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Scottish musician

Midge Ure

OBE

Ure in Ludwigshafen, Germany, November 2005

Ure in Ludwigshafen, Germany, Nov 2005
Groundwork data
Birth name James Ure
As well known as Midge Ure
Built-in (1953-10-ten) ten October 1953 (age 68)
Cambuslang, Scotland
Genres
  • New wave
  • synthpop
  • postal service-punk
  • art rock
  • hard stone
Occupation(s) Musician, vocaliser-songwriter, producer
Instruments Vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
Years active 1972–present
Associated acts Slik, PVC2, Rich Kids, Misfits, Visage, Thin Lizzy, Kate Bush, Ultravox, Band Assistance
Website midgeure.com

Musical artist

James Ure OBE (born 10 October 1953) is a Scottish musician, vocalist-songwriter and producer. His phase name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of Jim, the diminutive form of his actual proper noun. Ure enjoyed detail success in the 1970s and 1980s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids and Visage, and as the frontman of Ultravox. In 1984, he co-wrote and produced the clemency unmarried "Practice They Know Information technology's Christmas?", which has sold iii.vii million copies in the Uk. The vocal is the 2nd highest-selling unmarried in Great britain nautical chart history.[1] Ure co-organised Band Aid, Live Assist and Live 8 with Bob Geldof. He acts every bit a trustee for the charity and also serves as an ambassador for Salve the Children.

Ure is the producer and author of several other synthpop/new wave hit singles of the 1980s, including "Fade to Grey" (1980) past Visage and the Ultravox signature songs "Vienna" (1980) and "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (1984).[ii] He accomplished his commencement UK top ten solo hitting in 1982 with "No Regrets". In 1985, his solo debut anthology The Gift reached number two in the U.k. Albums Chart and yielded the Great britain Singles Chart number one unmarried, "If I Was". He besides co-wrote Phil Lynott's "Yellow Pearl", which served as the theme of Pinnacle of the Pops for much of the 1980s.

Career [edit]

Early years [edit]

Born to a working-course family in Cambuslang, Ure attended Rutherglen University until he was 15 years old. For the commencement 10 years of his life he lived in a one-sleeping accommodation tenement apartment in Cambuslang (on the outskirts of Glasgow) with his brother, sis and parents,[3] subsequently moving to a new house in nearby Eastfield.[4]

Afterward leaving schoolhouse Ure attended Motherwell Technical College and and so began to work every bit an engineer, training at the National Engineering Laboratory (NEL), in nearby East Kilbride.[5] He started playing music in a Glasgow band called Stumble (c.1969 – c.1971). The band'southward line-up included lead guitarist Alan Wright, Fraser Spiers on harmonica, Kenny Ireland on bass and Alec Baird on drums.

Ure joined Conservancy equally a guitarist in 1972. The band had been formed in Glasgow in June 1970 by the brothers Kevin (vocals) and Jim McGinlay (bass guitar). Jim McGinlay (born James McGinlay) decided to plough Ure's name backwards to "Mij" (Midge) to avert any confusion caused past two members of the ring having the same offset name.[5] Ure has since presented himself in the music scene every bit Midge Ure.[half dozen] The band performed covers as house band in the Glasgow and Edinburgh Clouds discothèques. The ring besides comprised Baton McIsaac on keyboards and Kenny Hyslop on drums.

In April 1974, Kevin McGinlay left to pursue a solo career,[6] so Ure assumed vocals in addition to his guitar duties. In November 1974, the band changed its name to Slik, with Bay Metropolis Rollers writers Beak Martin and Phil Coulter providing songs. In 1975 Ure turned downwardly an offer to exist the lead singer of the Sex Pistols, stating that he felt at the time that Malcolm McLaren had "his priorities completely wrong!", a position he afterward reversed.[vii]

Slik achieved a number one unmarried on the United kingdom Singles Chart in Feb 1976 with "Forever and Always". In early 1977, Jim McGinlay decided to quit the band, being replaced by Russell Webb. Slik terminated their contract with Martin and Coulter, believing that their boy-band image was hindering their chances of success during the rise punk rock scene. They inverse their proper name to PVC2 and adopted a more punkish fashion. Ure's only release with the band under this name was the single "Put You lot in the Picture".

