Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

2x CD (deluxe edition)

Once Upon a Time

Album by Simple Minds

Released 21 October 1985

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Tracklist

CD 1: Original Album
1
Once Upon a Time
5:45
5.0 ★
2
All the Things She Said
4:15
4.2 ★
3
Ghost Dancing
4:45
4.0 ★
4
Alive and Kicking
5:26
4.8 ★
5
Oh Jungleland
5:14
5.0 ★
6
I Wish You Were Here
4:42
4.0 ★
7
Sanctify Yourself
4:57
5.0 ★
8
Come a Long Way
5:07
4.0 ★
CD 2: B-Sides and Rarities
1
Don’t You (Forget About Me)
4:23
4.2 ★
2
A Brass Band in Africa
5:11
3
Don’t You (Forget About Me) (extended)
6:36
1.5 ★
4
A Brass Band in African Chimes
9:23
5
Alive and Kicking (edit)
4:49
3.5 ★
6
Alive and Kicking (instrumental)
6:11
7
Up on the Catwalk (live)
5:54
8
Alive and Kicking (7″ remix)
4:48
3.5 ★
9
Alive and Kicking (12″ remix)
6:22
10
Alive and Kicking (Kevorkian 12″ remix)
6:38
11
Sanctify Yourself (edit)
3:54
4.0 ★
12
Sanctify Yourself (instrumental)
3:59
13
Sanctify Yourself (alternative edit)
4:00

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Release credits

Bob Clearmountain
producer [1.1-8, 2.5, 2.8, 2.11]
Jez Coad
mix [1]
Jimmy Iovine
producer [1.1-8, 2.5, 2.8, 2.11]
Keith Forsey
producer [1]
Mark McKenna
engineer [1-8]
Martin White
assistant [1-8]
Moira Marquis
engineer [1-8]
Simple Minds
performer [1]
Steve Lillywhite
producer [1.2-4, 1.7, 2.4]
Sue Hadjopoulos
additional [2], guest [2], percussion [2]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
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Once Upon a Time
12" Vinyl
21 October 1985
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Once Upon a Time
12" Vinyl (picture disc)
21 October 1985
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Once Upon a Time
12" Vinyl (alt. cover)
21 October 1985
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Once Upon a Time
Digital Media
21 October 1985
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Once Upon a Time
CD (made in West Germany)
1985
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Once Upon a Time
CD
1985
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Once Upon a Time
12" Vinyl
1985
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Once Upon a Time
12" Vinyl
1985
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Once Upon a Time
Cassette
1985
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Once Upon a Time
CD
1985
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Once Upon a Time
CD (made in USA)
1985
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Once Upon a Time
CD (made in Japan)
1985
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Once Upon a Time
12" Vinyl
1985
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Once Upon a Time
12" Vinyl
1985
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Once upon a time
12" Vinyl
1985
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Once Upon a Time
CD
4 November 2002
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Once Upon a Time
CD
6 January 2003
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Once Upon a Time
Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels)
2003
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Once Upon a Time
CD
2003
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Once Upon a Time
DVD-Audio
4 April 2005
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Once Upon a Time
5x CD, DVD-Audio
4 December 2015
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Once Upon a Time
2x CD (deluxe edition)
4 December 2015
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Once Upon a Time
Blu-ray
4 December 2015
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Once Upon a Time
5x Digital Media (super deluxe)
4 December 2015
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Once Upon a Time
Digital Media
2018
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Once Upon a Time
Digital Media (40th anniversary ruby edition)
27 January 2025
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Once Upon a Time
Blu-ray (SDE Surround Series #68)
18 September 2026
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Once Upon a Time
CD
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Once Upon a Time
12" Vinyl
21 December 1985
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Once Upon a Time
CD
12 September 2008