Midge Ure discography

Midge Ure discography
Ure in 2025
Studio albums	8
Soundtrack albums	1
Live albums	15
Compilation albums	8
Singles	25
Video albums	4

The solo discography of Scottish singer and musician Midge Ure consists of eight studio albums, fifteen live albums, one soundtrack album, eight compilation albums, four video albums and twenty-five singles. In 1985, he released his debut solo album The Gift which spawned the internationally successful single "If I Was" which was released in September 1985 to commercial success, reaching number one in the United Kingdom and Ireland, whilst reaching the top ten in West Germany, Austria, New Zealand and Belgium. It was subsequently certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales in excess of 250,000 copies. ^[1] The album, The Gift peaked at number two on the albums charts in the United Kingdom whilst also charting in territories including Sweden, Australia and the Netherlands. It was subsequently certified Gold by the BPI in the United Kingdom. ^[2]

His second album, Answers to Nothing (1988) was released to moderate success, reaching the top thirty in the United Kingdom and eighty-eight on the US Billboard 200. His 1988 single "Dear God" reached number ninety-five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number four on the US Billboard Modern Rock Charts. ^[3] Follow-up albums, Pure (1991) and Breathe (1996), were released to less commercial success, but still charted within the top 100 of the UK Albums Charts. ^[4] In 1993, his compilation album, If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox was certified Silver by the BPI in the United Kingdom. ^[5] His fifth album, Move Me (2000) failed to chart, but Ure returned to the albums charts in the United Kingdom with his sixth album Fragile (2014). ^[4] In 2017, he released Orchestrated which became his highest charting album in the United Kingdom since Answers to Nothing (1991). ^[4]

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [6]	AUS [7]	AUT [8]	CAN [9]	GER [10]	NL [11]	NZ [12]	SWE [13]	SWI [14]	US [15]
The Gift	Released: 7 October 1985 Label: Chrysalis Formats: CD, LP, MC	2	29	—	32	28	42	24	25	—	— [A]
Answers to Nothing	Released: 30 August 1988 Label: Chrysalis Formats: CD, LP, MC	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	88
Pure	Released: 16 September 1991 Label: Arista Formats: CD, LP, MC	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	49	—	—
Breathe	Released: March 1996 Label: BMG Formats: CD, MC	95	—	10	—	63	—	—	—	22	—
Move Me	Released: 25 September 2000 Label: Arista Formats: CD, MC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Released: 29 September 2008 Label: Hypertension Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Fragile	Released: 7 July 2014 Label: Hypertension Formats: CD, LP, digital download	66	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Orchestrated	Released: 1 December 2017 Label: BMG Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	— [B]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details
Live in Concert	Released: 25 October 1999 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: CD Recorded at the Manchester Apollo on 12 November 1991
A Glorious Noise – 'Breathe' Live	Released: 2001 Label: Environment Formats: CD Recorded at the Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany on 25 May 1998
Intimate Moments – April 12–22 2002	Released: 2002 Label: Environment Formats: 2xCD
One Night In Scotland – Nov 21st 1988	Released: 2002 Label: Environment Formats: CD
Once Upon a Time in America	Released: 2003 Label: Environment Formats: CD+VCD Recordings from June and July 1989
Septemberfest	Released: 2004 Label: Environment Formats: CD+VCD Recordings from August and September 1996 in Germany and Switzerland
Re*Live – Sampled Looped & Trigger Happy on Tour	Released: April 2005 Label: Environment Formats: CD Recorded during the 2003 tour
Duet (with Troy Donockley)	Released: May 2006 Label: Environment Formats: CD Recorded in 1998/1999
A Live Christmas Gift	Released: December 2007 Label: Environment Formats: CD Recorded in October and December 1985
Intimate Moments 2	Released: 2008 Label: Environment Formats: CD+DVD CD recording from Germany in 2006; DVD recording from Scotland in 2007
Live in Chicago	Released: 9 June 2013 Label: Environment Formats: CD Recorded in 2013 during US tour
Breathe Again Live and Extended	Released: 30 October 2015 Label: Oblivion Formats: 2xCD, digital download Recorded in Scotland between 16 and 21 March 2015
Something from Everything	Released: 28 November 2016 Label: Environment Formats: CD, digital download Recorded live and in rehearsals in 2016
Band Electronica Live	Released: 2018 Label: Environment Formats: CD Recorded in Newcastle and Berlin in 2017
Live at the Hammersmith Apollo 2018	Released: 2019 Label: Environment Formats: LP
Live at The Royal Albert Hall 04.10.23	Released: 8 November 2024 Recorded live at Ure's 70th birthday concert

