"Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" is a song performed by Mike + The Mechanics.

[5] Alan Murphy was hired as a session guitarist and provided lead guitar on the track.

It was among a series of songs that the pair wrote in order to test the results of their collaboration.

When producer Christopher Neil heard the song on a demo tape that Rutherford played, he recommended that it be used for the album.

American Hard Rock/Metal band Lost Circus released a cover of "Silent Running" in 2024 as a single, accompanied by a story-based lyric video on their YouTube channel.