Rich Kids [edit]

Past October 1977, Ure had left PVC2 to join former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock in Rich Kids. He moved to London and soon found himself immersed in a scene he had previously simply read about in the pages of the NME.[8] Musical tensions within the band led to Ure's departure. Having caused a Yamaha CS50 synthesiser, Ure – alongside bandmate Rusty Egan – wanted to integrate the new instrument into the ring's sound. With Glen Matlock and Steve New preferring to remain with the traditional guitars and drums arroyo, the band split.

In January 2010, Rich Kids reformed, for one night only, for a benefit concert for guitarist Stella Nova who was fighting concluding cancer (and died on 24 May 2010).[ix] Although it had been over 30 years since they played together, the press reports praised the gig, which included energetic performances of "Ghosts of Princes in Towers" and "Hung on You". Rich Kids were joined on phase by Mick Jones and Gary Kemp. Ure also played an acoustic ready of Ultravox and Visage songs.

In February 2016, information technology was announced that Rich Kids would reform for a joint headline bear witness with The Professionals at London's O2 Shepherd's Bush-league Empire.[10]

Visage [edit]

In 1978, Egan and Ure formed Visage with lead vocalist Steve Foreign, and utilised their new synthesiser when they recorded a encompass of the Zager & Evans classic "In The Year 2525" for promotional purposes. The line-up was expanded in 1979 with the addition of Magazine members Dave Formula, John McGeoch and Barry Adamson, and Ultravox keyboardist Billy Currie, and the band signed briefly to Radar Records for the release of their first single "Tar". Egan and Ure as well formed the short-lived band The Misfits, whose career was curtailed past an approach from Thin Lizzy. Though Visage'south first unmarried was unsuccessful, they signed with Polydor Records in 1980; their second single, "Fade to Grey", became a hit.

Sparse Lizzy [edit]

Ure already knew Thin Lizzy vocaliser Phil Lynott, and in early on 1979 Ure received co-writing credit for "Get Out of Here" on Thin Lizzy's album Blackness Rose. In July 1979 Ure stepped in to aid Thin Lizzy consummate a Usa tour post-obit guitarist Gary Moore's abrupt divergence. Ure besides contributed guitar parts to "Things Own't Working Out" and "Dublin" for the 1979 Thin Lizzy remix compilation The Continuing Saga of the Ageing Orphans. Thin Lizzy then toured America and Japan. In 1980, during the second function of this bout, Ure switched to keyboards, and was replaced past Dave Flett and then Snowy White as guitarist. At the end of the tour Ure left Sparse Lizzy and returned to his main involvement at that time, Ultravox. Ure continued to collaborate with Lynott, co-writing Lynott'south biggest solo hitting, "Yellow Pearl".

Ultravox [edit]

Ultravox (Midge Ure) in concert, April 1984

In 1979, Ure and Billy Currie formed a close bond playing together in Visage. Rusty Egan persuaded Billy Currie to ask Ure if he was interested in joining a revived Ultravox. Ultravox had been presumed defunct since guitarist Robin Simon quit and pb singer John Foxx had left to pursue a solo career. In Apr 1979 Ure regrouped the band and assumed duties every bit singer, songwriter, guitarist and second keyboardist. This second incarnation would become the archetype line-up, with Currie (keyboards, violin), Chris Cross (bass) and Warren Cann (electronic drums). Although Ure had spent the latter half of 1979 on tour with Sparse Lizzy, Ultravox found time late in the year to tour in the USA. During this time the band wrote a number of songs which were included on their first album with Ure.