Soundtrack albums

Title	Album details
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five	Released: 19 September 2000 Label: EvenMore Entertainment Formats: CD

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [6]
If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox	Released: 22 February 1993 Label: Chrysalis Formats: CD, LP, MC	10
If I Was	Released: March 1997 Label: Disky Formats: CD	—
No Regrets: The Very Best of Midge Ure	Released: October 2000 Label: EMI Formats: LP, MC	—
The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox	Released: 29 October 2001 Label: EMI Formats: CD	45
Little Orphans	Released: 12 November 2001 Label: Environment Formats: CD Collection of previously unreleased tracks	—
Finest	Released: 16 April 2004 Label: EMI Formats: 2xCD	—
The Works	Released: 25 March 2013 Label: Music Club Formats: 2xCD	—
Soundtrack: 1978–2019	Released: 20 September 2019 Label: Chrysalis Formats: 2xCD+DVD, LP, digital download	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Video albums

Title	Album details
Answers – A Musical Biography	Released: 1990 Label: Chrysalis Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
Rewind – The Greatest Hits Tour	Released: 15 July 2002 Label: Eagle Vision Formats: DVD
Re*Live – Sampled Looped & Trigger Happy on Tour	Released: 2005 Label: Hypertension Formats: DVD
Hammer Summer 2005	Released: 2005 Label: Environment Formats: DVD

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Album
		UK [6] [17]	AUS [7]	AUT [18]	GER [10]	IRE [19]	NL [20]	NZ [21]	SWI [22]	US [15]	US Alt [15]
"No Regrets"	1982	9	53	—	—	11	—	35	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"After a Fashion" (with Mick Karn)	1983	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"If I Was"	1985	1	10	6	2	1	12	8	16	—	—	The Gift
"That Certain Smile"		28	—	—	54	25	—	—	—	—	—
"Wastelands"	1986	46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Call of the Wild"		27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
"Answers to Nothing"	1988	49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26	Answers to Nothing
"Dear God"		55	—	—	—	—	29	—	—	95	4
"Cold, Cold Heart"	1991	17	—	26	47	21	—	—	—	—	12	Pure
"I See Hope in the Morning Light"		77	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Let It Go?" (Europe-only release)	1992	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Breathe"	1996	70	—	1	12	—	—	—	17	—	—	Breathe
"Guns and Arrows"		166	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Fields of Fire" (Europe-only release)	1998	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"We Came to Dance" (Tron featuring Midge Ure)	2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
"You Move Me" (promo-only release)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Move Me
"Beneath a Spielberg Sky"	2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"New Europeans" (Germany promo-only release)	2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Alone" (Germany promo-only release)	2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Personal Heaven" (with X-Perience; Germany-only release)	2007	—	—	—	64	—	—	—	—	—	—	Lost in Paradise
"Man of the World"	2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"The Voice" (The Disco Boys featuring Midge Ure; Germany-only release)	2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Become" (Europe promo-only release)	2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Fragile
"Dark Dark Night" (featuring Moby; Europe promo-only release)	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Das Beat" (Band Electronica featuring Midge Ure)	2022	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other appearances

• "The Man Who Sold the World" on Party Party soundtrack (1982)
• "Baby Little One" on Lullabies with a Difference by various artists (1998)
• "Something to Remind Me" on Tripomatic Fairytales 3003 by Jam & Spoon (2003)
• "Smile" on Colour by Andy Hunter (2008)
• "Let It Rise" on Atemlos by Schiller (2010)
• "Taking Back My Time" on International Blue by Stephen Emmer (2014) ^[23]
• "Endless Moments" on Lichtmond 3: Days of Eternity by Lichtmond (2014) ^{[24] [25]}
• "Pure" on Conchita by Conchita Wurst (2015)
• "Touching Hearts and Skies" on Fly (Songs Inspired by the Film Eddie the Eagle) (2016)
• "Glorious" on Welcome to the Dancefloor by Rusty Egan (2017) ^[26]

Notes

1. The Gift didn't enter the Billboard 200, but did peak at number 164 on the Cash Box Top 200. ^[16]
2. Orchestrated peaked at number 10 on the Classical Albums chart.

References

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