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data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target">አማርኛ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3" title="داير سترايتس – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="داير سترايتس" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3" title="دایر استریتس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دایر استریتس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%A6%B8" title="ডায়ার স্ট্রেইট্‌স – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ডায়ার স্ট্রেইট্‌স" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8A%D1%80_%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%81" title="Дайър Стрейтс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Дайър Стрейтс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target">Corsu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3" title="دایر استریتس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دایر استریتس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Frysk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A4%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B4_%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4%EC%B8%A0" title="다이어 스트레이츠 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="다이어 스트레이츠" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="डाइर स्ट्रैट्स – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="डाइर स्ट्रैट्स" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A1" title="דייר סטרייטס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דייר סטרייטס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D" title="ಡೈರ್ ಸ್ಟ್ರೈಟ್ಸ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಡೈರ್ ಸ್ಟ್ರೈಟ್ಸ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Limburgs</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="डायर स्ट्रेट्स – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="डायर स्ट्रेट्स" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3" title="داير سترايتس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="داير سترايتس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Dire Straits" 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class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target">Runa Simi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Dire Straits" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" 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dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roots_rock" title="Roots rock">Roots rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">blues rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pub_rock_(United_Kingdom)" title="Pub rock (United Kingdom)">pub rock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>1977 (1977)–1988 (1988)</li> <li>1990 (1990)–1995 (1995)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vertigo_Records" title="Vertigo Records">Vertigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Past members</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" title="Mark Knopfler">Mark Knopfler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Knopfler" title="David Knopfler">David Knopfler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Illsley" title="John Illsley">John Illsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pick_Withers" title="Pick Withers">Pick Withers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Clark_(keyboardist)" title="Alan Clark (keyboardist)">Alan Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Lindes" title="Hal Lindes">Hal Lindes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Williams_(drummer)" title="Terry Williams (drummer)">Terry Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Fletcher" title="Guy Fletcher">Guy Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sonni" title="Jack Sonni">Jack Sonni</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://direstraits.com">direstraits.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Dire Straits were a British <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> band formed in London in 1977 by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" title="Mark Knopfler">Mark Knopfler</a> (lead vocals, lead guitar), <a href="/wiki/David_Knopfler" title="David Knopfler">David Knopfler</a> (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), <a href="/wiki/John_Illsley" title="John Illsley">John Illsley</a> (bass guitar, backing vocals) and <a href="/wiki/Pick_Withers" title="Pick Withers">Pick Withers</a> (drums, percussion). The band was active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 1995.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> Their first single, "<a href="/wiki/Sultans_of_Swing" title="Sultans of Swing">Sultans of Swing</a>", from their 1978 <a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits_(album)" title="Dire Straits (album)">self-titled debut album</a>, reached the top ten in the UK and US charts. It was followed by a series of hit singles including "<a href="/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet_(Dire_Straits_song)" title="Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)">Romeo and Juliet</a>" (1981), "<a href="/wiki/Private_Investigations_(song)" title="Private Investigations (song)">Private Investigations</a>" (1982), "<a href="/wiki/Twisting_by_the_Pool" title="Twisting by the Pool">Twisting by the Pool</a>" (1983), "<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing_(song)" title="Money for Nothing (song)">Money for Nothing</a>" (1985), and "<a href="/wiki/Walk_of_Life" title="Walk of Life">Walk of Life</a>" (1985).<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> Their most commercially successful album, <a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)" title="Brothers in Arms (album)">Brothers in Arms</a> (1985), has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide; it was the first album to sell a million copies on CD<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> and is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom">eighth-best-selling album</a> in UK history. According to the <a href="/wiki/British_Hit_Singles_%26_Albums" title="British Hit Singles & Albums">Guinness Book of British Hit Albums</a>, as of 2005, Dire Straits had spent over 1,100 weeks on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a>, the fifth at that time.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> Dire Straits drew from influences including <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a>, <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">blues rock</a> of <a href="/wiki/J._J._Cale" title="J. J. Cale">J. J. Cale</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> Their stripped-down sound contrasted with <a href="/wiki/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">punk rock</a> and demonstrated a <a href="/wiki/Roots_rock" title="Roots rock">roots rock</a> influence that emerged from <a href="/wiki/Pub_rock_(United_Kingdom)" title="Pub rock (United Kingdom)">pub rock</a>. There were several changes in personnel, with Mark Knopfler and Illsley being the only members who remained with the band for its entire history.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> After their first breakup in 1988, Knopfler told <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a>: "A lot of press reports were saying we were the biggest band in the world. There's not an accent then on the music, there's an accent on popularity. I needed a rest."<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> They disbanded permanently in 1995, after which Knopfler launched a solo career full-time. He has declined numerous reunion offers,<a href="#cite_note-oct2008-10">[10]</a> and confirmed in April 2024 that he would never play as part of the group again.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> Dire Straits were called "the biggest British rock band of the 80s" by <a href="/wiki/Classic_Rock_(magazine)" title="Classic Rock (magazine)">Classic Rock</a> magazine;<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> their <a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_Tour" title="Brothers in Arms Tour">1985–1986 world tour</a>, which included a performance at <a href="/wiki/Live_Aid" title="Live Aid">Live Aid</a> in July 1985, set a record in <a href="/wiki/Australasia" title="Australasia">Australasia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Their <a href="/wiki/On_Every_Street_Tour" title="On Every Street Tour">final world tour</a> from 1991 to 1992 sold 7.1 million tickets. Dire Straits won four <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a>, three <a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brit_Award_for_British_Group" title="Brit Award for British Group">Best British Group</a> twice), two <a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Video Music Award">MTV Video Music Awards</a>, and various other awards.<a href="#cite_note-blpq-14">[14]</a> They were inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> in 2018. Dire Straits have sold between 100 million and 120 million records worldwide, including 51.4 million certified units, making them one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists" title="List of best-selling music artists">best-selling music artists</a> of all time.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-bbc-16">[16]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1977–1979:_Early_years_and_first_two_albums">1977–1979: Early years and first two albums</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1977–1979: Early years and first two albums">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DireStraits-PRS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/DireStraits-PRS.jpg/220px-DireStraits-PRS.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/DireStraits-PRS.jpg/330px-DireStraits-PRS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/DireStraits-PRS.jpg/440px-DireStraits-PRS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2025" data-file-height="1954" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/PRS_for_Music" title="PRS for Music">PRS for Music</a> heritage plaque commemorating Dire Straits' first performance in <a href="/wiki/Deptford" title="Deptford">Deptford</a>, London</figcaption></figure> Brothers <a href="/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" title="Mark Knopfler">Mark</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Knopfler" title="David Knopfler">David Knopfler</a> were born in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> and raised in <a href="/wiki/Blyth,_Northumberland" title="Blyth, Northumberland">Blyth</a> in the northeast of England. With <a href="/wiki/John_Illsley" title="John Illsley">John Illsley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pick_Withers" title="Pick Withers">Pick Withers</a>, from Leicester in the East Midlands, they formed Dire Straits in Deptford, south east London,<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> in 1977.