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{{Short description|Scottish rock band}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
| image             = GBMrMcKpressphoto.jpg
| caption           = Left to right: John Duncan, Fin Wilson, Rona Scobie, Martin Metcalfe, Shirley Manson, Derek Kelly
| image_upright     = 1.2
| origin            = [[Bathgate]], Scotland
| genre             = [[Alternative rock]], [[indie rock]]<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1085942|pure_url=yes}} |title=Garbage&nbsp;– ''Absolute Garbage'' review|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=13 June 2011}}</ref>
| years_active      = 1981–1996, 2019–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]|[[Parlophone Records|Parlophone]]|[[Radioactive Records|Radioactive]]|Blokshok}}
| spinoffs          = [[Angelfish (band)|Angelfish]] <br/> [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] <br/> [[The Filthy Tongues]]
| associated_acts   = {{hlist|[[Angelfish (band)|Angelfish]]|[[The Exploited]]|[[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]|[[the Filthy Tongues|Isa & the Filthy Tongues]]}}
| current_members   = * [[Martin Metcalfe]]
* [[Big John Duncan]]
* Derek Kelly
* Rona Scobie
* Fin Wilson
| past_members      = * [[Shirley Manson]]
}}

'''Goodbye Mr Mackenzie''' is a Scottish [[Rock music|rock]] band formed in [[Bathgate]] near [[Edinburgh]]. At the band's commercial peak, the line-up consisted of [[Martin Metcalfe]] on vocals, [[Big John Duncan|John Duncan]] on guitar, Fin Wilson on bass guitar, [[Shirley Manson]] and Rona Scobie on keyboards and backing vocals, and Derek Kelly on drums.

The band came to prominence in the early 1980s after releasing two independent label singles, and were signed to [[Capitol Records]]. They charted in the United Kingdom with their debut album, ''[[Good Deeds and Dirty Rags]]'' and single release "[[The Rattler]]", but the band were hindered by record company conflicts and failed to break through outside the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/goodbye-mr-mackenzie-mn0000664573/biography|title=Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie Biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=11 January 2015}}</ref> The band split up in 1993, leaving Manson, Metcalfe, Wilson and Kelly to form [[Angelfish (band)|Angelfish]] to continue recording music. Manson left for [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] in 1994, and Goodbye Mr Mackenzie played their final live show at the end of 1995.<ref name="RecordCollector">{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Record Collector]] | title = Goodbye Angelfish | date = 1 February 1997 }}</ref>

In 2019, Goodbye Mr Mackenzie reformed and embarked on a tour of Scotland. Manson did not join her former bandmates due to work commitments with Garbage. Metcalfe claimed that the band had asked Manson to join them on the tour, claiming that "people do not realise how busy she is".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/good-deed-days-a-hello-from-martin-metcalfe-as-goodbye-mr-mackenzie-return-921134 | title=Good deed days - a hello from Martin Metcalfe as Goodbye Mr Mackenzie return | date=11 November 2019 }}</ref> That same year, they re–issued ''Good Deeds and Dirty Rags'', and in 2024, re–released their third album ''[[Five (Goodbye Mr Mackenzie album)|Five]]'',<ref name="Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Five">{{cite web |title=Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Five |url=https://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com/products/goodbye-mr-mackenzie-five-vinyl-lp?srsltid=AfmBOoo8s8qA5Zz8ogRIYMGuW3T_Jp11xPuuTubM_RS3hp2Gu-807bCy |website=lastnightfromglasgow |access-date=6 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref> which debuted at number five on the [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|albums charts in Scotland]].<ref name="Official Charts"/>

==Career==
===Early career (1984–1987)===
The band began when Martin Metcalfe moved on from his first band Teenage Dog Orgy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soiledbelief.leithermagazine.com/tag/teenage-dog-orgy/|title=Teenage Dog Orgy « Thoughts From A Soiled Belief|website=soiledbelief.leithermagazine.com|access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref> in 1984. They were named after author [[Jean Rhys]]'s 1931 [[novel]] ''[[After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie]]''.<ref name="RecordCollector"/>

