The Living Years
~ Recording by Mike + the Mechanics
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years | Mike + the Mechanics | Album | wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 256 004-2 | |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 25P2-2307 |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years (BMG club edition) | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 7 81923-2, D100710 |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 819232 |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years (Sanyo USA mfg) | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81923-2 |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81923-2 |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81923-4 |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | WICD 5108 |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years | M1ke + the Mechan1c5 | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81923-1, 81923-1 |
| 1.1 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | The Living Years (Cardboard) | Mike + the Mechanics | Single | wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 257 710-2, U7717CD | |
| 1.1 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | The Living Years (Slimcase) | Mike + the Mechanics | Single | wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 257 710-2, U7717CD | |
| 2.14 | The Living Years | 5:30 | Mike + the Mechanics | Kuschelrock 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 465948 2 |
| 1.4 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Formel Eins: Spring Fever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Electrola GmbH (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002) | 588-7 92254 2 |
| 1.4 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Formel Eins: Spring Fever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | CDP 588-7 92254 2 |
| 3.4 | The Living Years | ?:?? | Mike + the Mechanics | Kuschelrock 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 465948 1, CBS 465948 1 |
| 2.14 | The Living Years | 5:30 | Mike + the Mechanics | Kuschelrock 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 465948 2 |
| 1.13 | The Living Years | 5:29 | Mike + the Mechanics | Pop Ballads, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 4062 61 |
| 2.1 | The Living Years | 5:31 | Mike & the Mechanics | The Hits Album 10 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | CD HITS 10 |
| 1.8 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Turn It Up: These Are the Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | 840 533 2 |
| 2.1 | The Living Years | 5:33 | Mike + the Mechanics | Always | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-4526 |
| 2.14 | The Living Years | 5:30 | Mike + the Mechanics | Knuffelrock 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 466992 2 |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 2292-56004-2, 256 004-2 |
| 1.10 | The Living Years | 5:28 | Mike + the Mechanics | Flights of Fantasy: Sanfte Songs zum entspannen | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 469233 2 |
| 1.17 | The Living Years | 5:31 | Mike + the Mechanics | Free Spirit | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | MOODCD16 |
| 1.10 | The Living Years | 5:29 | Mike + the Mechanics | Simply Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | MOOD CD17 |
| 1.6 | The Living Years | 5:26 | Mike + the Mechanics | The Best of 1980–1990, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Germany (a division of EMI Electrola GmbH) | 686-7 98335 2 |
| 1.10 | The Living Years | 5:29 | Mike + the Mechanics | You're The Inspiration | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 31-467887-10, MOOD CD17 | |
| 2.14 | The Living Years | 5:30 | Mike + the Mechanics | KuschelRock 3 (Gold-Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 465948 9 |
| 1.16 | The Living Years | 5:30 | Mike & the Mechanics | The No. 1 Hits 1989 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SR International | 79 617 7 |
| 1.21 | The Living Years | 5:31 | Mike + the Mechanics | Twenty-One Good Reasons: The Paul Carrack Collection | Paul Carrack | Album + Compilation |
| Chrysalis | 7243 8 27221 2 0, CDCHR 6067 |
| 1.21 | The Living Years | 5:31 | Mike + the Mechanics | Twenty‐One Good Reasons: The Paul Carrack Collection (club edition) | Paul Carrack | Album + Compilation |
| Chrysalis, ERG (acronym for EMI Records Group, US-based) | CDP 527221 |
| 1.1 | The Living Years | 5:31 | Mike + the Mechanics | Drive Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINCD96 |
| 1.1 | The Living Years | 5:31 | Mike + the Mechanics | Drive Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINMC 96 |
| 1.8 | The Living Years | 5:33 | Mike + the Mechanics | Every Song Tells a Story | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 525 170-2 |
| 2.14 | The Living Years | 5:30 | Mike + the Mechanics | Knuffelrock 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.16 | The Living Years | 5:34 | Mike + the Mechanics | Sounds of the Eighties: 1989 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | R988-13, S21-18809 |
| 1.4 | The Living Years | 5:33 | Mike & the Mechanics | Hits | Mike & the Mechanics | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | CDVIR (WF) 305 |
| 1.4 | The Living Years | 5:33 | Mike & the Mechanics | Hits | Mike & the Mechanics | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | CDV2797 |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 42828 2 0, CDV2825 |
| 1.4 | The Living Years | 5:28 | Mike + the Mechanics | The Best Rock Ballads in the World… Ever! Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 44780 2 5, VTDCD 159 |
| 2.14 | The Living Years | 5:30 | Mike + the Mechanics | The Biggest 80’s Hits in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD218 |
| 2.14 | The Living Years | 5:30 | Mike + the Mechanics | Kuschelrock 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 465948 2 |
| 1.10 | The Living Years | 5:30 | Mike + the Mechanics | Entertainment Weekly Greatest Hits of 1989 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Buddha Records (1998–2002, formerly known as Buddah Records) | 99648 |
