This is the discography of the British band Mike + The Mechanics. They have released nine studio albums, three compilation albums, more than thirty singles, and one concert video.
| Mike + The Mechanics discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Singles | 35 |
| Video albums | 1 |
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [3] |
GER [4] |
US [5] | |||
| Mike + The Mechanics | 78 | 36 | 10 | 9 | 26 | ||
| Living Years |
|
2 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | |
| Word of Mouth |
|
11 | 55 | 24 | 22 | 107 |
|
| Beggar on a Beach of Gold |
|
9 | 139 | — | 21 | — |
|
| Mike & The Mechanics |
|
14 | — | — | 9 | — | |
| Rewired |
|
61 | — | — | 39 | — | |
| The Road |
|
42 | — | — | 41 | — | |
| Let Me Fly |
|
9 | — | — | 51 | — | |
| Out of the Blue |
|
7 | — | — | 40 | — | |
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales threshold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
GER [4] | |||
| Hits | 3 | 139 | 6 | ||
| Rewired + Hits: The Latest + The Greatest |
|
42 | — | — | |
| The Singles 1985–2014 |
|
18 | — | — | |
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2][10] |
CAN [11] |
GER [12] |
IRE [13] |
NL [14] |
NZ [15] |
US [16] | ||||
| 1985 | "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" | 21 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 39 | — | 6 | Mike + 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 | |
| 1989 | "The Living Years" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 1 | ||
| "Seeing Is Believing" | — | 88 | 46 | — | — | — | — | 62 | |||
| "Nobody Knows" | 81 | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | |||
| "Revolution" | — | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | Rude Awakening Soundtrack[18] | ||
| 1991 | "Word of Mouth" | 13 | 33 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 13 | — | 78 | Word of Mouth | |
| "A Time and Place" | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Everybody Gets a Second Chance" | 56 | — | 21 | 51 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Get Up" | — | 150 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Stop Baby" | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1995 | "Over My Shoulder" | 12 | 118 | 22 | 44 | 26 | — | — | — |
|
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Nobody's Perfect '96" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 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
edit| 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[19] |
| 2014 | "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", "The Living Years", "Over My Shoulder" | Genesis R-Kive |
Videos
edit| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Mike + The Mechanics + Paul Carrack Live at Shepherds Bush London |
|
References
edit- ^ a b c "Mike + The Mechanics". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d Peaks in Australia:
- Top 50 peaks from 1988: "australian-charts.com – Australian charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- Word of Mouth: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 188.
- For Beggars On a Beach of Gold + Hits Living Years platinum certification: "Part of Mike and Mechanic's ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022". ARIA. Retrieved 3 December 2023 – via Imgur.com.
- For "Over My Shoulder": "Part of Mike and Mechanic's ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022". ARIA. Retrieved 3 December 2023 – via Imgur.com.
- For "Another Cup of Coffee": "Part of Mike and Mechanic's ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022". ARIA. Retrieved 3 December 2023 – via Imgur.com.
- ^ "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Top Albums & CD's". RPM. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ a b "Discographie Mike + The Mechanics". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Mike + The Mechanics Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Gold & Platinum: Mike & The Mechanics". RIAA. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ a b c d e f "British certifications – Mike and The Mechanics". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 June 2023. Type Mike and The Mechanics in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ Canada album certification
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Mike & The Mechanics)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 19 August 1991". Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Canada peaks". Archived from the original on 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ German singles peaks
- ^ Irish peaks
- ^ Dutch peaks
- ^ New Zealand peaks
- ^ "Mike + The Mechanics Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 188.
- ^ "Revolution", a cover of the Lennon/McCartney song, was issued as a single in North America in 1989.
- ^ "Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume III: Various Artists". Amazon. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
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