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Simply Red
Group

Simply Red

  • soft rock
  • United Kingdom
  • formed 1985, Manchester
  • 1 album
  • 15 Dutch Top 40 hits
  • 2025

Simply Red is a group from the United Kingdom, formed in 1985 in Manchester. Over the years, Mick Hucknall, Fritz McIntyre, Tim Kellett, Tony Bowers, Chris Joyce, Sylvan Richardson, Ian Kirkham, Heitor Pereira and 17 others played in the group. The collection holds one album by the group: Recollections, from 2025. In all, 15 records reached the Dutch Top 40. The highest was If You Don't Know Me By Now: number 3 in week 23 of 1989.

Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs

Albums by Simply Red

Click the cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.

Recollections – 2025Recollections2025

Sound of Simply Red

Simply Red sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 123 bpm.

  • Tempo123 bpm · 122 bpm
  • Energy33% · 38%
  • Mood71% · 63%
  • Acoustic96% · 85%
  • Danceable52% · 47%

Across 20 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.

Timeline of Simply Red

The 25 members of Simply Red, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.

Simply RedMick HucknallFritz McIntyreTim KellettTony BowersChris JoyceSylvan RichardsonIan KirkhamHeitor PereiraGota YashikiShaun WardDee JohnsonAndy WrightSteve LewinsonVelroy BaileySarah BrownKenji SuzukiTim VineJohn JohnsonChris de MargaryMark JaimesKevin RobinsonDave ClaytonPete LewinsonRoman RothGary Sanctuary198519901995200020052010201520202025Recollections2025If You Don't Know Me By Nownumber 3 in week 23 of 1989 · 12 weeksHolding Back The Yearsnumber 3 in week 4 of 1986 · 11 weeksSunrisenumber 4 in week 17 of 2003 · 18 weeksThe Right Thingnumber 4 in week 11 of 1987 · 9 weeksSomething Got Me Startednumber 5 in week 42 of 1991 · 8 weeksFairgroundnumber 6 in week 44 of 1995 · 15 weeksIt's Only Lovenumber 9 in week 8 of 1989 · 7 weeksFakenumber 12 in week 33 of 2003 · 11 weeksStarsnumber 15 in week 2 of 1992 · 6 weeksJerichonumber 17 in week 15 of 1986 · 7 weeksMoney's Too Tight (To Mention)number 24 in week 37 of 1985 · 6 weeksEv'ry Time We Say Goodbyenumber 27 in week 5 of 1988 · 4 weeksA New Flamenumber 27 in week 31 of 1989 · 4 weeksWe're In This Together - The Official Euro 96 Theme Songnumber 28 in week 27 of 1996 · 4 weeksAin't That a Lot of Lovenumber 36 in week 47 of 1999 · 2 weeks

Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member

Biggest hits of Simply Red

In the Dutch Top 40, Simply Red had 15 records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.

3peak position
week 4, 1986124weeks in the chart
with 15 records1985first entry
week 34, 19852003latest entry
week 39, 200311years with an entry
  1. 3If You Don't Know Me By Now
    Simply Red
    198912 weeks
  2. 3Holding Back The Years
    Simply Red
    198511 weeks
  3. 4Sunrise
    Simply Red
    200318 weeks
  4. 4The Right Thing
    Simply Red
    19879 weeks
  5. 5Something Got Me Started
    Simply Red
    19918 weeks

All 15 records by Simply Red in the Dutch Top 40

Source: top40.nl

Frequently asked questions

How many albums by Simply Red are in the collection?

There is one: Recollections, from 2025.

Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Simply Red have?

Simply Red had 15 records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record is If You Don't Know Me By Now, which reached number 3 in week 23 of 1989.

Who played in Simply Red?

Over the years that was Mick Hucknall, Fritz McIntyre, Tim Kellett, Tony Bowers, Chris Joyce, Sylvan Richardson, Ian Kirkham, Heitor Pereira, Gota Yashiki, Shaun Ward, Dee Johnson, Andy Wright, Steve Lewinson, Velroy Bailey, Sarah Brown, Kenji Suzuki, Tim Vine, John Johnson, Chris de Margary, Mark Jaimes, Kevin Robinson, Dave Clayton, Pete Lewinson, Roman Roth and Gary Sanctuary. The timeline shows the years each member belonged to the group; anyone with a page of their own is linked in the side column.

How do you play the music of Simply Red?

Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.

Keep exploring

If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.