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When 'All The Things She Said' reached No. 9 in April 1986, it became Simple Minds's 4th consecutive UK Top 10 single following 'Don't You' [sic] 'Alive And Kicking' and 'Sanctify Yourself'.
Another act noted for making a similar drive towards the mainstream, Simple Minds hadn't been around as long as Genesis but had made up for lost time and by 1986 their singles were largely indistingushable from other soft-rock acts. We catch them here at their absolute commercial peak, in both senses of the word, pulling this and two of those other Top Tens from their biggest-selling studio album.
As a pop song, though, I don't think this is any better than 'Invisible Touch', its greatest strength being that it's marginally less pompous than some of their worst stuff around this time. It's catchy but no more than that. And I can't really tell whether Jim Kerr is doing an impression of Bono in the video on purpose or not. Either way it's nice of Father Dougal to help out on guitar though. Can we have somebody working to the best of their ability next please?
Also appearing on: Now 1, 5, 6, 14, 15, 23, 30
Available on: Once Upon A Time
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