American Songwriter

Tina Turner Had a Big Hit in 1984 With a Song Mark Knopfler Wrote for Dire Straits

In 1984, Tina Turner released one of her biggest hits, a song that Mark Knopfler originally wrote for his band, Dire Straits.

Dire Straits' 'Brothers in Arms' Hits No. 1 on Billboard 41 Years Ago Today

Driven by the popularity of their lead single “So Far Away,” followed by the second single “Money for Nothing,” the album’s biggest commercial hit and the title track “Brothers in Arms,” Dire Straits’ ...
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In 1985, Mark Knopfler wrote an 8-minute song in a New York appliance store, quoting a deliveryman watching MTV; 41 years later it is still the band's only US No. 1 hit

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1985, Mark Knopfler turned a deliveryman's complaints inside a New York appliance store into "Money for Nothing," the Dire ...