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> Withers was already a 10-year music business veteran, having been a session drummer for <a href="/wiki/Dave_Edmunds" title="Dave Edmunds">Dave Edmunds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Rafferty" title="Gerry Rafferty">Gerry Rafferty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magna_Carta_(band)" title="Magna Carta (band)">Magna Carta</a> and others through the 1970s. He was house drummer at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> and was part of the group Spring, which recorded an album for RCA in 1971. At the time of the band's formation, Mark was working as an English teacher,<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Illsley was studying at Goldsmiths' College, and David was a social worker.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Mark and Withers had both been part of the pub rock group <a href="/wiki/Brewers_Droop" title="Brewers Droop">Brewers Droop</a> around 1973.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> The new band was initially known as the Café Racers. The name Dire Straits was coined by a musician <a href="/wiki/Flatmate" class="mw-redirect" title="Flatmate">flatmate</a> of Withers, allegedly thought up while they were rehearsing in the kitchen of a friend, Simon Cowe, of <a href="/wiki/Lindisfarne_(band)" title="Lindisfarne (band)">Lindisfarne</a>. In 1977, the group recorded a five-song demo tape which included their future hit single, "<a href="/wiki/Sultans_of_Swing" title="Sultans of Swing">Sultans of Swing</a>", as well as "<a href="/wiki/Water_of_Love" title="Water of Love">Water of Love</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Down_to_the_Waterline" title="Down to the Waterline">Down to the Waterline</a>".<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> After a performance at the Rock Garden in 1977, they took a demo tape to MCA in Soho but were turned down. They sent a tape to DJ <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gillett" title="Charlie Gillett">Charlie Gillett</a>, presenter of Honky Tonk on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_London" title="BBC Radio London">BBC Radio London</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BBC_London-26">[26]</a> The band simply wanted advice, but Gillett liked the music so much that he played "Sultans of Swing" on his show. Two months later, Dire Straits signed a recording contract with the <a href="/wiki/Vertigo_Records" title="Vertigo Records">Vertigo</a> division of <a href="/wiki/Phonogram_Inc." title="Phonogram Inc.">Phonogram Inc.</a> In October 1977, the band recorded demo tapes of "Southbound Again", "In the Gallery" and "Six Blade Knife" for BBC Radio London; in November, demo tapes were made of "<a href="/wiki/Setting_Me_Up" title="Setting Me Up">Setting Me Up</a>", "Eastbound Train" and "Real Girl".<a href="#cite_note-BBC_London-26">[26]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dire_Straits_1978_Hamburg_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dire_Straits_1978_Hamburg_1.jpg/280px-Dire_Straits_1978_Hamburg_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dire_Straits_1978_Hamburg_1.jpg/420px-Dire_Straits_1978_Hamburg_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dire_Straits_1978_Hamburg_1.jpg/560px-Dire_Straits_1978_Hamburg_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3489" data-file-height="2202" /></a><figcaption>The original Dire Straits line-up in Hamburg, Germany (1978); L to R: <a href="/wiki/John_Illsley" title="John Illsley">John Illsley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" title="Mark Knopfler">Mark Knopfler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pick_Withers" title="Pick Withers">Pick Withers</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Knopfler" title="David Knopfler">David Knopfler</a></figcaption></figure> The group's first album, <a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits_(album)" title="Dire Straits (album)">Dire Straits</a>, was recorded at <a href="/wiki/Sarm_West_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarm West Studios">Basing Street studios</a> in <a href="/wiki/Notting_Hill" title="Notting Hill">Notting Hill</a>, London in February 1978, at a cost of £12,500.<a href="#cite_note-sing365-27">[27]</a> Produced by <a href="/wiki/Muff_Winwood" title="Muff Winwood">Muff Winwood</a>, it was first released in the United Kingdom on Vertigo Records, then a division of Phonogram Inc. It came to the attention of <a href="/wiki/A%26R" class="mw-redirect" title="A&R">A&R</a> representative Karin Berg, working at <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a> in New York City. She felt that it was the kind of music audiences were hungry for, but only one person in her department agreed at first.<a href="#cite_note-sing365-27">[27]</a> Many of the songs on the album reflected Mark Knopfler's experiences in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a> and London. "<a href="/wiki/Down_to_the_Waterline" title="Down to the Waterline">Down to the Waterline</a>" recalled images of life in Newcastle; "In the Gallery" is a tribute to Leeds sculptor/artist Harry Phillips (father of <a href="/wiki/Steve_Phillips_(musician)" title="Steve Phillips (musician)">Steve Phillips</a>); "Wild West End" and "Lions" were drawn from Knopfler's early days in the capital.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> That year, Dire Straits began a tour as opening band for <a href="/wiki/Talking_Heads" title="Talking Heads">Talking Heads</a>, after the re-released "Sultans of Swing" finally started to climb the UK charts.<a href="#cite_note-Roberts-30">[30]</a> This led to a United States recording contract with <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a>; before the end of 1978, Dire Straits had released their self-titled debut worldwide. They received more attention in the US, but also arrived at the top of the charts in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Dire Straits eventually went <a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">top 10</a> in every European country. The following year, Dire Straits embarked on their first North American tour. They played 51 sold-out concerts over a 38-day period.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> "<a href="/wiki/Sultans_of_Swing" title="Sultans of Swing">Sultans of Swing</a>" scaled the charts to No. 4 in the US and No. 8 in the United Kingdom.<a href="#cite_note-Roberts-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-Whitburn-32">[32]</a> The song was one of Dire Straits' biggest hits and became a fixture in the band's live performances. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>, who had seen the band play in Los Angeles, was so impressed that he invited Mark Knopfler and drummer Pick Withers to play on his next album, <a href="/wiki/Slow_Train_Coming" title="Slow Train Coming">Slow Train Coming</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> Recording sessions for the group's second album, <a href="/wiki/Communiqu%C3%A9_(Dire_Straits_album)" title="Communiqué (Dire Straits album)">Communiqué</a>, took place in December 1978 at <a href="/wiki/Compass_Point_Studios" title="Compass Point Studios">Compass Point Studios</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nassau,_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Nassau, Bahamas">Nassau, Bahamas</a>. Released in June 1979, Communiqué was produced by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Wexler" title="Jerry Wexler">Jerry Wexler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barry_Beckett" title="Barry Beckett">Barry Beckett</a> and went to No. 1 on the German album charts, with the debut album Dire Straits simultaneously at No. 3. In the United Kingdom, the album peaked at No. 5 in the album charts. Featuring the single "<a href="/wiki/Lady_Writer" title="Lady Writer">Lady Writer</a>", the second album continued in a similar vein to the first and displayed the expanding scope of Knopfler's lyricism on the opening track, "<a href="/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_the_West_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Once Upon a Time in the West (song)">Once Upon a Time in the West</a>".<a href="#cite_note-RSalbumguide-34">[34]</a> In the coming year, however, this approach began to change, along with the group's line-up. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980–1984:_Making_Movies,_Love_Over_Gold_and_other_side_projects">1980–1984: Making Movies, Love Over Gold and other side projects</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1980–1984: Making Movies, Love Over Gold and other side projects">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Knopfler_and_Hal_Lindes_by_Rik_Walton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mark_Knopfler_and_Hal_Lindes_by_Rik_Walton.jpg/220px-Mark_Knopfler_and_Hal_Lindes_by_Rik_Walton.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Mark_Knopfler_and_Hal_Lindes_by_Rik_Walton.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="322" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Mark Knopfler and Hal Lindes</figcaption></figure> In 1980, Dire Straits were nominated for two <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> for <a href="/wiki/Best_New_Artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Best New Artist">Best New Artist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Best_Rock_Vocal_Performance_by_a_Duo_or_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group">Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group</a> for "Sultans of Swing".<a href="#cite_note-ROTN-35">[35]</a> In July 1980, the band started recording tracks for their third album. Produced by <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine" title="Jimmy Iovine">Jimmy Iovine</a>, with Mark Knopfler also sharing credit, <a href="/wiki/Making_Movies" title="Making Movies">Making Movies</a> was released in October 1980. During the recording sessions, tensions between the Knopfler brothers reached a point where David Knopfler decided to leave the band for a solo career.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> The remaining trio continued the album, with a session guitarist <a href="/wiki/Sid_McGinnis" title="Sid McGinnis">Sid McGinnis</a> on rhythm guitar, although he was uncredited on the album, and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Bittan" title="Roy Bittan">Roy Bittan</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a>'s <a href="/wiki/E_Street_Band" title="E Street Band">E Street Band</a> guesting on keyboards. After the recording sessions were completed, keyboardist <a href="/wiki/Alan_Clark_(keyboardist)" title="Alan Clark (keyboardist)">Alan Clark</a> and Californian guitarist <a href="/wiki/Hal_Lindes" title="Hal Lindes">Hal Lindes</a> joined Dire Straits as full-time members for the On Location tour of Europe, North America, and Oceania.<a href="#cite_note-sing365-27">[27]</a> Making Movies received mostly positive reviews and featured longer songs with more complex arrangements, a style which would continue for the rest of the band's career. The album featured many of Mark Knopfler's most personal compositions. The most successful chart single was "<a href="/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet_(Dire_Straits_song)" title="Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)">Romeo and Juliet</a>" (number 8 in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>), a song about a failed love affair, with Knopfler's trademark in keeping personal songs under fictitious names.