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Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 17 May 1985, [2] by Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. It was the first album in history to sell over one million copies in CD format.
Williams would however be back in the band as a full time member for the music videos and the 1985–1986 Brothers in Arms world tour that followed. [57] Released in May 1985, Brothers in Arms entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1 and spent a total of 228 weeks in the charts [60] and sold over 4 million copies. [61]
"Brothers in Arms" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, the closing track on their fifth studio album of the same name, released in May 1985. It was written in 1982, the year of Britain's involvement in the Falklands War .
"Walk of Life" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits, being the third track on their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (1985). It was released as a single in the US in October 1985 and in the UK in January 1986. The track peaked at number seven in the US charts, becoming their third and last top ten hit.
Released in May 1985, Brothers in Arms became an international blockbuster that has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, and in 2006 was the fourth best selling album in UK chart history. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] Brothers in Arms spawned several chart singles including the US # 1 hit " Money for Nothing ", which was the first video played on MTV in ...
"Your Latest Trick" was released as a 12" maxi single in April 1986 as the fifth and final single from the "Brothers in Arms" album in the UK, as well as in other selected territories including Brazil. [3] The single did not have a US release. It peaked at #26 on the UK charts.
This is the Recorded Music NZ list of number-one albums in New Zealand during the 1980s decade. Dire Straits' 1985 album Brothers in Arms spent a total of 21 weeks at No. 1. . Split Enz's album Time and Tide was the most successful album by a New Zealand artist, spending a total of six weeks at No.
The Brothers in Arms Tour was a concert tour by British rock band Dire Straits. The tour promoted and supported the group's fifth album, Brothers in Arms, which was released in May 1985. [1] The tour started on 25 April 1985 in Split, Croatia and ended on 26 April 1986 in Sydney, Australia.