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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] The single was re-released in the UK in January 1986 to tie-in with the film, and peaked at No. 21 in the UK charts. [7]
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 ...
While Rutherford's solo albums had been moderately successful, he had never managed a Top 40 hit (except in Canada, where "Maxine" from Acting Very Strange reached No. 39); Mike + the Mechanics scored three of them, including two US Top 10s, "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", "All I Need is a Miracle" and an additional No. 32 hit with ...
"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 "Taken In" — —
"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.
On Dangerous Ground, directed by Robert Thornby; British title of the 1986 film Choke Canyon "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", a Mike + The Mechanics song written for the film; On Dangerous Ground, a Jack Higgins novel On Dangerous Ground, a Rob Lowe film based on Higgins' novel
The science of silent snowflakes: The most common type of snowflake, called a dendrite, has six "arms" extending out from the center of the flake. While falling toward the ground, these dendrites ...
"All I Need Is a Miracle" was the second single released by Mike + The Mechanics, following "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", which also reached the top 10. [3] "All I Need Is a Miracle" featured lead vocals by former Sad Café vocalist Paul Young.