Pretty in Pink

A&M

Though The Breakfast Club’s Simple Minds theme “Don’t You Forget About Me” was also my high-school graduation song, the rest of its soundtrack leaves something to be desired compared to John Hughes’ other Molly Ringwald classic Pretty in Pink, which was actually inspired by the same-named Psychedelic Furs song that was re-recorded for the movie. The rest of the soundtrack helped to popularize new wave, with tracks from Echo and the Bunnymen, New Order, the Smiths and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark with their heartbreaker love theme "If You Leave."