Their first [[single (music)|single]] was released through a [[pilot experiment|pilot]] music industry [[Higher education|course]] run by Bathgate College under the [[Youth Training Scheme]], a split-single [[7-inch single|7-inch]] format of "Death of a Salesman" in 1984. Limited to 1,000 copies, and with a track by Lindy Bergman on the [[double A-side|flipside]], it quickly sold out.<ref name="RecordCollector"/> Shortly after, they signed a [[talent manager|management deal]] with Precious Organisation, who had just launched another Scottish group, [[Wet Wet Wet]]. Precious managed to include both groups on ''Honey at the Core'', a 1986 compilation of up and coming Scottish acts compiled by [[Glasgow Herald]] journalist John Williamson, and released the band's first commercial single "The Rattler". The single suffered from a lack of [[Record distributor#Business structure|distribution]], but received [[airplay]] on [[BBC Radio 1|Radio One]] and [[Radio Clyde]]. A home-made music video for the single was broadcast on ''[[The Chart Show]]''. The band also performed "The Rattler" on ''[[The Tube (1982 TV series)|The Tube]]''.<ref name="RecordCollector"/> Precious organised an [[A&R]] showcase in [[Glasgow]] but, as the band did not receive any interest from the labels invited, they chose to leave Precious.<ref name="RecordCollector"/>

===Commercially successful period (1987–1994)===
[[File:Capitol Records sunset.jpg|thumb|left|180px|The band signed their first major label contract with [[Capitol Records]]]]

After leaving their management, they released an independent [[12-inch single]], "Face to Face", in 1987, and signed a [[major label]] record deal with [[Capitol Records]]. Capitol issued three [[Audio format|multi-formatted]] singles, of which a re-release of "The Rattler" was the most successful, [[UK Singles Chart|charting at No.&nbsp;37]] in 1989. The label followed up the band's chart debut with ''[[Good Deeds and Dirty Rags]]'', which reached No.&nbsp;23 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="RecordCollector"/> A further single from the album, "Goodwill City", reversed the band's upward trend, stalling at No.&nbsp;49. Capitol ended the year by releasing ''[[Fish Heads and Tails]]'', a mid-price live and [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] compilation,<ref name="RecordCollector"/> while the band relocated to studios in [[Berlin]] to record their second album. While at the studios, the band witnessed the [[Berlin Wall#The Fall.2C 1989|Fall of the Berlin Wall]].

The following year, the band were transferred sideways across [[EMI]], from Capitol to [[Parlophone]], who released two new recordings "Love Child" and "Blacker Than Black" (the latter being released across Europe and in North America) as taster singles. Both tracks failed to gain on the chart position set by "The Rattler" a year prior, and in response Parlophone cancelled the planned album release for the group's second set, titled ''[[Hammer and Tongs]]''.<ref name="mackenzie">{{cite web |url =http://blokshok.co.uk/gmm/blok_music_Macs.htm |title =Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Biog |publisher =Blokshok Productions |access-date =8 March 2009 |archive-date =13 April 2009 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090413184101/http://blokshok.co.uk/gmm/blok_music_Macs.htm |url-status =dead }}</ref> The band continued to tour heavily, became radio mainstays on Scottish radio and performed at the televised concert "The Big Day" on [[Glasgow Green]].

[[Gary Kurfirst]], who managed [[Talking Heads]] and [[Debbie Harry]], bought the band's contract from Parlophone and signed them to his own label, [[Radioactive Records|Radioactive]], a subsidiary of [[MCA Records|MCA]]. Radioactive were keen to release the band's second album, but required a chart friendly track. They completed recording "Now We Are Married", in Edinburgh, and Radioactive issued it as a single ahead of ''Hammer and Tongs''. Both releases again failed to chart, and  the group were persuaded to leave the label by their management.<ref name="mackenzie"/> Radioactive meanwhile released a compilation of the band's two albums self-titled as ''Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie'' in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan.

