| "All I Need Is a Miracle" | ||||
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 Artwork for European releases | ||||
| Single by Mike + The Mechanics | ||||
| from the album Mike + The Mechanics | ||||
| B-side | "You Are the One" | |||
| Released | March 1986 (US) 28 April 1986 (UK)[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, soft rock[2] | |||
| Length | 4:12 | |||
| Label | Atlantic – Atlantic 89450 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil | |||
| Producer(s) | Christopher Neil | |||
| Mike + The Mechanics singles chronology | ||||
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| Official video | ||||
| "All I Need Is a Miracle" on YouTube | ||||
"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] The song was sung by Paul Young on both the original recording and the 1996 re-recording for the band's Hits compilation album.[4]
In an interview prior to the song's release as a single, Rutherford commented, "The thing that makes 'Miracle' different, to me, is that it's a happy song – or it's primarily a happy song. It's 'up'. And I don't do that very often. ...It may not be optimistic, but it's a positive attitude to life."[5]
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 45.
- ^ Boone, Brian (2 August 2011). I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It): Extremely Important Stuff About the Songs and Bands You Love, Hate, Love to Hate , and Hate to Love. Penguin. ISBN 9781101517314 – via Google Books.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 425. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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