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Mike + The Mechanics

Mike + The Mechanics is a group from the UK, active since 1985.

Group GB since 1985 soft rock pop rock new wave
TOTAL PLAYS
770
SONGS PLAYED
31
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2011-12-26 04:00 · 6 Music — "Ain't That Peculiar - Paris Theatre 1982"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · Radio 2 — "The Living Years"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2011 — 2026
200 150 100 50 0
'11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 765 99%
6 Music 5 1%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 10:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Over My Shoulder 195 2026-04-05
2 The Living Years 157 2026-04-18
3 Another cup of coffee 90 2024-09-20
4 Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) 71 2026-02-28
5 The Best Is Yet to Come 50 2017-06-16
6 Don't Know What Came Over Me 49 2017-05-01
7 All I Need Is a Miracle 34 2025-10-04
8 Let Me Fly 33 2017-08-21
9 Out of the Blue 31 2019-04-12
10 Everybody Gets a Second Chance 21 2024-05-31
11 Word of Mouth 7 2021-04-20
12 The Best Is Yet To Come (Radio Edit) 4 2017-05-16
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-04-18 20:45 The Living Years Radio 2
2026-04-05 05:15 Over My Shoulder Radio 2
2026-03-16 12:30 Over My Shoulder Radio 2
2026-03-09 11:15 Over My Shoulder Radio 2
2026-02-28 21:30 Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) Radio 2
2026-02-09 05:16 Over My Shoulder Radio 2
2026-01-02 06:35 Over My Shoulder Radio 2
2025-11-14 14:22 Over My Shoulder Radio 2
2025-11-01 20:47 Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) Radio 2
2025-10-29 01:23 Over My Shoulder Radio 2
2025-10-14 07:48 Over My Shoulder Radio 2
2025-10-04 20:37 All I Need Is a Miracle Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

31 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Beggar on a Beach of Gold — 3 ▶
Ain't That Peculiar (Radio 2 Piano Room) — 1 ▶
Ain't That Peculiar - Paris Theatre 1982 — 1 ▶
All I Need Is a Miracle — 34 ▶
All I Need Is a Miracle '96 — 1 ▶
All I Need Is a Miracle (Roman Salzgar All I Need Edit) — 3 ▶
All I Need is You (Roman Salzger Edit) — 1 ▶
Another cup of coffee — 90 ▶
Don't Know What Came Over Me — 49 ▶
Everybody Gets a Second Chance — 21 ▶
I'll Be There for You — 2 ▶
Let Me Fly — 33 ▶
Nobody Knows — 2 ▶
Nobody's Perfect — 1 ▶
Not Out of Love — 1 ▶
Now That You've Gone — 1 ▶
Out of the Blue — 31 ▶
Out Of The Blue (Live on Michael Ball) — 1 ▶
Out Of The Blue (Radio 2 Piano Room, 10 Apr 2019) — 1 ▶
Out Of The Blue - (Radio 2 Session, 5 May 2019) — 1 ▶
Over My Shoulder — 195 ▶
Silent Running — 1 ▶
Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) — 71 ▶
The Best Is Yet to Come — 50 ▶
The Best Is Yet To Come (Radio Edit) — 4 ▶
The Living Years — 157 ▶
The Living Years (Radio 2 Piano Room, 10 Apr 2019) — 3 ▶
The Living Years (Radio 2 Session, 5 May 2019) — 1 ▶
What About Us (Radio 2 Piano Room, 10 Apr 2019) — 2 ▶
Wonder — 1 ▶
Word of Mouth — 7 ▶