The album, Vienna, was recorded in 1980. Although it was the ring's fourth album, it was the first with Ure, and the first ane to nautical chart, although information technology was only a small success on first release. Yet, when the title track "Vienna" was released as a single in early on 1981 information technology became a huge striking and spent four weeks at no.2 in the UK singles chart and was the 5th highest selling unmarried in the Uk that year. The anthology itself re-entered the album chart and peaked at no.three. Inspired by the 1949 pic The Third Man, the promo video for "Vienna" was directed by Russell Mulcahy[11] utilising cinematic techniques, and became quite influential. In an interview Ure recalled the way that "music video changed after that. All these things that became video clich̩s Рcropping the top and bottom off the screen, shooting on motion-picture show as opposed to videotape, making it look like a movie ... we were quite a groundbreaking human action for a while."[8] The same year that Ultravox released the Vienna album, Visage too released their debut anthology which made the UK Top xx and featured the hit single "Fade to Grey" (co-written by Ure and Currie with Chris Payne), also influential in the direction of the New Romantic electropop music scene.[12] For a while between 1979 and 1980, then, Ure was deeply committed to iii different bands, all of them quite successful: Ultravox, Visage and Sparse Lizzy.

In 1981, Ultravox recorded their 2d anthology with Ure every bit frontman, Rage in Eden, which was a Top 5 hitting in the Britain. Later on its release Ure and Currie reconvened with Visage to record the band's second album, The Anvil. Released in early 1982, it was a Acme ten hit; but Ure left the ring soon afterward its release, citing creative differences with frontman Steve Foreign. The aforementioned year saw Ultravox tape and release their third album with Ure, Quartet, with production by Beatles producer George Martin. The album became their third Top 10 hit and featured four Height 20 singles. This catamenia saw Ure work as a producer for other artists, amongst them Steve Harley, Skids, Peter Godwin, and Strasse, and in 1982 Ure released his kickoff solo unmarried, a cover of the 1968 Tom Blitz song "No Regrets" (based on the 1975 hit cover version past The Walker Brothers), which made the Great britain Summit 10. Ure also recorded the Bowie-track "The Man Who Sold the World" for the soundtrack to the British film Political party Political party.

Midge Ure met Mick Karn at the outset ever Princes Trust concert in May 1982. Sir George Martin was the musical director and Pete Townshend was the band leader. In three days in Feb 1983 Ure and Karn were at Air Studios in London and recorded the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland top 40 single "Subsequently a Manner". They also travelled to Cairo to film one of the most expensive promo videos Karn would ever be involved in.[13] [14]

After the alive album Monument released in October 1983, Ultravox released their quaternary studio album with Ure, Lament, in Apr 1984. The album was another Top x success and contained the Top three hit "Dancing with Tears in My Optics". The band released their first "greatest hits" album at the end of the yr, featuring all the singles from 1980 onwards. The album peaked at no.2 in the UK and was later certified triple platinum.[fifteen]

After Ure's successful debut solo album in 1985, the 5th and final Ultravox album with Ure, U-Vox, was released in October 1986. Although some other Peak 10 hitting, the album (and singles) fared less well than their earlier releases.[xvi] After the end of the U-Phonation Tour Ure left Ultravox. He stated in an Extreme Vocalisation Fanzine 1991: "The spark kind of went out of it for me, Live Aid and Band Aid had a lot to exercise with it, I suppose. We had a long interruption from each other and when we came dorsum together nosotros were all working in dissimilar directions".[17] "I think we went out with a kind of whimper only we chose to do that actually, we didn't do the all-singing, all-dancing farewell tour cash-in that a load of bands do. I had decided that I was leaving before we did our last European tour, the U-Vox tour. We were in Italy." [18]

Ure and Currie had met in Oct 2008 and played an audio-visual "Vienna" together on Accented Radio in Britain.[nineteen] In April 2009, Ure and the other members (Cann, Currie and Cross) reformed Ultravox for the Render to Eden tour to celebrate the 30th ceremony of the Vienna album, and in their own words, the "ceremony of their archetype line-upwards". Ure stated in a BBC interview in Apr 2009, "we are not trying to get our youth dorsum, nor the hair that's fallen off already".[20] [21] Later on appearing at the Isle of Wight 2009 Festival Ultravox followed up the next year with a 2d round of the bout. In late 2010, Ultravox started working on their sixth album fronted past Ure. This album, titled Vivid, was released in May 2012.[22] Following this release the band embarked on the 'Brilliant Tour' performing shows in the Britain and Europe in tardily 2012. In November 2013, Ultravox were special guests on a four-date arena tour with Simple Minds.