| 3.20 | Living Years | 5:30 | Mike + the Mechanics | Decades: The Story of the 60’s / 70’s / 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCDX 337 |
| 1.4 | The Living Years | 5:28 | Mike + the Mechanics | Favourites: The Very Best Of | Mike + the Mechanics | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 850639 2 3 |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | ?:?? | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| Simply Vinyl | SVLP 310 |
| 2.7 | The Living Years | 5:30 | Mike + the Mechanics | Power Ballads: The Greatest Driving Anthems in the World... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin TV | 7243 8 11360 2 7, VTDCD413 |
| 2.7 | The Living Years | 5:33 | Mike + the Mechanics | Power Ballads: The Greatest Driving Anthems in the World... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD413 |
| 2.6 | The Living Years | 5:30 | Mike + the Mechanics | The Very Best of Power Ballads: The Greatest Driving Anthems …Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | |
| 2.8 | The Living Years | 5:30 | Mike + the Mechanics | Billboard #1s: The ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 78084 |
| 2.4 | The Living Years | 5:33 | Mike + the Mechanics | Rewired + The Hits | Mike + the Mechanics | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 66780 2 7, CDVX 2990 |
| 1.12 | Living Years | 5:28 | Mike + the Mechanics | Sad Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 669 |
| 1.8 | The Living Years | 5:28 | Mike + the Mechanics | Smooching Classics From Hot School Nights | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music South Africa (not for release label use!) | CDEMCJD (SWFD) 6145 |
| 1.21 | The Living Years | 5:29 | Mike + the Mechanics | I Love Dad | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin TV | VTCD 723 |
| 1.4 | The Living Years | 5:33 | Mike & the Mechanics | Hits | Mike & the Mechanics | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | R2 73194 |
| 2.11 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Power Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 3.8 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | The Ultimate Love Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | |
| 2.13 | The Living Years | 5:34 | Mike + the Mechanics | Classic Soft Rock: Ride Like the Wind | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| OPCD-7872 | |
| 18.14 | The Living Years | 5:30 | Mike + the Mechanics | Ultimate Love Songs Collection: Greatest Love of All | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | |
| 1.12 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Playlist: Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 2127962, 5099921279621 |
| 1.5 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | XXL - Super Long Versions | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ganser & Hanke Media | |
| 7.12 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Atlantic Records: The Time Capsule | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | |
| 2.18 | The Living Years | 5:33 | Mike + the Mechanics | The Power of Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 30158-D |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years (deluxe edition) | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Universal UMC | CDVDR 2825 |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years (Deluxe Edition) | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present) | BMGCATCD91 |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years (deluxe edition) | Mike + the Mechanics | Album | BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present) | BMGCAT2CD84 | |
| 3.2 | The Living Years | ?:?? | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years (deluxe anniversary edition) | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present) | BMGCAT297DLP |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years (deluxe anniversary edition) | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present) | BMGCAT297DLP |
| 1.13 | The Living Years | ?:?? | Mike + the Mechanics | Kuschelrock Best of Vol. 3 & 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 4.13 | The Living Years | 5:34 | Mike + the Mechanics | The Best of Soft Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 33491-D |
| 4.13 | The Living Years | 5:34 | Mike + the Mechanics | The Best of Soft Rock (2020 version) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 33490-Z, 33491-D |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 1.2 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Living Years | Mike + the Mechanics | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | A2 81923 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.2 | The Living Years (lp version) | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | The Living Years | Mike + the Mechanics | Single |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | PR 2577-2 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.4 | The Living Years | 5:33 | Mike + the Mechanics | Hits | Mike & the Mechanics | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | CDV2797 |
| 1.8 | The Living Years | 5:32 | Mike + the Mechanics | Very Best of Mike & the Mechanics | Mike + the Mechanics | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| engineer: | Nick Davis (producer, engineer) |
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| producer: | Christopher Neil Mike Rutherford |
| lead vocals: | Paul Carrack |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Michael Rutherford Ltd. (in 2014) |
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| edits: | The Living Years |
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| recording of: | The Living Years |
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Related works
The Living Years
| writer: | B.A. Robertson Mike Rutherford |
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| publisher: | Bug Music (music publishing) Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) EMI Blackwood Music Inc. Hidden Pun Music, Inc. Michael Rutherford Ltd. R & BA Music Ltd. R and B. A. Music Ltd. |
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| later translated versions: | Frieden auf der Welt FRIENDS (THE LIVING YEARS) Het afscheid |
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