This week, 40 years ago, Mike The Mechanics’ debut single “Silent Running” entered the Billboard Hot 100 charts at #96. The song would go on to reach #6, becoming the first of three top-40 hits from the album and kickstarted the Mike The Mechanics legacy. Listen: lnkfi.re/SilentRunning 📹 Top Of The Pops 1986 | Mike The Mechanics Official

#Throwback to Mike The Mechanics performing ‘Word of Mouth’ on Top Of The Pops in ‘91 ⚡️ Listen Now 🔊 https://spoti.fi/44QvfCf | Mike The Mechanics Official

Mike The Mechanics' worldwide hit "The Living Years" was released this month in 1988. Written by Mike Rutherford and BA Robertson, the song reached #1 in the US, received four Grammy nominations and won an Ivor Novello Award for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically" in 1989. Mike Rutherford, for The Guardian (2014): My biggest regret was not telling him what a wonderful man he'd been in my life. But I'd also been to public school where you learned to hide your feelings to survive. And fathers and