Ure as well did backstage photography for Ultravox.[23]

Band Aid and charity piece of work [edit]

In November 1984, Ure co-wrote the Band Assist hit, "Practice They Know It's Christmas?" with Bob Geldof. Ure was rehearsing with Ultravox for an episode of the Channel 4 music show "The Tube" when host Paula Yates handed him the phone. It was her and then husband, Geldof, who proceeded, recalls Ure, "to rant on about the Michael Buerk BBC news study on the Ethiopian famine". Geldof provided the initial lyrics, with Ure working the musical theme on a pocket-size keyboard in his kitchen. The second half was equanimous by Ure, with the bridging chorus only assembled in the studio when the artists had gathered. Ure has described the vocal equally not ane of the all-time he has ever written, commenting that "the momentum the artists gave it in the recording studio is what made it".[24]

At the studio recording Ure took on the production duties for the song. Although Trevor Horn had been approached to undertake this role, he needed more than fourth dimension to fulfil other obligations than was available.[25] Ure stepped into the alienation, with Horn providing his studio, remixing the track and producing the 12" version. Ure and Geldof jointly gear up the Ring Assistance Trust, and he remains agile as a Band Aid Trustee. He also co-organised the Alive Aid concert of 1985 along with Geldof and Harvey Goldsmith. Geldof and Ure have been honoured with two Ivor Novello awards for writing the vocal.[26]

In 1988, Ure helped to organise the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute, which he also performed at.[27] He first performed at The Prince's Trust stone concert 1982, and has also been the Musical Manager at the concerts 1986, 1987, 1988, 2010 and 2011.[28] [29] [30] [31]

Ure performed at Music for Montserrat on 15 September 1997 to heighten funds for the Caribbean island of Montserrat. It had been devastated by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and again in 1997, when the island was impacted by volcanic activeness. Ure himself lost a house on Montserrat, which was destroyed.[32] [33] [34] [35]

On 24 July 1999, Ure was the Musical Director of the Wicked Women concert for the Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity held at Hyde Park in London,[36] featuring artists Ronan Keeting, Big Country and Lisa Stansfield.[37] [38] [39]

In 2005, he organised Live 8 concerts with Bob Geldof with the aim of pressing G8 leaders into taking activity to end world poverty. Later that twelvemonth he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to music and charity in the 2005 Birthday Honours.[40] He has received v honorary degrees and was made an Honorary Physician of Arts in 2005 by the Academy of Abertay Dundee for his creative and charity work over the past thirty years.[41] He was made a Medico of Music past University of Edinburgh in 2006.[42] In 2007, he received his tertiary honorary doctorate, from the University of Paisley, for his contribution to Scottish culture and charity work.[43] In 2008, Glasgow Caledonian Academy awarded him his fourth honorary doctorate, for his musical and humanitarian achievements.[44]

Ure was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Bath in Dec 2010.[45] As an ambassador for Salvage the Children, Ure returned to Ethiopia in 2004[46] and 2009[47] and visited Sierra Leone in 2006.[46]

In Baronial 2020, Ure contributed on ReMission International, Wayne Husseys re-recording of "Tower of Strength" called "TOS 2020", to help COVID-19 charities effectually the world.[48] [49] [50]

Solo career [edit]

Midge Ure during Here and At present Tour 2011

After working on the Ring Aid project and during a hiatus from Ultravox, Ure pursued a solo career in 1985. The single "If I Was" released in September was a Uk number one single, and his debut album, The Gift, reached No. 2.[51] Ure recruited Mick Ronson to play guitar on his upcoming solo bout. They rehearsed, but Ure was non satisfied with Ronson'southward playing.[52] A rehearsal live recording of "Fade to Greyness" with Ronson's guitar is bachelor from 27 September 1985.[53] [54] [55]Zal Cleminson took over in the five-piece band, alongside Craig Armstrong on keyboards and Kenny Hyslop on drums. After returning to Ultravox for what would exist their last album together until their 2012 reunion album, the band effectively disbanded in 1987 and Ure concentrated solely on his solo career merely with less commercial success.

