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Over My Shoulder (Mike + The Mechanics song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Over My Shoulder
| cover = Over My Shoulder.jpeg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Mike + The Mechanics
| album = Beggar on a Beach of Gold
| B-side = Something to Believe In
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:34
| label = Virgin, Atlantic (US)
| writer = Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack
| producer = Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil
| prev_title = Everybody Gets A Second Chance
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
| next_year = 1995
| misc =
}}
"'Over My Shoulder'" is a pop rock song by British supergroup Mike + The Mechanics. It was released on 13 February 1995 as the first single from their album 'Beggar on a Beach of Gold'. Sung by Paul Carrack, it was the most successful single from that album, peaking at number 12 on UK Singles Chart. It became the band's only hit in certain European countries, including Switzerland and France; in the latter country, it reached number nine and spent 20 weeks in the top 50.
Music video
The music video was shot primarily on the village green in Chiddingfold on the Weald in Waverley, Surrey, England. The parish church of St Mary's, with its distinctive tower, as well as the village pub The Crown, also appear. It features Nick Pickard (Tony Hutchinson from the Channel 4 soap opera 'Hollyoaks') as a love-struck teenaged boarding school pupil and Tom Fletcher (later in the pop-rock band McFly) as a little boy in a junior school classroom.
Track listings
'UK CD1'
# "Over My Shoulder" 3:34
# "Something to Believe In" 4:19
# "Always the Last to Know" 4:10
'UK CD2'
# "Over My Shoulder" 3:34
# "Something to Believe In" 4:19
# "Word of Mouth" 3:55
# "Over My Shoulder" (live) 5:25
'UK cassette and limited-edition 7-inch single'
# "Over My Shoulder" 3:34
# "Something to Believe In" 4:18
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"!Chart (1995)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|France (SNEP)
|44
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)
|98
|-
!scope="row"|Iceland (slenski Listinn Topp 40)
|11
|}
Certifications
Release history
References
Category:1994 songs
Category:1995 singles
Category:Atlantic Records singles
Category:Mike + The Mechanics songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Christopher Neil
Category:Songs written by Mike Rutherford
Category:Songs written by Paul Carrack
Category:Virgin Records singles
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