Mike and the Mechanics discography
| Mike and the Mechanics discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Singles | 35 |
| Video albums | 1 |
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 chart positions |
Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [3] |
GER [4] |
US [5] | |||
| Mike + The Mechanics | 78 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 26 | ||
| Living Years |
|
2 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 13 | |
| Word of Mouth |
|
11 | 55 | 24 | 22 | 107 |
|
| Beggar on a Beach of Gold |
|
9 | 139 | — | 21 | — |
|
| Mike & The Mechanics (aka M6) |
|
14 | — | — | 9 | — | |
| Rewired |
|
61 | — | — | 39 | — | |
| The Road |
|
42 | — | — | 41 | — | |
| Let Me Fly |
|
9 | — | — | 51 | — | |
| Out of the Blue |
|
7 | — | — | 40 | — | |
Compilation albums
| 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 | — | 80 | |
| Looking Back – Living The Years[10] |
|
— | — | 96 | |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2][11] |
CAN [12] |
GER [13] |
IRE [14] |
NL [15] |
NZ [16] |
US [17] | ||||
| 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 | |
| "The Living Years" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 1989 | "Nobody Knows" | 81 | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | ||
| "Seeing Is Believing" | — | 88 | 46 | — | — | — | — | 62 | |||
| "Revolution" | — | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | Rude Awakening: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[20] | ||
| 1991 | "Word of Mouth" | 13 | 33 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 13 | — | 78 | Word 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 | — | — | — | 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[21] |
| 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 |
|
References
- 1 2 3 "Mike + The Mechanics". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- 1 2 "Discographie Mike + The Mechanics". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "Mike + The Mechanics Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- 1 2 "Gold & Platinum: Mike & The Mechanics". RIAA. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "British certifications – Mike and The Mechanics". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 June 2023. Type Mike and The Mechanics in the "Search:" field.
- ↑ Canada album certification
- ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Mike & The Mechanics)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ↑ Looking Back – Living The Years by Mike + The Mechanics on Apple Music, 2025-03-14, retrieved 2026-03-02
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 2022-03-16. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 188.
- 1 2 "New Zealand single certifications – Mike and the Mechanics". Radioscope. Retrieved 25 January 2026. Type Mike and the Mechanics in the "Search:" field and press Enter.
- ↑ "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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