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Mike + The Mechanics discography

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This is the discography of the British band Mike + The Mechanics. They have released nine studio albums, four compilation albums, more than thirty singles, and one concert video.

Albums

=Studio albums=

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rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details

! colspan="5"| Peak chart
positions

! rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Certifications
(sales threshold)

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! style="width:45px;"| UK
{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28052/mike--the-mechanics/|title=Mike + The Mechanics|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=13 April 2019}}

! style="width:45px;"| AUS
Peaks in Australia:

  • Top 50 peaks from 1988: {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Mike+Mechanics&cat=a|title=australian-charts.com – Australian charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=8 June 2011}}
  • Word of Mouth: {{cite Ryan|page=188}}
  • For Beggars On a Beach of Gold + Hits Living Years platinum certification: {{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/szM1qWB|title=Part of Mike and Mechanic's ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= 3 December 2023}}
  • For "Over My Shoulder": {{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/kCtsSjt|title=Part of Mike and Mechanic's ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= 3 December 2023}}
  • For "Another Cup of Coffee": {{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/Jb26zSj|title=Part of Mike and Mechanic's ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= 3 December 2023}}

! style="width:45px;"| CAN
{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=h6ue7t86c7cvqbhrj2kihi4fs5&q1=mike+mechanics&q2=Top+Albums%2FCDs&interval=20|title=Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Top Albums & CD's|work=RPM|accessdate=11 December 2010}}

! style="width:45px;"| GER
{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Mike+++The+Mechanics&do_search=do|title=Discographie Mike + The Mechanics|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=11 April 2019}}

! style="width:45px;"| US
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mike-the-mechanics/chart-history/tlp/|title=Mike + The Mechanics Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=23 June 2020}}

scope="row"| Mike + The Mechanics

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| 78

| 36

| 10

| 26

| 26

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  • RIAA: Gold{{cite web| url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Mike+%2B+the+Mechanics#search_section| title= Gold & Platinum: Mike & The Mechanics| publisher=RIAA| accessdate=2020-06-23}}
scope="row"| Living Years

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  • Release date: 24 October 1988
  • UK label: WEA
  • US label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette

| 2

| 10

| 12

| 16

| 13

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  • BPI: Gold{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Mike and The Mechanics|access-date=29 June 2023}}
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • MC: Gold[http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=mike%20and%20the%20mechanics&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist Canada album certification]
  • RIAA: Gold
scope="row"| Word of Mouth

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  • Release date: 2 April 1991
  • UK label: Virgin
  • US label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette

| 11

| 55

| 24

| 22

| 107

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  • BPI: Silver
scope="row"| Beggar on a Beach of Gold

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  • Release date: 6 March 1995
  • UK label: Virgin
  • US label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, cassette

| 9

| 139

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| 21

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  • BPI: Gold
scope="row"| Mike & The Mechanics (aka M6)

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  • Release date: 31 May 1999
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette

| 14

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| 9

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scope="row"| Rewired

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  • Release date: 7 June 2004
  • UK label: Virgin
  • US label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD

| 61

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| 39

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scope="row"| The Road

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| 42

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| —

| 41

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scope="row"| Let Me Fly

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  • Release date: 7 April 2017
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, LP, download

| 9

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| —

| 51

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scope="row"| Out of the Blue

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  • Release date: 5 April 2019
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, LP, download

| 7

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| —

| 40

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=Compilation albums=

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rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title

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! colspan="3"| Peak chart
positions

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(sales threshold)

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scope="row"| Hits

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| 3

| 139

| 6

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  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold{{cite certification|region=Germany|artist=Mike & The Mechanics|accessdate=2011-06-09}}
scope="row"| Rewired + Hits: The Latest + The Greatest

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  • Release date: 6 September 2004
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD

| 42

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scope="row"| The Singles 1985–2014

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| 18

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| 80

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scope="row"| Looking Back: Living the Years

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  • Release date: 14 March 2025
  • Label: Virgin / Universal Music Catalogue
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl

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| 96

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Singles

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(sales thresholds)

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! width="35"| UK

! width="35"| AUS
{{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2022/08/week-commencing-19-august-1991.html | title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 19 August 1991|access-date=19 August 2022}}

! width="35"| CAN
{{Cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=pfrhotskkd41o2cje5q43f8lg7&q1=mike+and+the+mechanics&q2=&interval=20 |title=Canada peaks |access-date=2012-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117003202/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=pfrhotskkd41o2cje5q43f8lg7&q1=mike+and+the+mechanics&q2=&interval=20 |archive-date=2016-01-17 |url-status=dead }}