The 2nd album, Answers to Aught (1988), reached the United kingdom superlative 30. Information technology featured a duet with Kate Bush-league called "Sis and Brother", and the unmarried "Dear God", which helped Ure gain his starting time foothold with American audiences. It reached #half dozen on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and at #iv on the U.s. Billboard Culling Music chart.[56] [57] The post-obit year Ure toured in the The states with Howard Jones.[58]

A change of characterization to Arista-BMG for his 3rd solo album Pure (1991) saw him dorsum in the UK Top xl. It contained the unmarried "Common cold, Cold Heart" which reached UK Acme 20,[59] and "I Come across Promise in the Morning Light", a song written about the possible release of Nelson Mandela and recorded every bit a celebration. eleven November 1991, Ure played at the Royal Albert Hall,[lx] with a five-slice ring featuring drummer Mark Brzezicki, keyboard player Josh Phillips, and multi-instrumentalists Steven A. Williams[61]and Willie Dowling[62]. From 22 March to 22 April 1992 Ure toured in the U.Due south. with four songwriters, Don Henry, Bit Taylor, Darden Smith and Rosie Flores. The bout was called "In their own Words".[63] [64]

If I Was, a retrospective compilation of solo and Ultravox hits, was released in February 1993 by Chrysalis. Information technology went as loftier every bit number x in the U.One thousand. album nautical chart.[65] To back up the release he went on a bout in the U.Thou. called "Out Alone" which saw Ure performing on his own, accompanying himself primarily on just an acoustic guitar and a keyboard.[66] Ure also made an appearance at the prestigious Oxford University Union Debating Society.[67] [68] [69]

His quaternary solo album, Breathe (1996), was produced by Richard Feldman. This album had a very Celtic experience with a plethora of acoustic instruments from Uilleann pipes to mandolins and accordions. Ure said in an interview 2001: "My lowest indicate was when my album Breathe came out. I spent 2 years writing and recording information technology to detect that people weren't taking any notice. As a outcome all the doors that were normally open to me such as television, had airtight."[lxx] In 1996 the new 'Breathe' album was followed by further extensive touring, including dates in the United states of america as special guest to The Chieftains.[71]

In 1998 the single "Exhale" became a hitting-single, in several European countries boosted past its utilise in a Swatch TV advertisement campaign, ii years after its original release. Information technology entered at No. 1 on both the Italian and the Austrian charts.[72] In 1998 Ure played on a European tour with Troy Donockley, and he also recorded the soundtrack to the American films, both directed past Richard Schenkman, October 22, and Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God...be Back by Five.[73] [74] [75] [76]

Ure'due south fifth solo album, Move Me, was first released September 2000, on Arista label in Frg, after to be released 2001 in the UK on Adjourn Records.[77] 28 March 2001 Ure was the subject of the This Is Your Life Television bear witness hosted by Michael Aspel on BBC.[78] [79] [80] The aforementioned year Ure also released "Petty Orphans" exclusively from his website. A compilation of previously unreleased recordings. It independent "Feel So Good" with Gordon Giltrap, "Heart" with Chip Taylor, "Personal Sky" with Glenn Gregory and ii songs recorded with Mick Karn, Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri.[81]

In November 2004 Ure released his autobiography, If I Was, through Virgin books.[82] [83]

In September 2008 "10" was released. The album contains Ure'due south ain interpretations of x songs that influenced him and shaped his songwriting. It was recorded in a log motel in Eastern Canada, nigh Montreal, during the long snowfall bound winter of 2007 – 2008.[84] [85]

Ure worked for over a decade on the next solo album, Fragile, which was released on seven July 2014.[86] The making of Fragile coincided with Ultravox's 2012 reunion record Brilliant. Reuniting with Ultravox inspired him to focus on music once more, and ultimately finish the material that would become Fragile. The album featured the song "Nighttime, Dark Dark", a collaboration with Moby.[87] [88]

In Baronial 2014, Ure as well returned to the U.S. with the Retro Futura Tour, featuring Howard Jones, Tom Bailey, China Crisis and Katrina Leskanich.[89]

In 2015, Ure's 1982 comprehend of David Bowie's "The Human being Who Sold the Globe", was featured in the video game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.[90]

On 1 December 2017, the Orchestrated album was released. Information technology features orchestrated re-recordings of Ultravox and solo career songs arranged by the British composer Ty Unwin, and a new written track called "Ordinary Man".[91] [92] Ure returned to North America in the summer of 2018 on a co-headline tour with Paul Young, called "The Soundtrack Of Your Life Bout".[93] [94]