The band continued to write material; Manson was also given the opportunity to record lead vocals on a number of tracks planned for the band's third album, titled ''[[Five (Goodbye Mr Mackenzie album)|Five]]''.<ref name="angelfishbirth">{{cite web |url =http://blokshok.co.uk/angelfish/luck_law_hill.htm |title =Lucklaw Hill (The birth of Angelfish & Goodbye Mr MacKenzie MK2) |publisher =Blokshok Productions |access-date =8 March 2009 |archive-date =13 April 2009 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090413183834/http://blokshok.co.uk/angelfish/luck_law_hill.htm |url-status =dead }}</ref> In the end, Manson only featured on a [[duet (music)|duet]], "Normal Boy". The band issued the album on their own record label, Blokshok, following their split from Capitol Records, something later described as "reflecting troubled times – both professionally and personally – for the band". ''Five'' was described as a shift from the "radio friendly first two albums released on major labels", featuring a more "rougher edge". Recorded as the same time as the [[Angelfish (album)|debut album]] from [[Angelfish (band)|their side project]], ''Five'' has been acknowledged as "more than worthy of {{sic|it|'s|nolink=y}} place in Scottish music history".<ref name="Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Five"/>

===Angelfish and disbandment (1994)===
[[File:Garbage Rockavaria 2016 (2 von 8) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|180px|"[[Suffocate Me]]" by [[Angelfish (band)|Angelfish]] was viewed by [[Steve Marker]] (pictured), which ultimately lead to Manson joining [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] in 1994]]

With relations between MCA and the band's management hitting a low point, the band left MCA. Gary Kurfirst wanted to keep working with the band and suggested they record a whole album with Shirley Manson on lead vocals. After hearing several [[demo (music)|demos]], Kurfirst signed Manson to Radioactive as a solo artist, with Metcalfe, Kelly and Wilson signing the publishing deal.<ref name="mackenzie"/> Recording under the name [[Angelfish (band)|Angelfish]], and using some of the newly written material and a previously released Mackenzie [[B-side]], Manson and the group recorded the tracks that would make up the ''[[Angelfish (album)|Angelfish]]'' album in [[Connecticut]] with [[Talking Heads]]' [[Chris Frantz]] and [[Tina Weymouth]].<ref name="mackenzie"/> A lead in track "[[Suffocate Me]]" sent to [[college radio]] where it was well received. ''Angelfish'' and second single "Heartbreak to Hate" followed in 1994.<ref name="RecordCollector"/> Angelfish toured the United States, Canada, France, Belgium, and co-supported [[Live (band)|Live]] on a tour of North America, along with [[Vic Chesnutt]].

The music video for "Suffocate Me" was aired on [[MTV]]'s ''[[120 Minutes]]''. Producer and musician [[Steve Marker]] saw the broadcast and thought Manson would be a great singer for his band, [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]], which also featured producers [[Duke Erikson]] and [[Butch Vig]].<ref name="behindthemusic">{{cite episode | series = Behind The Music | series-link = Behind The Music | title = Garbage: Behind The Music | airdate= 31 March 2002 }}</ref> Manson left Angelfish, and The Mackenzies, to join the group in 1994.<ref name="RecordCollector" /> Derek Kelly, Fin Wilson and Martin Metcalfe formed a new band, [[the Filthy Tongues|Isa & the Filthy Tongues]], with American singer Stacey Chavis.

