# Mike + The Mechanics discography

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.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Details | UK | AUS | CAN | GER | US | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Mike + The Mechanics | Release date: 21 October 1985 UK label: WEA US label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, cassette | 78 | 36 | 10 | 9 | 26 | RIAA: Gold |
| Living Years | Release date: 24 October 1988 UK label: WEA US label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, cassette | 2 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | BPI: Gold ARIA: Platinum MC: Gold RIAA: Gold |
| Word of Mouth | Release date: 2 April 1991 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, cassette | 11 | 55 | 24 | 22 | 107 | BPI: 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 | 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 chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Details | UK | AUS | GER | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Hits | Release date: 4 March 1996 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic / Rhino Formats: CD, MD, cassette | 3 | 139 | 6 | BPI: 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 | — | — | |

## Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album |
| Year | Single | UK | AUS | CAN | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | US | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album |
| 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 | | Mike + The Mechanics |
| 1986 | "Taken In" | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | 32 | | Mike + The Mechanics |
| 1986 | "Hanging by a Thread" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Mike + The Mechanics |
| 1988 | "Nobody's Perfect" | 80 | 29 | 30 | — | — | — | — | 63 | | Living Years |
| 1988 | "The Living Years" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 1 | BPI: Gold ARIA: Platinum | Living Years |
| 1989 | "Nobody Knows" | 81 | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | | Living Years |
| 1989 | "Seeing Is Believing" | — | 88 | 46 | — | — | — | — | 62 | | Living Years |
| 1989 | "Revolution" | — | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | | Rude Awakening Soundtrack |
| 1991 | "Word of Mouth" | 13 | 33 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 13 | — | 78 | | Word of Mouth |
| 1991 | "A Time and Place" | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Word of Mouth |
| 1992 | "Everybody Gets a Second Chance" | 56 | — | 21 | 51 | — | — | — | — | | Word of Mouth |
| 1992 | "Get Up" | — | 150 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Word of Mouth |
| 1992 | "Stop Baby" | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Word of Mouth |
| 1995 | "Over My Shoulder" | 12 | 118 | 22 | 44 | 26 | — | — | — | BPI: Gold | Beggar on a Beach of Gold |
| 1995 | "A Beggar on a Beach of Gold" | 33 | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | | Beggar on a Beach of Gold |
| 1995 | "Mea Culpa" | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | | Beggar on a Beach of Gold |
| 1995 | "Another Cup of Coffee" | 51 | 151 | 53 | 61 | — | — | — | — | | Beggar on a Beach of Gold |
| 1996 | "All I Need Is a Miracle '96" | 27 | — | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | | Hits |
| 1996 | "Silent Running '96" | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Hits |
| 1996 | "Nobody's Perfect '96" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Hits |
| 1999 | "Now That You've Gone" | 35 | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | | M6 |
| 1999 | "Whenever I Stop" | 73 | — | — | 76 | — | — | — | — | | M6 |
| 1999 | "All the Light I Need" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | M6 |
| 2004 | "One Left Standing" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Rewired |
| 2004 | "If I Were You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Rewired |
| 2004 | "Perfect Child" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Rewired |
| 2011 | "Reach Out (Touch the Sun)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | The Road |
| 2011 | "Try to Save Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | The Road |
| 2017 | "Don't Know What Came Over Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Let Me Fly |
| 2017 | "The Best Is Yet to Come" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Let Me Fly |
| 2019 | "Out of the Blue" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Out of the Blue |
| 2019 | "What Would You Do" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Out of the Blue |
| 2019 | "Over My Shoulder" (2019 Version) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Out of the Blue |
| 2019 | "The Living Years" (Acoustic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Out of the Blue |

## 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 |