<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "The Living Years" </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Mike + The Mechanics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> from the album Living Years </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> B - side </Th> <Td> "Too Many Friends" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> 27 December 1988 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Format </Th> <Td> Cassette Single, 7" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Recorded </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Pop, Ballad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 5: 32 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Atlantic, WEA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Mike Rutherford, B.A. Robertson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Christopher Neil, Mike Rutherford </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Mike + The Mechanics singles chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "Nobody's Perfect" (1988) </Td> <Td> "The Living Years" (1988) </Td> <Td> "Seeing Is Believing" (1989) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "Nobody's Perfect" (1988) </Td> <Td> "The Living Years" (1988) </Td> <Td> "Seeing Is Believing" (1989) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "The Living Years" </Th> </Tr>

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