<a href="#cite_note-Bio-37">[37]</a> Although never released as a hit single, "<a href="/wiki/Solid_Rock_(Dire_Straits_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Solid Rock (Dire Straits song)">Solid Rock</a>" was featured in all Dire Straits' live shows from this point on for the remainder of their career, while the album's lengthy opening track, "<a href="/wiki/Tunnel_of_Love_(Dire_Straits_song)" title="Tunnel of Love (Dire Straits song)">Tunnel of Love</a>", with its intro "The Carousel Waltz" by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II" title="Oscar Hammerstein II">Oscar Hammerstein II</a>, was featured in the 1982 <a href="/wiki/Richard_Gere" title="Richard Gere">Richard Gere</a> film <a href="/wiki/An_Officer_and_a_Gentleman" title="An Officer and a Gentleman">An Officer and a Gentleman</a>. Although "Tunnel of Love" reached only no. 54 in the UK when released as a single in 1981, it remains one of Dire Straits' most famous and popular songs and immediately became a favourite live staple, entering the band’s concert repertoire from this point onwards. Making Movies stayed in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a> for five years, peaking at No. 4.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> ranked Making Movies number 52 on its list of the "100 Best Albums of the Eighties".<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Knopfler_and_Hal_Lindes_1981.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Mark_Knopfler_and_Hal_Lindes_1981.jpg/220px-Mark_Knopfler_and_Hal_Lindes_1981.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Mark_Knopfler_and_Hal_Lindes_1981.jpg/330px-Mark_Knopfler_and_Hal_Lindes_1981.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Mark_Knopfler_and_Hal_Lindes_1981.jpg/440px-Mark_Knopfler_and_Hal_Lindes_1981.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3065" data-file-height="2029" /></a><figcaption>Knopfler and Lindes onstage in Amsterdam, June 1981</figcaption></figure> Dire Straits' fourth studio album <a href="/wiki/Love_Over_Gold" class="mw-redirect" title="Love Over Gold">Love Over Gold</a>, an album of songs filled with lengthy passages that featured Alan Clark's piano and keyboard work, was well received when it was released in September 1982, going gold in America and spending four weeks at number one in the United Kingdom. The title was inspired by graffiti seen from the window of Knopfler's old council flat in London. The phrase was taken from the sleeve of an album by <a href="/wiki/Captain_Beefheart" title="Captain Beefheart">Captain Beefheart</a>. Love Over Gold was the first Dire Straits album produced solely by Mark Knopfler, and its main chart hit, "<a href="/wiki/Private_Investigations_(song)" title="Private Investigations (song)">Private Investigations</a>", gave Dire Straits their first top 5 hit single in the United Kingdom, where it reached the number 2 position, despite its almost seven-minute length, and became another of the band's most popular live songs.<a href="#cite_note-CHRT-40">[40]</a> In other parts of the world, "<a href="/wiki/Industrial_Disease_(song)" title="Industrial Disease (song)">Industrial Disease</a>", a song that looks at the decline of the British <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">manufacturing industry</a> in the early 1980s, focusing on strikes, depression and dysfunctionality, was the main single from the album, particularly in Canada, where it became a top 10 hit. As well as the <a href="/wiki/Love_Over_Gold_(Dire_Straits_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Love Over Gold (Dire Straits song)">title track</a> and "It Never Rains", Love Over Gold featured the 14-minute epic "<a href="/wiki/Telegraph_Road_(song)" title="Telegraph Road (song)">Telegraph Road</a>". Also written by Knopfler during this period was "<a href="/wiki/Private_Dancer_(Tina_Turner_song)" title="Private Dancer (Tina Turner song)">Private Dancer</a>", which did not appear on the album, but was eventually given to <a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a> for her comeback album of <a href="/wiki/Private_Dancer" title="Private Dancer">the same name</a>. Love Over Gold reportedly sold two million copies during the first six weeks after its release. Shortly after the release of Love Over Gold, drummer Pick Withers left the band. His replacement was <a href="/wiki/Terry_Williams_(drummer)" title="Terry Williams (drummer)">Terry Williams</a>, formerly of <a href="/wiki/Rockpile" title="Rockpile">Rockpile</a> and a range of other Welsh bands, including <a href="/wiki/Man_(band)" title="Man (band)">Man</a>.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dire_Straits_1983_Zagreb_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Dire_Straits_1983_Zagreb_3.jpg/220px-Dire_Straits_1983_Zagreb_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Dire_Straits_1983_Zagreb_3.jpg/330px-Dire_Straits_1983_Zagreb_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Dire_Straits_1983_Zagreb_3.jpg/440px-Dire_Straits_1983_Zagreb_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="677" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Knopfler in Zagreb, 1983</figcaption></figure> In January 1983, a four-song <a href="/wiki/Extended_play" title="Extended play">EP</a> titled <a href="/wiki/ExtendedancEPlay" title="ExtendedancEPlay">ExtendedancEPlay</a> was released while Love Over Gold was still in the album charts. It featured the hit single "Twisting By the Pool", which reached the Top 20 in the UK and Canada. The band won <a href="/wiki/Brit_Award_for_British_Group" title="Brit Award for British Group">Best British Group</a> at the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Brit_Awards_ceremonies#1983" title="List of Brit Awards ceremonies">1983</a> <a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> Dire Straits embarked on an eight-month-long Love over Gold Tour, which finished with two concerts at London's <a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_Odeon" class="mw-redirect" title="Hammersmith Odeon">Hammersmith Odeon</a> on 22 and 23 July 1983. <a href="/wiki/King_Crimson" title="King Crimson">King Crimson</a> saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Mel_Collins" title="Mel Collins">Mel Collins</a> and session keyboardist <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Mandel" title="Tommy Mandel">Tommy Mandel</a>, who had played with <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title="Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a> since 1981, joined the live line-up to help Clark cover his increasingly detailed keyboard parts and arrangements. The double album <a href="/wiki/Alchemy:_Dire_Straits_Live" title="Alchemy: Dire Straits Live">Alchemy Live</a> was a recording of excerpts from the final two concerts and was reportedly released without studio <a href="/wiki/Overdubs" class="mw-redirect" title="Overdubs">overdubs</a>. It was released in March 1984, reaching the Top 3 in the UK Albums Chart.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> During 1983 and 1984, Mark Knopfler was also involved with other projects outside of Dire Straits, some of which other band members contributed towards. Knopfler and Terry Williams contributed to <a href="/wiki/Phil_Everly" title="Phil Everly">Phil Everly</a>´s and <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a>´s UK hit single "<a href="/wiki/She_Means_Nothing_To_Me" class="mw-redirect" title="She Means Nothing To Me">She Means Nothing To Me</a>", released in early 1983, and Knopfler had also expressed his interest writing film music, and after producer <a href="/wiki/David_Puttnam" title="David Puttnam">David Puttnam</a> responded<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-making-45">[45]</a> he wrote and produced the music score to the film <a href="/wiki/Local_Hero_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Hero (album)">Local Hero</a>. The album was released in April 1983<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> and received a <a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="BAFTA Award">BAFTA Award</a> nomination for <a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Music" title="BAFTA Award for Best Original Music">Best Original Film Music</a> the following year.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> Alan Clark contributed significantly, and other Dire Straits members Illsley, Lindes and Williams played on one track, "Freeway Flyer", while <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Rafferty" title="Gerry Rafferty">Gerry Rafferty</a> sang lead vocals on "The Way It Always Starts".<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> The closing track on the album and played during the credits in the film is the instrumental "<a href="/wiki/Going_Home:_Theme_of_the_Local_Hero" title="Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero">Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero</a>" which was released as a single, and remains very popular among football fans, especially those of Knopfler’s home town club, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a>, as it is played as the team runs out before every home game.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> The track immediately became a popular live staple for Dire Straits, entering the band's repertoire from 1983 onwards.<a href="#cite_note-nieri-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-sexton-51">[51]</a> "Local Hero" was followed in 1984 by <a href="/wiki/Cal_(1984_film)" title="Cal (1984 film)">Cal</a>, which was also released on album and to which John Illsley and Terry Williams contributed, and <a href="/wiki/Comfort_and_Joy_(1984_film)" title="Comfort and Joy (1984 film)">Comfort and Joy</a>, which also featured contributions from Williams. Also, during this time Knopfler produced <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Infidels_(Bob_Dylan_album)" title="Infidels (Bob Dylan album)">Infidels</a> which also featured Alan Clark, as well as albums for <a href="/wiki/Aztec_Camera" title="Aztec Camera">Aztec Camera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Willy_DeVille" title="Willy DeVille">Willy DeVille</a>. Also in 1984, John Illsley released his first solo album, <a href="/wiki/Never_Told_a_Soul" title="Never Told a Soul">Never Told a Soul</a>, to which Knopfler, Clark and Williams all contributed.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> Knopfler also teamed up with <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Ferry" title="Bryan Ferry">Bryan Ferry</a> to contribute lead guitar to one track from his solo album <a href="/wiki/Boys_and_Girls_(album)" title="Boys and Girls (album)">Boys and Girls</a>, released in June 1985. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1985–1986:_Brothers_in_Arms_and_international_success">1985–1986: Brothers in Arms and international success</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1985–1986: Brothers in Arms and international success">edit</a>]</div> Dire Straits returned to recording at the end of 1984 and began recording tracks at <a href="/wiki/George_Martin" title="George Martin">George Martin</a>'s <a href="/wiki/AIR_Montserrat" class="mw-redirect" title="AIR Montserrat">AIR Studios</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a> for their upcoming fifth studio album, to be titled <a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)" title="Brothers in Arms (album)">Brothers in Arms</a>, with Mark Knopfler and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Dorfsman" title="Neil Dorfsman">Neil Dorfsman</a> producing.