Simply Red
- soft rock
- United Kingdom
- formed 1985, Manchester
- 1 album
- 15 Dutch Top 40 hits
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 seventeen others played in the group. The collection holds one album by the group: Recollections, from 2025. In the Dutch Top 40 there were fifteen records. The highest was If You Don't Know Me By Now: number 3 in week 23 of 1989.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Timeline of Simply Red
The members of Simply Red over the years: 25 members, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums, the red ones 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.
Mick Hucknall
Fritz McIntyre†
Tim Kellett
Tony Bowers
Chris Joyce
Sylvan Richardson
Ian Kirkham
Heitor Pereira
Gota Yashiki
Shaun Ward
Andy Wright
Steve Lewinson†
Sarah Brown
Kenji Suzuki
Tim Vine
John Johnson
Chris de Margary
Mark Jaimes
Kevin Robinson
Dave Clayton
Pete Lewinson
Roman Roth
Gary Sanctuary198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
Concerts in the Netherlands and Belgium
Where Simply Red plays in the Netherlands and Belgium soon, and where before.
Coming up
Earlier
- Ziggo Dome
- Ziggo Dome
- Ziggo Dome
- AFAS Dome
- Festivalterrein Weert-Noord
- Festivalpark
- Sportpaleis
- Ziggo Dome
- Ziggo Dome
- Ziggo Dome
- Ziggo Dome
- Ziggo Dome
Show all 68 earlier concerts
- RTL Late Night
- Ahoy
- Festivalpark
- Ziggo Dome
- Ziggo Dome
- Sportpaleis
- Sportpaleis
- Gelredome
- Vorst Nationaal / Forest National
- Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek
- Heineken Music Hall
- Heineken Music Hall
- Sportpaleis
- Sportpark Boshoven
- Festivalpark
- Gelredome
- Sportpaleis
- Vorst Nationaal / Forest National
- Ahoy
- Heineken Music Hall
- Heineken Music Hall
- Vorst Nationaal / Forest National
- Heineken Music Hall
- Ahoy
- Ahoy
- Flanders Expo
- Strand
- Vorst Nationaal / Forest National
- Ahoy
- Vorst Nationaal / Forest National
- Ahoy
- Central Studios
- Vorst Nationaal / Forest National
- Ahoy
- Rijnhal
- Ahoy
- Vorst Nationaal / Forest National
- Ahoy
- Vorst Nationaal / Forest National
- Sportpaleis
- MECC
- Ahoy
- Amsterdamse Bos
- Ahoy
- Ahoy
- Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus
- Koningin Elisabethzaal
- Festivalpark
- Achiel Eeckloo Rockweide
- Amsterdamse Bos
- Manhattan Club
- De Doelen
- Musis Sacrum
- Vrijhof
- De Oosterpoort
- Paradiso
Source: setlist.fm and Ticketmaster
Albums by Simply Red
Click the cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Biggest hits of Simply Red
Simply Red had fifteen records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record comes first; the badge shows the peak position, the title opens the full run. These are the five biggest. The button below opens all entries.
week 4, 1986124weeks in the chart
with 15 records1985first entry
week 34, 19852003latest entry
week 39, 200311years with an entry
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1989Dutch Top 40: peak position 3 in week 23 of 1989, 12 weeks in the chart If You Don't Know Me By Now
Simply Red3:25 -
Simply Red4:28
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Simply Red3:18
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Simply Red4:22
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Simply Red3:58
All Dutch Top 40 entries of Simply Red
Source: top40.nl
Frequently asked questions
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 and thirteen others. The timeline shows for each member the years they belonged; the names are also in the side column.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Simply Red have?
In the Dutch Top 40 there were 15 records. The best-charting record is If You Don't Know Me By Now, which reached number 3 in week 23 of 1989. The graph next to each record shows its run from week to week. This page shows the five biggest; the button below opens all entries.
How many albums by Simply Red are in the collection?
There is one: Recollections, from 2025. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify.
Where can you see and hear Simply Red?
The Dutch Top 40 entries have a round Spotify button. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify. The music plays in the player at the bottom and keeps going while you browse on, after 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.