- He has admitted that his band's name, Simply Red, is a tribute to his love of Manchester United, which he has supported since childhood.
- He is said to be worth £30,000,000.
- Before Simply Red, Hucknall sang in a punk band.
- He is a long-time Labour Party supporter.
- He wanted to buy Manchester United football club in 1998.
- He was the winner of the 2002 Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding song collection.
- Despite not releasing a solo record until 2008, he was the winner of the 1993 Brit Awards for British Male Solo Artist and British Group for Simply Red.
- Simply Red were joint winners (with The KLF) of the 1992 Brit Award for British Group.
- He was also the voice of Aida degli alberi (2001), an animation movie scored by Ennio Morricone. In the movie, Mick sang a duet with Filippa Giordano.
- His daughter, Romy True, was born on 18 June 2007 with girlfriend Gabriella.
- His first solo album was a tribute to Bobby Bland called "Tribute to Bobby".
- He was a guest at the talk show TV-Huset (Oktober 2005)
- On 21 November 2003, he performed (as Simply Red) for the BBC's annual Children in Need charity event.
- He agreed to chair proceedings at Alastair Campbell's one-man show at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester in March 2004. Alastair is Tony Blair's former director of communications.
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