The Best of Simple Minds


The Best of Simple Minds is the second greatest hits album by Simple Minds, released in 2001. New versions of the "Theme for Great Cities" were released, and some copies, included the remixes by Raven Maize.
A new edition was released in November 2007 with an extra DVD of the Verona concert film.
Raven Maize's track "The Real Life"—which samples both Simple Minds' "Theme for Great Cities" and Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"—was a hit single in 2001 and was included on this album, at the end of the second disc.

Track listing

;Disc one
  1. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" - 4:20
  2. "Promised You a Miracle" - 3:59
  3. "Waterfront" - 4:49
  4. "Alive and Kicking" - 5:24
  5. "Glittering Prize" - 3:58
  6. "All the Things She Said" - 4:16
  7. "Sanctify Yourself" - 5:00
  8. "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" - 4:38
  9. "Ghost Dancing" - 4:46
  10. "Up on the Catwalk" - 4:04
  11. "Speed Your Love to Me" - 3:59
  12. "Theme for Great Cities" - 5:50
  13. "Love Song" - 3:54
  14. "The American " - 3:32
  15. "Sweat in Bullet" - 4:30
  16. "Life in a Day" - 4:00
  17. "I Travel" - 3:56
;Disc two
  1. "Let There Be Love" - 5:14
  2. "This Is Your Land" - 5:05
  3. "Kick It In" - 4:20
  4. "Let It All Come Down" - 3:37
  5. "See the Lights" - 4:22
  6. "Stand By Love" - 4:04
  7. "Real Life" - 4:53
  8. "She's a River" - 4:29
  9. "Hypnotised" - 4:46
  10. "Glitterball" - 4:25
  11. "War Babies" - 4:24
  12. "Mandela Day" - 5:41
  13. "Biko" - 7:32
  14. "Belfast Child" - 6:40
  15. "The Real Life" - 2:55

The Best of Simple Minds - Night of the Proms Edition

Virgin Records released this compilation on 1 October 2002; it is identical to The Best of Simple Minds except it deletes "The Real Life" remix and replaces it with "Cry" and "Spaceface".

Special Edition DVD: ''Live in Verona''

  1. "Theme for Great Cities '90"
  2. "When Spirits Rise"
  3. "Street Fighting Years"
  4. "Let It All Come Down"
  5. "Mandela Day"
  6. "Waterfront"
  7. "This Is Your Land"
  8. "Don't You Forget About Me"
  9. "Gaelic Melody"
  10. "Kick It In"
  11. "Ghost Dancing"
  12. "Soul Crying Out"
  13. "Belfast Child"
  14. "Sanctify Yourself"
  15. "East at Easter"
  16. "Alive & Kicking"
  17. "Let It All Come Down"
  18. "Hunter & the Hunted"
  19. "Glittering Prize"
  20. "Someone Somewhere in Summertime"
  21. "The American"
  22. "Big Sleep"
  23. "New Gold Dream"