<a href="#cite_note-Brothers-53">[53]</a> The recording sessions saw further personnel changes. Taking the place of Tommy Mandel, <a href="/wiki/Guy_Fletcher" title="Guy Fletcher">Guy Fletcher</a>, who had previously worked as a session musician with <a href="/wiki/Roxy_Music" title="Roxy Music">Roxy Music</a> and had worked with Knopfler on the Cal and Comfort and Joy soundtracks, joined Dire Straits full time so that the band had a permanent second keyboardist.<a href="#cite_note-sing365-27">[27]</a> Hal Lindes left the band early on during the recording sessions and was replaced in December 1984 by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sonni" title="Jack Sonni">Jack Sonni</a>, a New York-based guitarist and longstanding friend of Knopfler (although Sonni's contribution to the album was minimal).<a href="#cite_note-web.archive.org-54">[54]</a> According to a <a href="/wiki/Sound_on_Sound" title="Sound on Sound">Sound on Sound</a> magazine interview with Neil Dorfsman, the drumming style of Terry Williams was considered to be unsuitable for the desired sound of the album during the first month of the recording sessions at Montserrat.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> Williams was released from the recording sessions and temporarily replaced by jazz session drummer <a href="/wiki/Omar_Hakim" title="Omar Hakim">Omar Hakim</a>, who re-recorded the album's drum parts within three days before leaving for other commitments.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Both Hakim and Williams are credited on the album,<a href="#cite_note-C._Strong_1998_p._207-57">[57]</a> although Williams’ sole contribution on the finished album was the improvised crescendo at the beginning of "<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing_(song)" title="Money for Nothing (song)">Money for Nothing</a>". According to another interview with Neil Dorsman, Williams played toms and tom fills throughout "Money for Nothing", while Omar Hakim played drums on all the remaining tracks on the album.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> According to Williams, he recorded all his drum parts to a click track which he felt hindered his ability to channel the rhythmic feel he wanted. Around six weeks after the recording sessions started, Williams voiced his disappointment to Mark Knopfler over some of his playing so far after listening to a playback of what was recorded; shortly after this, he was dismissed from the sessions.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> Williams would however be back in the band as a full time member for the music videos and the <a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_Tour" title="Brothers in Arms Tour">1985–1986 Brothers in Arms world tour</a> that followed.<a href="#cite_note-C._Strong_1998_p._207-57">[57]</a> Released in May 1985, Brothers in Arms entered the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a> at number 1 and spent a total of 228 weeks in the charts<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> and sold over 4.3 million copies.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> It went on to become the <a href="/wiki/1985_in_British_music#Best-selling_albums" title="1985 in British music">best-selling album of 1985</a> in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-Roberts-30">[30]</a> Brothers in Arms was similarly successful in the US, peaking at No. 1 on <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a> for nine weeks, going multi-platinum and selling nine million copies there.<a href="#cite_note-ROTN-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> The album spent 34 weeks at number 1 on the Australian <a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">ARIA Charts</a>, and it remains the longest-running number one album in Australia.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JHS_Vintage%C2%AE_AMG1_Acoustic_Resonator_Guitar_-_left_angled.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/JHS_Vintage%C2%AE_AMG1_Acoustic_Resonator_Guitar_-_left_angled.jpg/170px-JHS_Vintage%C2%AE_AMG1_Acoustic_Resonator_Guitar_-_left_angled.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/JHS_Vintage%C2%AE_AMG1_Acoustic_Resonator_Guitar_-_left_angled.jpg/255px-JHS_Vintage%C2%AE_AMG1_Acoustic_Resonator_Guitar_-_left_angled.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/JHS_Vintage%C2%AE_AMG1_Acoustic_Resonator_Guitar_-_left_angled.jpg/340px-JHS_Vintage%C2%AE_AMG1_Acoustic_Resonator_Guitar_-_left_angled.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2216" data-file-height="3224" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/National_String_Instrument_Corporation" title="National String Instrument Corporation">National</a> Style 0 <a href="/wiki/Resonator_guitar" title="Resonator guitar">resonator guitar</a> features on the cover of Brothers in Arms. Knopfler also used the guitar in the 1981 single "<a href="/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet_(Dire_Straits_song)" title="Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)">Romeo and Juliet</a>".</figcaption></figure> The album featured a more lavish production and overall sound than Dire Straits' earlier work and spawned several big chart singles: "Money for Nothing", which reached number 1 on the US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a>, and number 4 in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>, "<a href="/wiki/So_Far_Away_(Dire_Straits_song)" title="So Far Away (Dire Straits song)">So Far Away</a>" (No. 20 UK, No. 19 US), "<a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(song)" title="Brothers in Arms (song)">Brothers in Arms</a>" (No. 16 UK), "<a href="/wiki/Walk_of_Life" title="Walk of Life">Walk of Life</a>" (No. 2 UK, No. 7 US), and "<a href="/wiki/Your_Latest_Trick" title="Your Latest Trick">Your Latest Trick</a>" (No. 26 UK).<a href="#cite_note-ROTN-35">[35]</a> "Money for Nothing" was the first video to be played on <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> in the UK and featured guest vocals by <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a>, who is credited with co-writing the song with Mark Knopfler, although it was the inclusion of the melody from "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Stand_So_Close_To_Me" class="mw-redirect" title="Don't Stand So Close To Me">Don't Stand So Close To Me</a>" that triggered the copyright credit, as no actual lyrics were written by Sting. It also won a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rock_Performance_by_a_Duo_or_Group_with_Vocal" title="Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal">Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal</a> in February 1986.<a href="#cite_note-Grammy-64">[64]</a> Brothers in Arms was the first album recorded entirely digitally, because of Knopfler pushing for improved sound quality.<a href="#cite_note-CD_Brothers-65">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> Written during Britain's involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a> of 1982, the album's title track, "Brothers in Arms", deals with the senselessness of war.<a href="#cite_note-Brothers-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> In 2007, the 25th anniversary of the war, Knopfler recorded a new version of the song at <a href="/wiki/Abbey_Road_Studios" title="Abbey Road Studios">Abbey Road Studios</a> to raise funds for British veterans who he said "are still suffering from the effects of that conflict."<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> "Brothers in Arms" has become a favourite at military funerals.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> Reported to be the world's first CD single, it was issued in the UK as a promotional item distinguished with a logo for the tour, Live in '85, while a second to commemorate the Australian leg of the tour marked Live in '86.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> "Walk of Life", meanwhile, was nearly excluded from the album when co-producer Neil Dorfsman voted against its inclusion, but the band members out-voted him. The result was Dire Straits' most commercially successful hit single in the UK, peaking at number two.<a href="#cite_note-Roberts-30">[30]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dire_Straits_1985_Mark_Knopfler_Alan_Clark_Jack_Sonni.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Dire_Straits_1985_Mark_Knopfler_Alan_Clark_Jack_Sonni.jpg/220px-Dire_Straits_1985_Mark_Knopfler_Alan_Clark_Jack_Sonni.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Dire_Straits_1985_Mark_Knopfler_Alan_Clark_Jack_Sonni.jpg/330px-Dire_Straits_1985_Mark_Knopfler_Alan_Clark_Jack_Sonni.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Dire_Straits_1985_Mark_Knopfler_Alan_Clark_Jack_Sonni.jpg/440px-Dire_Straits_1985_Mark_Knopfler_Alan_Clark_Jack_Sonni.jpg 2x" data-file-width="705" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Dire Straits performing in <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>, (now Serbia) on 10 May 1985. Left to right: Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, and Jack Sonni.</figcaption></figure> The album is listed in the <a href="/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_World_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinness Book of World Records">Guinness Book of World Records</a> as the first compact disc (CD) to sell a million copies,<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> and it has been credited with popularising the CD format.<a href="#cite_note-CD_Brothers-65">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> ranked the Brothers in Arms CD number 38 in their list of the 50 key events in rock music history.<a href="#cite_note-CD_Brothers-65">[65]</a> The album featured the full version of the "Money for Nothing" cut, rather than the LP version, and it also includes extended versions of all tracks on the first side of the LP, with the exception of "Walk of Life".<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_Tour" title="Brothers in Arms Tour">1985–1986 Brothers in Arms world tour</a> which followed the album's release was phenomenally successful, with over 2.5 million tickets sold.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> The tour included dates in Europe, Israel, North America, and Australia and New Zealand. The band, joined by saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Chris_White_(saxophonist)" title="Chris White (saxophonist)">Chris White</a>, played 248 shows in over 100 different cities.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> The tour began on 25 April 1985 in <a href="/wiki/Split,_Croatia" title="Split, Croatia">Split</a>, Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia). While playing a 13-night residency at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Arena" title="Wembley Arena">Wembley Arena</a> in London, the band moved down the road to <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley Stadium</a> on the afternoon of 13 July 1985, to appear in a <a href="/wiki/Live_Aid" title="Live Aid">Live Aid</a> slot,<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> in which their set included "Money For Nothing" with <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a> as guest vocalist. John Illsley states, "It was a very special feeling to be part of something so unique. Live Aid was a unique privilege for all of us. It’s become a fabulous memory."