At the Second Invasion's height, during a five-month period UK acts claimed nine out of the eleven Hot 100 number-one hits, from Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" through to Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing". During the second week of that period, the week ending 25 May 1985, eight of the top ten singles were by UK acts. Tears for Fears' "Shout" spent three weeks at number one. "Don't You (Forget About Me)", which features in The Breakfast Club (1985), rendered Simple Minds the first British act to achieve a Hot 100 hit with a single taken from a Brat Pack film soundtrack; subsequent artists included John Parr and the Psychedelic Furs, who recorded the title tracks of St. Elmo's Fire (1985) and Pretty in Pink (1986), respectively (the former reaching number one). Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – who had been an early presence in the invasion – entered the top five with the "zeitgeist-capturing" hit single "If You Leave", which plays prominently during Pretty in Pinks climactic "prom scene".
