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| Released | 7 April 2017 | |||
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| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 50:42 | |||
| Label | BMG | |||
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Let Me Fly is the eighth studio album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 2017 by BMG. [2] [3] [4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Let Me Fly" | Mike Rutherford, Clark Datchler, Andrew Roachford | M. Rutherford, Brian Rawling, Paul Meehan | 4:42 |
| 2. | "Are You Ready?" | M. Rutherford, Datchler, Tim Howar | M. Rutherford, Rawling, Meehan | 4:27 |
| 3. | "Wonder" | M. Rutherford, Datchler, Roachford | M. Rutherford, Rawling, Meehan | 4:36 |
| 4. | "The Best Is Yet to Come" | M. Rutherford, Datchler | M. Rutherford, Rawling, Meehan | 4:00 |
| 5. | "Save the World" | M. Rutherford, Datchler, Roachford | M. Rutherford, Rawling, Meehan | 4:42 |
| 6. | "Don't Know What Came Over Me" | M. Rutherford, Datchler, Roachford | M. Rutherford, Rawling, Meehan | 4:20 |
| 7. | "High Life" | M. Rutherford, Ed Drewett | Harry Rutherford, M. Rutherford | 2:49 |
| 8. | "The Letter" | M. Rutherford, Mark Taylor, Patrick Mascall, Datchler, Roachford | Taylor, M. Rutherford | 4:55 |
| 9. | "Not Out of Love" | M. Rutherford, Roachford, Howar | H. Rutherford, M. Rutherford | 4:17 |
| 10. | "Love Left Over" | M. Rutherford, Datchler, Howar | H. Rutherford, M. Rutherford | 3:27 |
| 11. | "I'll Be There for You" | M. Rutherford, Taylor, Mascall, Roachford | Taylor, M. Rutherford | 3:31 |
| 12. | "Save My Soul" | M. Rutherford, Roachford, Fraser Thorneycroft-Smith | H. Rutherford, M. Rutherford | 4:49 |
| Total length: | 50:42 | |||
Mike and The Mechanics
Additional personnel
Studios
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] | 147 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [6] | 146 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] | 51 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [8] | 6 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] | 20 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [10] | 9 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [11] | 2 |
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