===Reformation (2019–present)===
In an interview with the Edinburgh Evening News on 4 April 2019, Martin Metcalfe announced that Goodbye Mr Mackenzie would be reforming and would be performing a mini Scottish Tour.<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Metcalfe looks forward to Goodbye Mr Mackenzie's return, 30 years after release of debut album Good Deeds and Dirty Rags |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/martin-metcalfe-looks-forward-goodbye-mr-mackenzies-return-30-years-after-release-debut-album-good-deeds-and-dirty-rags-548614 |website=edinburghnews.scotsman.com |date=4 April 2019 |access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref> Warm up gigs were performed in Dundee on 17 May and Dunfermline on 18 May, followed by full shows in Glasgow at The Garage (venue of their farewell concert) on 22 May, Aberdeen Lemon Tree on 23 May and Edinburgh Liquid Rooms on 25 and 26 May 2019. These shows were followed up by a winter tour of the UK,<ref>{{cite web |title=GOOD DEEDS AND DIRTY RAGS 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR |url=http://www.goodbyemrmackenzie.com/ |website=Goodbyemrmackenzie.com |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref> culminating in a sold-out performance at the Glasgow [[Barrowland Ballroom|Barrowlands]] on 20 December.<ref>{{cite web |title=GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE // BARROWLAND BALLROOM, GLASGOW |url=https://www.momodernmagazine.co/live-reviews/2019/12/20/goodbye-mr-mackenzie-barrowland-ballroom-glasgow |website=momodernmagazine.co |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref>

During interviews to promote their tour, Metcalfe revealed that a number of hurdles had to be overcome to reunite the band, including Duncan's [[multiple sclerosis]] and the fact that Scobie had not played keyboard in over 20 years. He described Duncan's ability to relearn his guitar parts in spite of his ongoing health concerns as "something of a miracle".<ref>{{cite web |title=A quick conversation with Martin Metcalfe of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie |url=https://bigtakeover.com/interviews/AquickconversationwithMartinMetcalfeofGoodbyeMrMackenzie |website=bigtakeover.com |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> A documentary about the reunion entitled ''Until the End of the Road'' was released in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Until The End of the Road |url=https://blokshok.bigcartel.com/product/until-the-end-of-the-road-dvd |website=blockshok.bigcartel.com}}</ref>

A live album entitled ''A Night in the Windy City'' was released in February 2021 and featured their 2019 performance at the Glasgow Barrowlands.<ref>{{cite web |title=NEW ALBUM- Goodbye Mr Mackenzie- Live Album- A Night in the Windy City |url=http://www.scottishmusicnetwork.co.uk/new-album-goodbye-mr-mackenzie-live-album-a-night-in-the-windy-city/ |website=Scottishmusicnetwork.co.uk |date=10 February 2021 |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>

In April 2024, the band announced six more concerts in October to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their third album, ''Five''.<ref>{{Cite web |author-link=Goodbye Mr Mackenzie |date=12 April 2024 |title=Goodbye Mr Mackenzie are touring in October |url=https://www.facebook.com/GoodbyeMrMackenzie/posts/pfbid02zswFJdKa8rjWG3nRnXT9q6Vt8BZK1dwtHAzhTf6QpoenPn8fM3c6nYuP4MxW1PDgl |website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-02 |title=Goodbye Mr McKenzie unveil Scottish gigs for 30th anniversary celebration of key album |url=https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/goodbye-mr-mckenzie-unveil-scottish-gigs-for-30th-anniversary-celebration-of-key-album-4803994 |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Fife Today |language=en}}</ref> The same month, the album was remastered and reissued.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Five |url=https://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com/it/products/goodbye-mr-mackenzie-five-vinyl-lp?variant=45730008072424&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR17Q5UgBCmHlncTloulvcrWby29xGa8y71jb4EaAu0jNBZq-wquzjJ5YDI_aem_nWxp7mTCZItZx1xeMZa-IA |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Last Night From Glasgow |language=}}</ref> On 7 November 2024, ''Five'' debuted at number five on the [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|Scottish Albums Charts]], giving the band their first entry on the national albums chart in Scotland, and on 1 December 2024, ''Five'' was released digitally.<ref name="Official Charts"/>