<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> The tour ended at the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Entertainment_Centre" title="Sydney Entertainment Centre">Sydney Entertainment Centre</a>, Australia, on 26 April 1986, where Dire Straits still holds the record for consecutive appearances at 21 nights.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> The band also made an impromptu attempt at the Australian folk song "<a href="/wiki/Waltzing_Matilda" title="Waltzing Matilda">Waltzing Matilda</a>". With 900,000 tickets sold in Australia and New Zealand, it was the biggest concert tour in Australasian music history, until it was overtaken in 2017–2018 by <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sheeran" title="Ed Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</a>.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wembley_Stadium_Twin_Towers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Wembley_Stadium_Twin_Towers.jpg/220px-Wembley_Stadium_Twin_Towers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Wembley_Stadium_Twin_Towers.jpg/330px-Wembley_Stadium_Twin_Towers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Wembley_Stadium_Twin_Towers.jpg/440px-Wembley_Stadium_Twin_Towers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption>Dire Straits performed at Live Aid at the old <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley Stadium</a> (exterior pictured) on 13 July 1985, in between 13 dates at the nearby Wembley Arena.</figcaption></figure> Additionally, in 1985, a group that set out from London to <a href="/wiki/Khartoum" title="Khartoum">Khartoum</a> to raise money for famine relief, led by John Abbey, was called "The Walk of Life". Dire Straits donated the Brothers in Arms Gold disc to the participants in recognition of what they were doing. The band's concert of 10 July 1985 at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Arena" title="Wembley Arena">Wembley Arena</a>, in which they were accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Nils_Lofgren" title="Nils Lofgren">Nils Lofgren</a> for "Solid Rock" and <a href="/wiki/Hank_Marvin" title="Hank Marvin">Hank Marvin</a> joined the band at the end to play "Going Home" (the theme from <a href="/wiki/Local_Hero_(1983_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Hero (1983 film)">Local Hero</a>), was televised in the United Kingdom on <a href="/wiki/The_Tube_(1982_TV_series)" title="The Tube (1982 TV series)">The Tube</a> on <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> in January 1986.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> (Although never officially released, <a href="/wiki/Bootleg_recording" title="Bootleg recording">bootleg recordings</a> of the performance entitled Wembley does the Walk (2005) have been circulated.) In 1986, Brothers in Arms won two <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a> and also won Best British Album at the <a href="/wiki/List_of_BRIT_Awards_ceremonies#1987" class="mw-redirect" title="List of BRIT Awards ceremonies">1987</a> <a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Grammy-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> <a href="/wiki/Q_(magazine)" title="Q (magazine)">Q</a> magazine placed the album at number 51 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever in 2000.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> The album also ranked number 351 on <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2003.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> Brothers in Arms is also ranked number 3 in the best albums of 1985 and number 31 in the best albums of the 1980s, and as of December 2017, the album was ranked the <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom">eighth-best-selling album</a> in UK chart history, and is the 107th-best-selling album in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> In August 1986, <a href="/wiki/MTV_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Europe">MTV Europe</a> was launched with Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing".<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1987–1990:_First_break-up">1987–1990: First break-up</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1987–1990: First break-up">edit</a>]</div> After the Brothers in Arms tour ended, Mark Knopfler took a break from Dire Straits, and, during 1987, he concentrated on solo projects and film soundtracks. Dire Straits regrouped in 1988 for the <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela_70th_Birthday_Tribute" title="Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute">Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute</a> concert, staged on 11 June 1988 at Wembley Stadium, in which they were the headline act. Guitarist Jack Sonni was unable to play the show as it coincided with the birth of his twin daughters, so <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> played rhythm guitar with the band, and during the set performed his hit "<a href="/wiki/Wonderful_Tonight" title="Wonderful Tonight">Wonderful Tonight</a>" with them.<a href="#cite_note-knopfler-86">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> Sonni and Terry Williams both officially left the band shortly afterwards.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dire_Straits%27_Guitar_@_blues_bar,_Chicago.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Dire_Straits%27_Guitar_%40_blues_bar%2C_Chicago.jpg/170px-Dire_Straits%27_Guitar_%40_blues_bar%2C_Chicago.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Dire_Straits%27_Guitar_%40_blues_bar%2C_Chicago.jpg/255px-Dire_Straits%27_Guitar_%40_blues_bar%2C_Chicago.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Dire_Straits%27_Guitar_%40_blues_bar%2C_Chicago.jpg/340px-Dire_Straits%27_Guitar_%40_blues_bar%2C_Chicago.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>A 1989 signed Knopfler guitar at the Blues bar in Chicago</figcaption></figure> Mark Knopfler announced the dissolution of Dire Straits in September 1988. He told Rob Tannenbaum in <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a>: "A lot of press reports were saying we were the biggest band in the world. There's not an accent then on the music, there's an accent on popularity. I needed a rest."<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> The tremendous success of the Brothers in Arms album and the tour that went with it left the band members under a significant amount of stress, and Knopfler announced that he wanted to work on more personal projects. A best of / greatest hits compilation, <a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing_(album)" title="Money for Nothing (album)">Money for Nothing</a>, was released in October 1988 and reached number one in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-CHRT-40">[40]</a> The group's first hit single "<a href="/wiki/Sultans_of_Swing" title="Sultans of Swing">Sultans of Swing</a>" was re-released as a single in the UK to promote the album.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> Also in 1988, John Illsley released his second solo album, Glass, which featured Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Guy Fletcher and Chris White.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> During this period, Alan Clark joined Eric Clapton's band for three years, during which time Knopfler also briefly joined. In May 1989, Dire Straits reunited for a one off charity concert at the Mayfair Ballroom in Newcastle in honour of 11-year-old Joanne Gillespie – the National Children of Courage and North East Personality award winner who published the 1989 book Brave Heart about her fight against cancer. The concert raised more than £35,000. This was the last ever appearance by Terry Williams as the band’s drummer, and <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Croker" title="Brendan Croker">Brendan Croker</a> played rhythm guitar in place of Jack Sonni.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> Also in 1989 over a meal at a Notting Hill wine bar,<a href="#cite_note-knopfler-86">[86]</a> Knopfler formed <a href="/wiki/The_Notting_Hillbillies" title="The Notting Hillbillies">the Notting Hillbillies</a>, a country band featuring Guy Fletcher, Brendan Croker, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Phillips_(musician)" title="Steve Phillips (musician)">Steve Phillips</a>, and their manager, Ed Bicknell on drums. The Notting Hillbillies' one album, <a href="/wiki/Missing...Presumed_Having_a_Good_Time" title="Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time">Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time</a>, with its single "Your Own Sweet Way", was released in March 1990. The Notting Hillbillies toured for the remainder of the year and appeared on <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a>. Knopfler further emphasised his country music influences on his 1990 collaboration with the guitarist <a href="/wiki/Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neck_and_Neck" title="Neck and Neck">Neck and Neck</a>.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> In 1990, Dire Straits (Knopfler, Illsley, Clark and Fletcher), performed alongside Eric Clapton and his band at the <a href="/wiki/Knebworth_Festival" title="Knebworth Festival">Knebworth Festival</a>, playing "Solid Rock", "Money for Nothing" and "I Think I Love You Too Much". Knopfler explained that the latter was an experimental song and was unsure if they should record it on a following record.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> The song, a <a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">blues rock</a> track with solos by Knopfler and Clapton, also appeared on the 1990 album <a href="/wiki/Hell_to_Pay_(The_Jeff_Healey_Band_album)" title="Hell to Pay (The Jeff Healey Band album)">Hell To Pay</a> as a gift<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> to Canadian blues/jazz artist <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Healey" title="Jeff Healey">Jeff Healey</a> from Knopfler. This was prior to the time that Knopfler, Illsley and manager Ed Bicknell decided to reform the band the following year.<a href="#cite_note-REUN-98">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990–1995:_On_Every_Street_and_final_dissolution">1990–1995: On Every Street and final dissolution</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1990–1995: On Every Street and final dissolution">edit</a>]</div> In 1990, Dire Straits reunited. Retaining Bicknell as their manager, Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher were joined in the studio by saxophonist Chris White, steel guitarist <a href="/wiki/Paul_Franklin_(musician)" title="Paul Franklin (musician)">Paul Franklin</a>, percussionist Danny Cummings and guitarist <a href="/wiki/Phil_Palmer" title="Phil Palmer">Phil Palmer</a>, with drums split between <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro" title="Jeff Porcaro">Jeff Porcaro</a> of <a href="/wiki/Toto_(band)" title="Toto (band)">Toto</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manu_Katch%C3%A9" title="Manu Katché">Manu Katché</a>.