In 2019 Ure continued to bout with The Ring Electronica (Russell Field, Cole Stacey, Joseph O'Keefe) with "The 1980 Tour", during which they performed Ultravox's Vienna album in total and also included highlights from Visage'south cocky-titled debut album.[95] 27 September 2019 Chrysalis Records released "Soundtrack 1978-2019", a 32-vocal collection, encompassing four decades of Midge Ure's rich and varied career.[96]

In August 2020, Ure was creating his "Backstage Lockdown Club" with livestreamed acoustic songs and Q&A sessions, to members on the Patreon website. Ure also invited other artists, including Mark Male monarch, Glenn Gregory, Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw, Clare Grogan and Gary Kemp.[97] [98] [99] [100] [101]

From iv January 2021 Ure was hosting on Scala Radio, on their show The Space.[102] [103] 8 October 2021 Ure released the unmarried "Das Crush" with Band Electronica. The projection came almost when Ure was performing in Dusseldorf in 2020. Wolfgang Flur was in the audience and later asked Ure to bring together a new project he was working on. A few days later, with thoughts of Flurs electronic drumming, the part Dusseldorf has played in the scene, Ure wrote 'Das Shell'. Whilst Wolfgang Flur went on to record his ain version of the song for his forthcoming album, Ure laid down 'Das Shell' with Ring Electronica in its original course.[104]

Personal life [edit]

Ure lives near Bath . He has been married twice: to extra and writer Annabel Giles, and to Sheridan Forbes.[5] He appeared on the 2007 Celebrity MasterChef serial, winning his heat and progressing to the final on 15 June, alongside Nadia Sawalha and Craig Revel Horwood.[105]

Ure is a recovered alcoholic, something he discusses in his autobiography If I Was.[106]

Solo discography [edit]

Albums [edit]

Year Album UK[107] The states Characterization Catalogue Notes
1985 The Gift 2 – Chrysalis 0946 CCD 1508 –
1988 Answers to Nothing thirty 88 Chrysalis CCD 1649 –
1991 Pure 36 – BMG 261,922 –
1996 Breathe 95 – BMG 74321346292 –
2000 Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five – – EvenMore Entertainment – Instrumental soundtrack.
2000 Movement Me – – Arista 74321 77290 2 –
2008 10 – – Hypertension HYP 8264 Cover versions anthology.
2014 Frail 66 – Hypertension Music HYP 14302 –
2017 Orchestrated 33 – BMG Rights Direction 4050538344417 –

Compilations and live albums [edit]

