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It was Dire Straits' most commercially successful single, peaking at number 1 for three weeks on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Top Rock Tracks chart and number 4 in the band's native UK. In July 1985, the month following its release, Dire Straits and Sting performed the song at Live Aid .
Dire Straits were an English rock band formed in London ... Money for Nothing" was the first video to be played on MTV in the UK and featured guest vocals by Sting, ...
During the tour, Dire Straits performed "Money for Nothing" with Sting and "Sultans of Swing" at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1985. Their performance was included on the DVD release of that event. The final concert on 26 April 1986 in Sydney, Australia was broadcast on television.
Sting was asked to perform on Dire Straits’ "Money for Nothing" as he was in Montserrat at the time. The song reused the melody from "Don't Stand So Close to Me" in the counterpoint line "I want my MTV ."
Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler has said it’s unlikely he would ever play as part of the ... Sting, Roger Daltrey, and Sir Ringo Starr, and was released under the star’s supergroup ...
Released in June 1985, Sting sang the line "I Want My MTV" on "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits. [43] In July 1985, Sting performed Police hits at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in London. He also joined Dire Straits in "Money for Nothing" and he sang two duets with Phil Collins.
Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits is the second greatest hits compilation by the British rock band Dire Straits, ... Knopfler, Sting: Brothers in Arms:
It is one of only two Dire Straits songs on a studio album not to be solely credited to Knopfler (the other being "The Carousel Waltz", which opens Making Movies), with guest vocalist Sting given a co-writing credit due to the melody of the repeated "I want my MTV" (sung by Sting) at the start echoing the melody of the Police's "Don't Stand So ...