==Artistry==

===Image and reputation===

The band were accredited as being "one of Scotland's greatest bands" during an interview with ''NARC Magazine''. On that accolade, lead singer Martin Metcalfe claimed that "Scotland is always a bit of an Aladdin’s cave even today with the internet".<ref name="Interview with Goodbye Mr Mackenzie">{{cite web |title=Interview: Goodbye Mr Mackenzie |url=https://narcmagazine.com/interview-goodbye-mr-mackenzie/ |website=NARC |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref> During their career, they worked with bands such as [[Talking Heads]] and supported [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] during their 1990 tour. Metcalfe described their initial tenure as "like a family", claiming that "we made each other laugh and got on our own last nerves", and despite disputes in the band "there is always a bond, and there will always be a strange kind of love there with shared fun & pain".<ref name="Interview with Goodbye Mr Mackenzie"/>

[[File:Metcalfe2018.jpg|thumb|right|[[Martin Metcalfe]] performing with [[The Filthy Tongues]] in 2018]]

Speaking to ''[[Edinburgh News]]'' in 2022, former member Shirley Manson stated that during her ten-year tenure in the band she "received the most spectacular education that I could possibly have ever hoped for in the world of rock and roll", further stating she and her band members were "living the life" during a "very rebellious, decadent unit".<ref>{{cite web |title=Shirley Manson recalls wild years with cult Edinburgh band Goodbye Mr Mackenzie |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/shirley-manson-recalls-her-wild-years-with-edinburgh-band-3562459 |website=Edinburgh News |access-date=6 April 2025 |language=en |date=10 February 2022}}</ref> Metcalfe claimed that much of their debut album, ''Good Deeds and Dirty Rags'', "looked at the psychology behind politics and states of mind", comments he made ahead of the re–release of the album in 2019, claiming that "in those terms the lyrical content can never be dated". Lyrically, the album was described as "seeing inside the mind of a psychopath", with the persona of the album "confused and hurt and the messages he’s getting from society are exacerbating his damage".<ref name="A quick conversation with Martin Metcalfe">{{cite web |title=A quick conversation with Martin Metcalfe of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie |url=https://bigtakeover.com/interviews/AquickconversationwithMartinMetcalfeofGoodbyeMrMackenzie |website=The Big Takeover |access-date=6 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

===Legacy===

In a feature on ''The List'''s "50 Greatest Scottish Bands" piece, they stated that Goodbye Mr Mackenzie "left behind the most complex and fascinating footprint of any Scottish band, and live, they were stunning". They further added that lead singer Martin Metcalfe "looked like the MC of a particularly debauched cabaret troupe", whilst their "Scottish counterparts were looking at soul and Steely Dan for inspiration the MacKenzies were taking theirs from the Pixies and the Birthday Party".<ref>{{cite web |title=Song Premiere: "The Rattler" by Goodbye Mr MacKenzie |url=https://bigtakeover.com/news/SongPremiereTheRattlerbyGoodbyeMrMacKenzie |website=The Big Takeover |access-date=6 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

