This is the discography of the British band Mike and the Mechanics. They have released nine studio albums, four compilation albums, more than thirty singles, and one concert video.
Albums Studio albums Title Details Peak chartpositions Certifications(sales threshold) UK AUSPeaks in Australia: Top 50 peaks from 1988: Word of Mouth: For Beggars On a Beach of Gold + Hits Living Years platinum certification: For "Over My Shoulder": For "Another Cup of Coffee": CAN GER US Mike + The Mechanics Release date: 21 October 1985 UK label: WEA US label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, cassette 78 36 10 26 26RIAA: Gold Living Years Release date: 24 October 1988 UK label: WEA US label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, cassette 2 10 12 16 13BPI: Gold ARIA: Platinum MC: GoldCanada album certification RIAA: Gold Word of Mouth Release date: 2 April 1991 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, cassette 11 55 24 22 107BPI: Silver Beggar on a Beach of Gold Release date: 6 March 1995 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: CD, cassette 9 139 — 21 —BPI: Gold Mike & The Mechanics (aka M6) Release date: 31 May 1999 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, cassette 14 — — 9 — Rewired Release date: 7 June 2004 UK label: Virgin US label: Rhino Formats: CD 61 — — 39 — The Road Release date: 18 April 2011 UK label: Sony Music US label: Arista Formats: CD 42 — — 41 — Let Me Fly Release date: 7 April 2017 Label: BMG Formats: CD, LP, download 9 — — 51 — Out of the Blue Release date: 5 April 2019 Label: BMG Formats: CD, LP, download 7 — — 40 —
Compilation albums Title Details Peak chartpositions Certifications(sales threshold) UK AUS GER Hits Release date: 4 March 1996 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic / Rhino Formats: CD, MD, cassette 3 139 6BPI: 2× Platinum BVMI: Gold Rewired + Hits: The Latest + The Greatest Release date: 6 September 2004 Label: Virgin Formats: CD 42 — — The Singles 1985–2014 Release date: 20 January 2014 Label: Virgin / Universal Music Catalogue Formats: CD 18 — 80 Looking Back – Living The Years Release date: 14 March 2025 Label: Craft Recordings Formats: CD, Vinyl — — 96
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) Album UK AUS CAN GERGerman singles peaks IREIrish peaks NLDutch peaks NZNew Zealand peaks US 1985 "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" 21 23 8 8 21 39 — 6Mike + The Mechanics 1986 "All I Need Is a Miracle" 53 8 10 26 30 — 31 5 "Taken In" — — 39 — — — — 32 "Hanging by a Thread" — — — — — — — — 1988 "Nobody's Perfect" 80 29 30 — — — — 63 Living Years "The Living Years" 2 1 1 13 1 20 11 1BPI: Gold ARIA: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum 1989 "Nobody Knows" 81 — — — 20 — — — "Seeing Is Believing" — 88 46 — — — — 62 "Revolution" — — 82 — — — — — Rude Awakening: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"Revolution", a cover of the Lennon/McCartney song, was issued as a single in North America in 1989. 1991 "Word of Mouth" 13 33 36 27 19 13 — 78Word of Mouth "A Time and Place" 58 — — — — — — — "Get Up" — 150 — — — — — — "Stop Baby" 79 — — — — — — — "Everybody Gets a Second Chance" 56 — 21 51 — — — — 1995 "Over My Shoulder" 12 118 22 44 26 — — — BPI: Gold RMNZ: Gold Beggar on a Beach of Gold "A Beggar on a Beach of Gold" 33 — — 64 — — — — "Mea Culpa" — — 41 — — — — — "Another Cup of Coffee" 51 151 53 61 — — — — 1996 "All I Need Is a Miracle '96" 27 — — 81 — — — — Hits "Silent Running '96" 61 — — — — — — — 1999 "Now That You've Gone" 35 — — 64 — — — — M6 "Whenever I Stop" 73 — — 76 — — — — "All the Light I Need" — — — — — — — —2004 "One Left Standing" — — — — — — — — Rewired "If I Were You" — — — — — — — — "Perfect Child" — — — — — — — —2011 "Reach Out (Touch the Sun)" — — — — — — — — The Road "Try to Save Me" — — — — — — — —2017 "Don't Know What Came Over Me" — — — — — — — — Let Me Fly "The Best Is Yet to Come" — — — — — — — —2019 "Out of the Blue" — — — — — — — — Out of the Blue "What Would You Do" — — — — — — — — "Over My Shoulder" (2019 Version) — — — — — — — — "The Living Years" (Acoustic) — — — — — — — —
Other appearances Year Song Album 1990 "Ain't That Peculiar" (Performed live alongside Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band on April 6, 1989, on Late Night with David Letterman) Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal 1994 "The Living Years" (live version) Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III 2014 "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", "The Living Years", "Over My Shoulder" Genesis R-Kive
Videos Title Details Mike + The Mechanics + Paul Carrack Live at Shepherds Bush London Release date: 8 March 2005 Label: Eagle Vision Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
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