When the first Mr. Mister album,
I Wear the Face, was released by
RCA Records in 1984, Page was offered the chance to replace
Bobby Kimball as lead singer of
Toto, and later was offered
Peter Cetera's place in
Chicago; he refused both offers. Their second album, 1985's
Welcome to the Real World—with lyrics from Page's cousin John Lang—was the breakthrough for Mr. Mister. All three singles were in the top 10, two of which hit No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts—"
Broken Wings" and "
Kyrie". The former was inspired by the
book of the same title by
Kahlil Gibran. They had several No. 1
MTV videos, and performed at the first
MTV Spring Break show in 1986. That year, Mr. Mister had two
Grammy Award nominations, including
Best Pop Band (which was awarded to the "
We Are the World" ensemble,
USA for Africa). During this time, Mr. Mister toured with other popular acts including
Don Henley,
The Bangles,
Eurythmics,
Tina Turner,
Heart, and
Adam Ant. The band's third album was
Go On..., which was not a large commercial success, and delivered only one top 40 hit in the U.S. During the 1980s, the group wrote and/or performed songs for several movies, including the
title song for
Stand and Deliver, and "
Is It Love" as the outro track for
Stakeout. "Don't Slow Down" appeared in
A Fine Mess. The band also made concert appearances with the
pop rock band
the Bangles. Guitarist Steve Farris left in 1988. The remaining band members teamed up with Christian recording artist
Paul Clark and acted as his backup band for Clark's 1988 indie release
Awakening from the Western Dream. Next, the band began working on a fourth album,
Pull, with session guitarists
Buzz Feiten,
Trevor Rabin, Doug Macaskill and Peter McRea. The album was completed in 1990, but RCA Records decided not to release it. Soon afterwards, the band broke up. The album remained unreleased for 20 years, although one track ("Waiting in My Dreams") appeared on a 2001
greatest hits collection by the band. On November 23, 2010, the remastered album was finally released by the band, in collaboration with
Sony Music, on Richard Page's independent label, Little Dume Recordings. Long after their dissolution, the band was referred to in the song "
Hey, Soul Sister" by
Train, with the line "Ain't that Mr. Mister on the radio, stereo?". On May 16, 2023 (Richard Page's 70th birthday), all four members of Mr. Mister performed "Broken Wings" together; this was their first performance together in over 34 years. In late September 2025, all four members once again got together, this time to celebrate Pat Mastelotto's 70th birthday. They performed several songs together at Mastelotto's Thrak Shack studio, with a video of the "Broken Wings" performance being released on December 7, 2025 to celebrate the song's 40th anniversary. Another video from the same session, of the "Kyrie" performance, was released on the following December 25, along with Christmas greetings. The members also did an interview with Anil Prasad about the band's history. ==Band members==