Following their disbandment, members Derek Kelly, Fin Wilson and Martin Metcalfe formed [[The Filthy Tongues]] and regularly performed Goodbye Mr Mackenzie songs during live performances.<ref name="A quick conversation with Martin Metcalfe"/> Following a brief tenure fronting the [[Angelfish (band)|Angelfish]] side project, Manson joined American rock band [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Valish |first1=Frank |title=Garbage - Shirley Manson on the 20th Anniversary of Their Debut Album |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/garbage_-_shirley_manson_on_the_20th_anniversary_of_their_debut_album/ |website=Under the Radar Magazine |access-date=6 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Sales
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br/><ref name="Official Charts">{{cite web |title=GOODBYE MR. MACKENZIE |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25045/goodbye-mr-mackenzie/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=5 April 2025 |language=en |date=13 August 1988}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"|[[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br/><ref name="Official Charts"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Official Charts Company|UK Phys]]<br/><ref name="Five - OCC">{{cite web |title=FIVE |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/goodbye-mr-mackenzie-five/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=6 April 2025 |language=en |date=7 November 2024}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Ind]]<br/><ref name="Five - OCC"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Good Deeds and Dirty Rags]]''
|
* Released: 10 April 1989
* Label: [[Capitol Records]]
* Formats: [[LP record|LP]], [[Cassette tape|cassette]]
| 26
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Hammer and Tongs]]''
|
* Released: 4 March 1991
* Label: [[Radioactive Records]], [[MCA Inc.|MCA]]
* Formats: [[LP record|LP]], [[Cassette tape|cassette]]
| 61
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Five (Goodbye Mr Mackenzie album)|Five]]''
|
* Released: 1994
* Label: Blokshok Records
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[LP record|LP]], [[Cassette tape|cassette]]
| –
| 5
| 37
| 15
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Glory Hole]]''
|
* Released: 1996
* Label: Blokshok Records
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[LP record|LP]], [[Cassette tape|cassette]]
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|}

===Compilation albums===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:13em;"| Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Fish Heads and Tails]]''
|
* Released: 1989
* Label: Capitol Records
* Format: LP, cassette 
|-
! scope="row"| ''Goodbye Mr Mackenzie''
|
* Released: 1991
* Label: [[Radioactive Records]] / [[MCA Records]]
* Format: LP, cassette 
|-
! scope="row"| ''Jezebel''
|
* Released: 1995
* Label: Blokshok Records
* Format: LP, cassette 
|}

===Live albums===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:13em;"| Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Live on the Day of Storms''
|
* Released: 1993
* Label: Blokshok Records
* Format: CD, LP, cassette 
|-
! scope="row"| ''The River Sessions''
|
* Released: 2005
* Label: River Records
* Format: CD, [[Music download|digital download]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''The Rattler: Live '91''
|
* Released: 2009
* Label: MD Music Company
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title
! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br/><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 231}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|[[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Ind]]<br/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/g.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608045015/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/g.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2011|title=Indie Hits "G"|date=8 June 2011|access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |1984
|"Death of a Salesman"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="3"| Non–album singles
|-
| align="center" |1986
|"[[The Rattler]]"
|align="center"| –
|align="center"| 8
|-
| align="center" |1987
|"[[Face to Face (Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie song)|Face to Face]]"
|align="center"| –
|align="center"| 27
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1988
|"[[Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie (song)|Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie]]"
|align="center"|62
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="4"| ''[[Good Deeds and Dirty Rags]]''
|-
|"[[Open Your Arms]]"
|align="center"|92
|align="center"| —
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1989
|"[[The Rattler]]" (re-release)
|align="center"|37 
|align="center"| —
|-
|"[[Goodwill City|Goodwill City"/"I'm Sick of You]]"
|align="center"|49
|align="center"| —
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1990
|"[[Love Child (Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie song)|Love Child]]"
|align="center"|52
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="3"| ''[[Hammer and Tongs]]''
|-
|"[[Blacker Than Black]]"
|align="center"|61
|align="center"| —
|-
| align="center" |1991
|"[[Now We Are Married]]"
|align="center"|80
|align="center"| —
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1993
|''[[Goodwill City]]'' (live, EP)
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
| ''Live on the Day of Storms''
|-
|''[[Hard (Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie song)|Hard E.P.]]''
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="2"| ''[[Five (Goodbye Mr Mackenzie album)|Five]]''
|-
| align="center" |1994
|''[[The Way I Walk]]'' (EP)
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|}

An early track, "Skimming Stones", appeared on the 1986 compilation cassette ''Honey at the Core''.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.goodbyemrmackenzie.com Official Website] Goodbye Mr Mackenzie

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