<a href="#cite_note-REUN-98">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> The new album was produced by Knopfler, Clark and Fletcher. Dire Straits released their sixth studio album, <a href="/wiki/On_Every_Street" title="On Every Street">On Every Street</a>, in September 1991, which turned out to be their final studio release. It was met with more moderate success and mixed reviews, as well as a significantly reduced audience. Some retrospective reviewers, including the <a href="/wiki/All_Music_Guide" class="mw-redirect" title="All Music Guide">All Music Guide</a>,<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> dubbed On Every Street an "underwhelming" follow-up to Brothers in Arms. However, it had sold 15 million copies by 2008,<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> and on release, it went straight to number 1 in the UK Albums Chart.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> The album also reached number 1 in numerous European countries and Australia, and was particularly successful in France, where it achieved Diamond certification. In the US, it peaked at number 12.<a href="#cite_note-Roberts-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-Whitburn-32">[32]</a> Several singles were released from the album, some of which achieved success in Europe, Australasia and the US; however, none were successful in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> An edited version of the opening track "<a href="/wiki/Calling_Elvis" title="Calling Elvis">Calling Elvis</a>" was the first single released from the album. With a video based on the 1960s television show <a href="/wiki/Thunderbirds_(TV_series)" title="Thunderbirds (TV series)">Thunderbirds</a>, the track charted at number 21 on its first week in the UK Singles Chart but dropped out of the charts within four weeks. The track fared much better elsewhere, however, reaching the top 10 in Australia, New Zealand and throughout Europe, peaking as high as the number 2 position in several countries, including Denmark and Switzerland, and number 1 in Italy. The follow-up single, "<a href="/wiki/Heavy_Fuel" title="Heavy Fuel">Heavy Fuel</a>", failed to reach the Top 50 in the UK Singles chart; however, it reached number one in the US on the <a href="/wiki/Hot_Mainstream_Rock_Tracks" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks">Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks</a> chart,<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> their second song to do so (after "Money for Nothing"). The track reached the top 20 in Canada and Belgium and peaked inside the top 30 in other European countries, as well as Australia. The album's <a href="/wiki/On_Every_Street_(song)" title="On Every Street (song)">title track</a> was also relatively unsuccessful in the UK, failing to reach the top 40, although it reached the top 25 in France. The final single released in the UK was "<a href="/wiki/The_Bug_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bug (song)">The Bug</a>", which reached the top 25 in Canada and contains backing vocals by <a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a>, who was invited to join the band full-time but declined and pursued a solo career.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> "<a href="/wiki/You_and_Your_Friend" title="You and Your Friend">You and Your Friend</a>" was also released as a single in France and Germany, but not in the UK. Dire Straits, with <a href="/wiki/Chris_Whitten" title="Chris Whitten">Chris Whitten</a> on drums,<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> embarked on a world tour to promote the album, which lasted until October 1992. The <a href="/wiki/On_Every_Street_Tour" title="On Every Street Tour">On Every Street Tour</a> featured 300 shows in front of some 7.1 million ticket-buying fans.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> While musically more elaborate than the previous 1985–86 world tour, the band's gruelling final tour was not as critically acclaimed nor as commercially successful. This proved to be too much for Dire Straits, and by this time Mark Knopfler had enough of such massive operations. This led to the second and final break-up. Bill Flanagan described the sequence of events in <a href="/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a>: "The subsequent world tour lasted nearly two years, made mountains of money and drove Dire Straits into the ground. When the tour was over, both Knopfler's marriage and his band were gone." <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2015_John_Illsley_by_2eight-_DSC2851.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/2015_John_Illsley_by_2eight-_DSC2851.jpg/170px-2015_John_Illsley_by_2eight-_DSC2851.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/2015_John_Illsley_by_2eight-_DSC2851.jpg/255px-2015_John_Illsley_by_2eight-_DSC2851.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/2015_John_Illsley_by_2eight-_DSC2851.jpg/340px-2015_John_Illsley_by_2eight-_DSC2851.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1363" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Following their <a href="/wiki/On_Every_Street_Tour" title="On Every Street Tour">On Every Street Tour</a>, John Illsley stated, "Personal relationships were in trouble and it put a terrible strain on everybody, emotionally and physically. We were changed by it. Neither of us wants to go back to those days."<a href="#cite_note-Rees_124-108">[108]</a></figcaption></figure> Manager <a href="/wiki/Ed_Bicknell" title="Ed Bicknell">Ed Bicknell</a> also said, "The last tour was utter misery. Whatever the <a href="/wiki/Zeitgeist" title="Zeitgeist">zeitgeist</a> was that we had been part of, it had passed." John Illsley agreed, saying "Personal relationships were in trouble and it put a terrible strain on everybody, emotionally and physically. We were changed by it."<a href="#cite_note-Rees_124-108">[108]</a> The last stop and final touring concert of the group took place on 9 October 1992 in <a href="/wiki/Zaragoza" title="Zaragoza">Zaragoza</a>, Spain.<a href="#cite_note-HOF_Billboard-109">[109]</a> After the end of the tour, Mark Knopfler expressed a wish to give up touring on a big scale and took some time out from the music business. A live album, <a href="/wiki/On_the_Night" title="On the Night">On the Night</a>, was released in May 1993, which documented the tour, again to very mixed reviews. Nevertheless, it reached the UK Top 5, a rare achievement for a live album.<a href="#cite_note-Roberts-30">[30]</a> The four track <a href="/wiki/Encores_(EP)" title="Encores (EP)">Encores</a> EP was also released and rose to number one in the French and Spanish singles charts and reached number 31 in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> Dire Straits' final album, <a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_BBC_(Dire_Straits_album)" title="Live at the BBC (Dire Straits album)">Live at the BBC</a>, is a collection of live recordings from 1978 to 1981, which mostly feature the original line-up of the band.<a href="#cite_note-BIL-112">[112]</a> Released in June 1995, their third and final live album was a contractual release to Vertigo Records (now a division of <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury Records</a>).<a href="#cite_note-BIL-112">[112]</a> At this time, Mark Knopfler quietly disbanded Dire Straits and prepared to work on his first full-fledged solo album (still signed to Mercury Records).<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> Knopfler later recalled that, "I put the thing to bed because I wanted to get back to some kind of reality. It's self-protection, a survival thing. That kind of scale is dehumanizing."<a href="#cite_note-telegraph-114">[114]</a> Knopfler spent two years recovering from the experience, which had taken a toll on his creative and personal life. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1996–present:_Reunion_speculations_and_Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_induction">1996–present: Reunion speculations and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1996–present: Reunion speculations and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction">edit</a>]</div> After disbanding Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler started a career as a solo artist, releasing his first solo album, <a href="/wiki/Golden_Heart" title="Golden Heart">Golden Heart</a>, in March 1996 after nearly 20 years of collaborations. Brothers in Arms was certified nine times <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">platinum</a> in the US in August 1996.<a href="#cite_note-ROTN-35">[35]</a> During that year, the entire Dire Straits catalogue was remastered by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Ludwig" title="Bob Ludwig">Bob Ludwig</a> and re-released on CD on <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury Records</a>, in most of the world outside the US. The remasters were released in September 2000 in the US on <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros</a>. Knopfler, John Illsley, Alan Clark, and Guy Fletcher reunited for one last time on 19 June 1999, with <a href="/wiki/Ed_Bicknell" title="Ed Bicknell">Ed Bicknell</a> on drums, playing five songs, including <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Berry" title="Chuck Berry">Chuck Berry</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Nadine_(song)" title="Nadine (song)">Nadine</a>", for Illsley's wedding.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> In July 2002, Knopfler was joined by Illsley, Fletcher, Danny Cummings and Chris White for four charity concerts under the name of "Mark Knopfler and friends".<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> Brendan Croker joined Knopfler during the first half, playing mainly material composed with The Notting Hillbillies. Illsley came on for a Dire Straits session toward the end of which, at a Shepherd's Bush concert, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Nail" title="Jimmy Nail">Jimmy Nail</a> provided backing vocals for Knopfler's solo composition, "<a href="/wiki/Why_Aye_Man" class="mw-redirect" title="Why Aye Man">Why Aye Man</a>". This song appeared on <a href="/wiki/The_Ragpicker%27s_Dream" title="The Ragpicker's Dream">The Ragpicker's Dream</a> (2002), an album that contained references to Knopfler's home area in the north east of England.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> A compilation album, <a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Dire_Straits_%26_Mark_Knopfler:_Private_Investigations" class="mw-redirect" title="The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations">The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations</a>, was released in November 2005 and reached the UK Top 20. Featuring material from the majority of Dire Straits' studio albums and Knopfler's solo and soundtrack material, it was released in two editions, a single CD with a grey cover and a double CD in a blue cover. The only previously unreleased track on the album, "<a href="/wiki/All_the_Roadrunning" title="All the Roadrunning">All the Roadrunning</a>", was a <a href="/wiki/Duet" title="Duet">duet</a> with singer <a href="/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" title="Emmylou Harris">Emmylou Harris</a>. The album was well received. In 2005, <a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)" title="Brothers in Arms (album)">Brothers in Arms</a> was re-released in a limited 20th anniversary edition which won a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Surround_Sound_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album">Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album</a> at the <a href="/wiki/48th_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="48th Grammy Awards">48th Grammy Awards</a> ceremony.