’. #SimpleMinds #80sMusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/KgT1DAXczNg/) | 2026-04-01 | Short | 15,965 | 0:21 | - |
| [Simple Minds released their eleventh studio album Néapolis this month in 1998 #SimpleMinds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/lu1y7oLJBrM/) | 2026-03-27 | Short | 15,330 | 0:52 | - |
| [‘Up on the Catwalk' was released as a single this month in 1984. #SimpleMinds #80sMusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/JFH_hopSobE/) | 2026-03-26 | Short | 33,606 | 0:27 | 1.51x |
| ["Your music talks to me" #SimpleMinds #LiveMusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/iSNKfTVcQ3o/) | 2026-03-25 | Short | 11,850 | 0:33 | - |
| [Listening to Alive & Kicking for the first time 📹 @NathanBrownMusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/NDzGaDADSbI/) | 2026-03-24 | Short | 24,387 | 0:39 | 1.1x |
| [Jim Kerr on @GreatestHitsRadioUK #SimpleMinds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/HpatrkiqAL8/) | 2026-03-23 | Short | 14,401 | 0:41 | - |
| [On this day in 1991, Simple Minds released 'Let There Be Love'. #SimpleMinds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/bHQGDp01StQ/) | 2026-03-11 | Short | 45,740 | 0:29 | 2.01x |
| [Glittering Prize - Live on Top of the Pops, 1982 #SimpleMinds #80sMusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/HgiJQeHJJ3o/) | 2026-03-09 | Short | 20,335 | 0:51 | - |
| [Jim and Charlie list their favourite songs to perform on the road. #SimpleMinds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/rEhlIZTURZA/) | 2026-03-06 | Short | 24,782 | 0:19 | 1.17x |
| [‘All The Things She Said' was released 40 years ago this month as a single. #SimpleMinds #80sMusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/Eel7lm9MWnA/) | 2026-03-05 | Short | 19,926 | 0:22 | - |
| [Belief is a beauty thing #SimpleMinds #80sMusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/a7kK5dSkZPE/) | 2026-02-25 | Short | 30,032 | 0:22 | 1.41x |
| [Well played 🎸 @dannyritz_official #SimpleMinds #80sMusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/FLiRwfnKj6I/) | 2026-02-20 | Short | 20,597 | 0:27 | - |
| [Love Song - Live in Edinburgh, 2015. #SimpleMinds #LiveMusic #80s](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/zORE40UI3EE/) | 2026-02-18 | Short | 28,438 | 0:23 | 1.16x |
| [Cherisse spoke with Chris Hawkins about her time in #SimpleMinds and the craft behind her drumming.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/spXLl_dmOEI/) | 2026-02-17 | Short | 8,447 | 0:36 | - |
| [Book of Brilliant Things - Live at Nuits de Fourvière, 2024. #SimpleMinds #LiveMusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simpleminds1/videos/EkP6uZch9mE/) | 2026-02-13 | Short | 27,440 | 0:45 | 1.32x |

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