  • Alive in Concert – (1999, Foreign Fruit, SFRSCD086) – Live album recorded at the Manchester Apollo, 12 November 1991.
  • If I Was: The Very All-time of Midge Ure & Ultravox – (1993, Chrysalis Records Ltd) (No. 10 UK Albums Chart) – Compilation album.
  • No Regrets: The Very Best of Midge Ure – (2000, EMI Records Ltd, 528 5622) – Compilation album comprising studio and live sets.
  • A Glorious Noise – 'Breathe' Alive – (2001, Environment Records, ENVCD 001) – Live album. Released exclusively via the spider web site.
  • The Very All-time of Midge Ure & Ultravox – (2001, EMI Records Ltd, 535 8112) (No. 45 UK Albums Chart) – Compilation anthology.
  • Little Orphans – (2001, Environment Records, ENVCD 002) – Unreleased tracks. Released exclusively via the web site.
  • Intimate Moments: 12–22 April 2002 – (2002, Environment Records, ENV03) – Live anthology. Released exclusively via the web site.
  • One Night in Scotland: 21 Nov 1988 – (2002, Surround Records, ENV04) – Alive album. Released exclusively via the spider web site.
  • Once Upon a Time in America – (2003, Surround Records, ENV05) – Live anthology (CD & VCD). Released exclusively via the spider web site.
  • Septemberfest – (2004, Environs Records, ENV06) – Alive album (CD & VCD) recorded in Germany 1996. Released exclusively via the web site.
  • If I Was: Sampled Looped And Trigger Happy On Bout – (2005, Environs Records, ENVDVD07) – Alive anthology recorded during the Sampled Looped and Trigger Happy Tour United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland 2003. Released exclusively via the spider web site.
  • Re*Alive – (2005, Hypertension, HYP 5235) – Alive album recorded in 2003 from the UK 'Sampled, Looped and Trigger Happy' tour.
  • Duet – (2006, Environs Records, ENVCD 009) – Live album with Troy Donockley recorded 1998/99. Released exclusively via the spider web site.
  • A Live Christmas – (2007, Environment Records, ENVCD 010) – Live album recorded at Wembley Arena 23 December 1985. Released exclusively via the web site.
  • Intimate Moments 2 – (2008, Environment Records, ENV10) – Live album (CD & DVD-R) recorded in Federal republic of germany 2006 / 2007. Released exclusively via the web site.
  • Live In Chicago – (2013, Environment Records, ENV12) – Live anthology Us Bout 2013.Released exclusively via the spider web site.
  • Exhale Again Live And Extended – (2015, Oblivion – SPV 299392) – Live album with India Electrical Co. recorded in Scotland over the week of xvi to 21 March 2015.
  • Something From Everything – (2016, Environment Records, ENV 015) – Live album with India Electric Co. Recorded Live and in Rehearsals 2016. Released exclusively via the web site.
  • Electronica Live – (2016, Environment Records, ENV 017) – Alive album, recorded in Newcastle and Berlin 2017. Released exclusively via the web site.
  • Soundtrack: 1978–2019 – (2019, Chrysalis Records Ltd) (No. 75 UK Albums Chart) – Compilation anthology with DVD.

[108] [109]

Singles [edit]

Single Year UK[108] AUS [110] United states of america US
Alt 		US
Main 		Album
"No Regrets" 1982 9 53 — — —
"Later a Fashion" (with Mick Karn) 1983 39 — — — —
"If I Was" 1985 1 10 — — — The Gift
"That Certain Grinning" 28 — — — —
"Wastelands" 1986 46 — — — —
"Call of the Wild" 27 — — — —
"Answers to Naught" 1988 49 — — 26 — Answers to Aught
"Dear God" 55 — 95 4 half-dozen
"Common cold, Cold Middle" 1991 17 — — 12 — Pure
"I Encounter Hope (In the Forenoon Lite)" — — — — —
"Breathe" 1996 seventy — — — — Breathe
"Guns and Arrows" 166 — — — —
"You lot Movement Me" 2001 — — — — — Move Me
"Beneath a Spielberg Sky" — — — — —

Other appearances [edit]

  • The Man Who Sold The Earth (1982) ("Party Party", Soundtrack, A&K Records – SP 9086 )
  • Baby Little Ane (1998) (Lullabies With A Difference, Various Artists, BMG - 634972 CD)[111]
  • Something To Remind Me (2004) (Jam & Spoon, Tripomatic Fairytales 3003, CD Isle Records – 986 603-1)
  • Personal Sky (2006) (Duet with X-Perience, Lost in Paradise, CD Major Records – 356.0220.020)
  • Grinning (2008) (Andy Hunter, Colour CD Nettwerk - 5037703080126)
  • Permit It Rise (2010) (Schiller, Atemlos CD Island Records - 06025 2732327 5)
  • Taking Back My Time (2014) (Stephen Emmer, International Blue, CD Electric Fairytale – EFRCD001)[112]
  • Endless Moments (2014) (Lichtmond, 3: Days Of Eternity CD Blu Phase Media Live - LM017)[113] [114]
  • Pure (2015) (writing credit, guitar- Conchita CD, Columbia – 88875053842 )
  • Touching Hearts And Skies (2016) ("Wing (Songs Inspired By The Film Eddie The Eagle)" CD Universal Music Catalogue – 477 352-2)
  • Glorious (2017) (Rusty Egan, Welcome To the Dancefloor, CD Black Mosaic - BKMCWTTDFCDBACA01)[115]
  • Das Beat (2021) (Unmarried with Band Electronica) (BMG)

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External links [edit]

  • Official website
  • Midge Ure discography at Discogs
  • Midge Ure Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2005, 2020)

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