! width="35"| GER
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150103024330/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=mike+%26+the+mechanics&x=0&y=0&country=de&kategorie=single German singles peaks]

! width="35"| IRE
[http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Irish peaks]

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[http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=mike+%2B+the+mechanics&cat=s Dutch peaks]

! width="35"| NZ
[https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=mike+%2B+the+mechanics&cat=s New Zealand peaks]

! width="35"| US
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mike-the-mechanics/chart-history/hsi/|title=Mike + The Mechanics Chart History: Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=23 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316201826/https://www.billboard.com/artist/mike-the-mechanics/chart-history/hsi/ |archive-date=2022-03-16 }}

1985

| "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)"

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| style="text-align:center;"| 8

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| style="text-align:center;"| 21

| style="text-align:center;"| 39

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| style="text-align:center;"| 6

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| rowspan="4"|Mike + The Mechanics

rowspan="3"| 1986

| "All I Need Is a Miracle"

| style="text-align:center;"| 53

| style="text-align:center;"| 8

| style="text-align:center;"| 10

| style="text-align:center;"| 26

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| style="text-align:center;"| 5

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"Taken In"

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"Hanging by a Thread"

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rowspan="2"| 1988

| "Nobody's Perfect"

| style="text-align:center;"| 80

| style="text-align:center;"| 29

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| style="text-align:center;"| 63

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| rowspan="4"| Living Years

"The Living Years"

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| style="text-align:center;"| 13

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| style="text-align:center;"| 11

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  • BPI: Gold
  • ARIA: Platinum{{cite Ryan|page=188}}
rowspan="3"| 1989

| "Nobody Knows"

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"Seeing Is Believing"

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| style="text-align:center;"| 88

| style="text-align:center;"| 46

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"Revolution"

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| Rude Awakening Soundtrack"Revolution", a cover of the Lennon/McCartney song, was issued as a single in North America in 1989.

rowspan="5"| 1991

| "Word of Mouth"

| style="text-align:center;"| 13

| style="text-align:center;"| 33

| style="text-align:center;"| 36

| style="text-align:center;"| 27

| style="text-align:center;"| 19

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| style="text-align:center;"| 78

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| rowspan="5"|Word of Mouth

"A Time and Place"

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"Get Up"

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"Stop Baby"

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"Everybody Gets a Second Chance"

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rowspan="4"| 1995

| "Over My Shoulder"

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| style="text-align:center;"| 118

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| style="text-align:center;"| 44

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  • BPI: Gold

| rowspan="4"| Beggar on a Beach of Gold

"A Beggar on a Beach of Gold"

| style="text-align:center;"| 33

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| style="text-align:center;"| 64

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"Mea Culpa"

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"Another Cup of Coffee"

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| style="text-align:center;"| 151

| style="text-align:center;"| 53

| style="text-align:center;"| 61

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rowspan="2"| 1996

| "All I Need Is a Miracle '96"

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| rowspan="2"| Hits

"Silent Running '96"

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rowspan="3"| 1999

| "Now That You've Gone"

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| rowspan="3"| M6

"Whenever I Stop"

| style="text-align:center;"| 73

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"All the Light I Need"

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rowspan="3"|2004

| "One Left Standing"

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| rowspan="3"| Rewired

"If I Were You"

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"Perfect Child"

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rowspan="2"|2011

| "Reach Out (Touch the Sun)"

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| rowspan="2"| The Road

"Try to Save Me"

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rowspan="2"|2017

| "Don't Know What Came Over Me"

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| rowspan="2"| Let Me Fly

"The Best Is Yet to Come"

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rowspan="4"|2019

| "Out of the Blue"

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| rowspan="4"| Out of the Blue

"What Would You Do"

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"Over My Shoulder" (2019 Version)

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"The Living Years" (Acoustic)

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Other appearances

class="wikitable"
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{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002IY3/ |title=Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume III: Various Artists |website=Amazon |accessdate=2011-11-23}}

2014

| "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", "The Living Years", "Over My Shoulder"

| Genesis R-Kive

Videos

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:14em;"| Title

! style="width:18em;"| Details

scope="row"| Mike + The Mechanics + Paul Carrack Live at Shepherds Bush London

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  • Release date: 8 March 2005
  • Label: Eagle Vision
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray

References

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External links

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  • [https://www.facebook.com/mikeandthemechanicsofficial/ Official Facebook page]

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