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mar-Knopfler-Pensa-Blue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Mar-Knopfler-Pensa-Blue.jpg/170px-Mar-Knopfler-Pensa-Blue.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Mar-Knopfler-Pensa-Blue.jpg/255px-Mar-Knopfler-Pensa-Blue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Mar-Knopfler-Pensa-Blue.jpg/340px-Mar-Knopfler-Pensa-Blue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="956" data-file-height="1365" /></a><figcaption>Mark Knopfler, pictured in 2015, has declined offers to re-form the band, stating "It just got too big. If anyone can tell me one good thing about fame, I'd be very interested to hear it."<a href="#cite_note-oct2008-10">[10]</a></figcaption></figure> Since the break-up of Dire Straits, Knopfler has shown no interest in re-forming the band and is quoted as saying he was not interested in "getting all that stuff back together again."<a href="#cite_note-oct2008-10">[10]</a> He said, "I would only do that for a charity. I'm glad I've experienced it all – I had a lot of fun with it – but I like things the way they are." Keyboardist Guy Fletcher has been associated with almost all of Knopfler's solo work to date and Danny Cummings has been a frequent contributor, notably to Knopfler's solo album releases <a href="/wiki/All_the_Roadrunning" title="All the Roadrunning">All the Roadrunning</a> (with Emmylou Harris), <a href="/wiki/Kill_to_Get_Crimson" title="Kill to Get Crimson">Kill to Get Crimson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Get_Lucky_(Mark_Knopfler_album)" title="Get Lucky (Mark Knopfler album)">Get Lucky</a> and <a href="/wiki/One_Deep_River" title="One Deep River">One Deep River</a>.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> In 2007, Knopfler said he did not miss the global fame that came his way at the height of the band's success. He said, "It just got too big."<a href="#cite_note-oct2008-10">[10]</a> In October 2008, Illsley told the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> that he hoped Knopfler would agree to re-form Dire Straits for a comeback tour. Knopfler declined, saying that he was reluctant to re-form the group and that he was not "a fan of Dire Straits' early hits."<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> In the same interview, Illsley said Knopfler was enjoying his continuing success as a solo artist. "He's doing incredibly well as a solo artist, so hats off to him. He's having a perfectly good time doing what he's doing."<a href="#cite_note-oct2008-10">[10]</a> <a href="/wiki/Guy_Fletcher" title="Guy Fletcher">Guy Fletcher</a> stated on his website that Knopfler had no interest in re-forming Dire Straits.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> In December 2009, the band were commemorated with a <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Award" title="Heritage Award">Heritage Award</a> from <a href="/wiki/PRS_for_Music" title="PRS for Music">PRS for Music</a>. A plaque was placed on a block of flats in <a href="/wiki/Deptford" title="Deptford">Deptford</a>, London, where Dire Straits was formed and played their first gig.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> In 2011, Alan Clark, Chris White, and Phil Palmer, along with <a href="/wiki/Tom_Petty_and_the_Heartbreakers" title="Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers">Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers</a>' drummer <a href="/wiki/Steve_Ferrone" title="Steve Ferrone">Steve Ferrone</a>, formed a new band, the Straits, to perform at a charity show at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a> in London.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> On 13 December 2017, Dire Straits were announced as inductees into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> for 2018.<a href="#cite_note-Induction-126">[126]</a> Speaking to <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a> magazine, Illsley said he was pleased to have his work as a musician recognised,<a href="#cite_note-HOF_Billboard-109">[109]</a> but felt that Knopfler was not enthusiastic about a possible reunion performance. Knopfler did not appear at the ceremony.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> In 2009, Illsley and Clark performed several Dire Straits songs in an open air concert in San Vigilio, and since then, Clark, Palmer, Illsley, Cummings, Collins, Sonni and Withers, in various line-ups, have toured as the Dire Straits Legends and continue as the Dire Straits Legacy. They have released an album, 3 Chord Trick.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> In a 2018 US tour they were joined by <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Horn" title="Trevor Horn">Trevor Horn</a> on bass and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Ferrone" title="Steve Ferrone">Steve Ferrone</a> on drums.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> In September 2021, Alan Clark released his piano solo album Backstory, and in November 2021 Illsley published his autobiography My Life in Dire Straits. Former Straits guitarist <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sonni" title="Jack Sonni">Jack Sonni</a> died on 30 August 2023 at the age of 68.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> In November 2023, Illsley reiterated in an interview that he and Knopfler had no interest in reforming Dire Straits, in spite of having received large financial offers to get back together. He reflected that the band members had "reached the end of the road" after the end of their final world tour in 1992, and that he was "pretty happy" when the band’s run came to an end, recalling feeling "mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted" by the time Dire Straits disbanded.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> He said he and Knopfler had enjoyed the success of the band, despite the stress of keeping it working, and quoted Knopfler's comment that "success is great, but fame is [...] something you don’t really want".<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> Knopfler said: "I had an absolute ball for as long as it lasted, until it got so big that I didn't know the names of all the roadies [...] It got so big, we were actually leapfrogging stages [running duplicate convoys of equipment]."<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> Dire Straits remains one of the most popular British rock bands as well as one of the world's most commercially successful artists, with total worldwide album sales of more than 120 million.<a href="#cite_note-bbc-16">[16]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Band_members">Band members</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Band members">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Dire_Straits_band_members" title="List of Dire Straits band members">List of Dire Straits band members</a></div> <dl><dt>Final members</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" title="Mark Knopfler">Mark Knopfler</a> – lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitar (1977–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Illsley" title="John Illsley">John Illsley</a> – bass, backing vocals (1977–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Clark_(keyboardist)" title="Alan Clark (keyboardist)">Alan Clark</a> – keyboards (1980–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Fletcher" title="Guy Fletcher">Guy Fletcher</a> – keyboards, backing vocals (1984–1995)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Former members</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pick_Withers" title="Pick Withers">Pick Withers</a> – drums, occasional backing vocals (1977–1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Knopfler" title="David Knopfler">David Knopfler</a> – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1977–1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Lindes" title="Hal Lindes">Hal Lindes</a> – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1980–1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Williams_(drummer)" title="Terry Williams (drummer)">Terry Williams</a> – drums (1982–1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sonni" title="Jack Sonni">Jack Sonni</a> – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1984–1988; died 2023)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Discography">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits_discography" title="Dire Straits discography">Dire Straits discography</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits_(album)" title="Dire Straits (album)">Dire Straits</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communiqu%C3%A9_(Dire_Straits_album)" title="Communiqué (Dire Straits album)">Communiqué</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Making_Movies" title="Making Movies">Making Movies</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_over_Gold" title="Love over Gold">Love over Gold</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)" title="Brothers in Arms (album)">Brothers in Arms</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_Every_Street" title="On Every Street">On Every Street</a> (1991)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Awards">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Honoured_and_inducted">Honoured and inducted</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Honoured and inducted">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PRS_for_Music" title="PRS for Music">PRS for Music</a> <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Award" title="Heritage Award">Heritage Award</a> 2009</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> 2018</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Won">Won</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Won">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a> 1983 – British Group</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a> 1986 – British Group</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> 1986 – Best Rock Performance by a Duo Or Group (for "<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing_(song)" title="Money for Nothing (song)">Money for Nothing</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> 1986 – Brothers in Arms Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical (for <a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)" title="Brothers in Arms (album)">Brothers in Arms</a>, Mark Knopfler Neil Dorfsman engineer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juno_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Juno Award">Juno Award</a> 1986 – International Album of the Year</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Video Music Award">MTV Video Music Award</a> 1986 – Video of the Year (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Video Music Award">MTV Video Music Award</a> 1986 – Best Group Video (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a> 1987 – British Album of the Year (for <a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)" title="Brothers