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Paul Carrack provided lead vocals on the song. [5] Alan Murphy was hired as a session guitarist and provided lead guitar on the track. The song's original title was simply "Silent Running"; the name extension was given when the song was chosen to appear in the 1986 movie On Dangerous Ground, which was titled Choke Canyon in the United States. [6]
"Silent Running", featuring lead vocals by Paul Carrack, and the uptempo "All I Need Is a Miracle", featuring lead vocals by Paul Young, both reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at numbers 6 and 5 respectively, with the former also peaking at number 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
The single "The Living Years" (US#1, UK#2), released in 1988, became the band's biggest hit, and featured on the band's second album Living Years.The song was written by Rutherford and Robertson after both of their fathers had recently died, but the lyrics were written solely by Robertson and centred on the unresolved dissension between Robertson and his father.
It contains two songs written by Schickele and Diane Lampert, which were performed by vocalist Joan Baez: "Silent Running" and "Rejoice in the Sun". [5] The two songs were issued as a single by Decca (32890). An LP was released by Decca in 1972 (DL 7-9188) and later reissued by Varese Sarabande on black (STV-81072) and green (VC-81072) vinyl.
"All I Need Is a Miracle" is a song performed by English pop rock band Mike + The Mechanics. Written by guitarist Mike Rutherford and producer Christopher Neil , it was first included on their 1985 self-titled debut album , and later released as a single in early 1986 in the USA, where it reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 . [ 3 ]
Silent Running (band), a Northern Irish rock band Silent Running, a 2011 album by 65daysofstatic, an alternate soundtrack for the 1972 film "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", a 1985 song by Mike + The Mechanics
The Mike + The Mechanics song "Silent Running" was chosen to appear in Choke Canyon because its atmosphere suited the film's tone. [3] For promotional reasons, the song's title was extended to "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" (the parenthetical title being the title of the film in the UK), even though the lyrics have no connection to the ...
The song was released as a digital download in October 2019. [40] [41] A much anticipated second concert on 15 November 2019 sold out, with more fans flying to Belfast from Edinburgh, Inverness, Glasgow, Milton Keynes and Leeds. That night the band played two new songs; "Right Time, Right Place" and "Shadowland".