Dire Straits - Money for Nothing - 1985 " Money for…
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Dire Straits - Money for Nothing - 1985
" Money for Nothing " is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits , the second track on their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (1985). It was released as the album's second single on June 28, 1985, through Vertigo Records ... The groundbreaking Steve Barron -directed music video, one of the first uses of computer-animated human characters, was the first to be aired on MTV Europe when the network launched on August 1, 1987.
It was Dire Straits' most commercially successful single, peaking at No. 1 for three weeks on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Top Rock Tracks chart and No. 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 . At the 28th Annual Grammy Awards in 1986, "Money for Nothing" won Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year as well. At the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards , the music video received 11 nominations, winning Video of the Year and Best Group Video . It is considered one of the band's signature songs and the opening guitar riff is one of the most famous ever.
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" Money for Nothing " is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits , the second track on their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (1985). It was released as the album's second single on June 28, 1985, through Vertigo Records ... The groundbreaking Steve Barron -directed music video, one of the first uses of computer-animated human characters, was the first to be aired on MTV Europe when the network launched on August 1, 1987.
It was Dire Straits' most commercially successful single, peaking at No. 1 for three weeks on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Top Rock Tracks chart and No. 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 . At the 28th Annual Grammy Awards in 1986, "Money for Nothing" won Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year as well. At the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards , the music video received 11 nominations, winning Video of the Year and Best Group Video . It is considered one of the band's signature songs and the opening guitar riff is one of the most famous ever.
#music #charttoppers #tangled
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