in Arms (album)">Brothers in Arms</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> 1987 – Best Music Video (for "<a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(song)" title="Brothers in Arms (song)">Brothers in Arms</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> 2006 – Best Surround Sound Album (for his surround sound production for Brothers in Arms—20th Anniversary Edition, Chuck Ainlay, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Chuck Ainlay and Mark Knopfler, surround producers)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nominated">Nominated</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Nominated">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> 1980 – Best New Artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> 1980 – Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (for "<a href="/wiki/Sultans_of_Swing" title="Sultans of Swing">Sultans of Swing</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American Music Award">American Music Award</a> 1986 – Favorite Pop/Rock Single (for "<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing_(song)" title="Money for Nothing (song)">Money for Nothing</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a> 1986 – British Album of the Year (for Brothers in Arms)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a> 1986 – British Single (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a> 1986 – British Video (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> 1986 – Album of the Year (for <a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)" title="Brothers in Arms (album)">Brothers in Arms</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> 1986 – Record of the Year (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> 1986 – Song of the Year (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Video Music Award">MTV Video Music Award</a> 1986 – Best Concept Video (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Video Music Award">MTV Video Music Award</a> 1986 – Most Experimental Video (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Video Music Award">MTV Video Music Award</a> 1986 – Best Stage Performance in a Video (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Video Music Award">MTV Video Music Award</a> 1986 – Best Overall Performance in a Video (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Video Music Award">MTV Video Music Award</a> 1986 – Best Direction in a Video (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Video Music Award">MTV Video Music Award</a> 1986 – Best Visual Effects in a Video (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Video Music Award">MTV Video Music Award</a> 1986 – Best Art Direction in a Video (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Video Music Award">MTV Video Music Award</a> 1986 – Best Editing in a Video (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Video Music Award">MTV Video Music Award</a> 1986 – Viewer's Choice (for "Money for Nothing")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a> 1987 – British Group</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a> 1992 – British Group</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> 1992 – Best Music Video (for "<a href="/wiki/Calling_Elvis" title="Calling Elvis">Calling Elvis</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a> 2010 – British Album of Thirty Years (for <a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)" title="Brothers in Arms (album)">Brothers in Arms</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dire_Straits&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>"Between dire straits": <a href="/wiki/The_Three_Weeks" title="The Three Weeks">The Three Weeks</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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(song)">Private Investigations</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Industrial_Disease_(song)" title="Industrial Disease (song)">Industrial Disease</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Twisting_by_the_Pool" title="Twisting by the Pool">Twisting by the Pool</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_over_Gold_(song)" title="Love over Gold (song)">Love over Gold</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/So_Far_Away_(Dire_Straits_song)" title="So Far Away (Dire Straits song)">So Far Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing_(song)" title="Money for Nothing (song)">Money for Nothing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(song)" title="Brothers in Arms (song)">Brothers in Arms</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Walk_of_Life" title="Walk of Life">Walk of Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Your_Latest_Trick" title="Your Latest Trick">Your Latest Trick</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Calling_Elvis" title="Calling Elvis">Calling Elvis</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heavy_Fuel" title="Heavy Fuel">Heavy Fuel</a>"</li> 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Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band">Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_of_the_Wild_Frontier" title="Kings of the Wild Frontier">Kings of the Wild Frontier</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adam_and_the_Ants" title="Adam and the Ants">Adam and the Ants</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memories_(Barbra_Streisand_album)" title="Memories (Barbra Streisand album)">Memories</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thriller_(album)" title="Thriller (album)">Thriller</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Life" title="Diamond Life">Diamond Life</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sade_(band)" title="Sade (band)">Sade</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_Jacket_Required" title="No Jacket Required">No Jacket Required</a> – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins" title="Phil Collins">Phil Collins</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)" title="Brothers in Arms (album)">Brothers in Arms</a> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dire Straits</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/...Nothing_Like_the_Sun" class="mw-redirect" title="...Nothing Like the Sun">...Nothing Like the Sun</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_First_of_a_Million_Kisses" title="The First of a Million Kisses">The First of a Million Kisses</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fairground_Attraction" title="Fairground Attraction">Fairground Attraction</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Raw_%26_the_Cooked_(album)" title="The Raw & the Cooked (album)">The Raw and the Cooked</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fine_Young_Cannibals" title="Fine Young Cannibals">Fine Young Cannibals</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Listen_Without_Prejudice_Vol._1" title="Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1">Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Michael" title="George Michael">George Michael</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seal_(1991_album)" title="Seal (1991 album)">Seal</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seal_(musician)" title="Seal (musician)">Seal</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diva_(Annie_Lennox_album)" title="Diva (Annie Lennox album)">Diva</a> – <a href="/wiki/Annie_Lennox" title="Annie Lennox">Annie Lennox</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connected_(Stereo_MC%27s_album)" title="Connected (Stereo MC's album)">Connected</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stereo_MC%27s" title="Stereo MC's">Stereo MC's</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parklife" title="Parklife">Parklife</a> – <a href="/wiki/Blur_(band)" title="Blur (band)">Blur</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/(What%27s_the_Story)_Morning_Glory%3F" title="(What's the Story) Morning Glory?">(What's the Story) Morning Glory?</a> – <a href="/wiki/Oasis_(band)" title="Oasis (band)">Oasis</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everything_Must_Go_(Manic_Street_Preachers_album)" title="Everything Must Go 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album)">Parachutes</a> – <a href="/wiki/Coldplay" title="Coldplay">Coldplay</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_Angel_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="No Angel (album)">No Angel</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dido_(singer)" title="Dido (singer)">Dido</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Rush_of_Blood_to_the_Head" title="A Rush of Blood to the Head">A Rush of Blood to the Head</a> – <a href="/wiki/Coldplay" title="Coldplay">Coldplay</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permission_to_Land" title="Permission to Land">Permission to Land</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Darkness_(band)" title="The Darkness (band)">The Darkness</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopes_and_Fears" title="Hopes and Fears">Hopes and Fears</a> – <a href="/wiki/Keane_(band)" title="Keane (band)">Keane</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/X%26Y" title="X&Y">X&Y</a> – <a href="/wiki/Coldplay" title="Coldplay">Coldplay</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whatever_People_Say_I_Am,_That%27s_What_I%27m_Not" title="Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not">Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not</a> – <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Monkeys" title="Arctic Monkeys">Arctic Monkeys</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Favourite_Worst_Nightmare" title="Favourite Worst Nightmare">Favourite Worst Nightmare</a> – <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Monkeys" title="Arctic Monkeys">Arctic Monkeys</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockferry" title="Rockferry">Rockferry</a> – <a href="/wiki/Duffy_(singer)" title="Duffy (singer)">Duffy</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lungs_(album)" title="Lungs (album)">Lungs</a> – <a href="/wiki/Florence_and_the_Machine" title="Florence and the Machine">Florence and the Machine</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigh_No_More_(Mumford_%26_Sons_album)" title="Sigh No More (Mumford & Sons album)">Sigh No More</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mumford_%26_Sons" title="Mumford & Sons">Mumford & Sons</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/21_(Adele_album)" title="21 (Adele album)">21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Version_of_Events" title="Our Version of Events">Our Version of Events</a> – <a href="/wiki/Emeli_Sand%C3%A9" title="Emeli Sandé">Emeli Sandé</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AM_(Arctic_Monkeys_album)" title="AM (Arctic Monkeys album)">AM</a> – <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Monkeys" title="Arctic Monkeys">Arctic Monkeys</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/X_(Ed_Sheeran_album)" title="X (Ed Sheeran album)">x</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sheeran" title="Ed Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/25_(Adele_album)" title="25 (Adele album)">25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackstar_(album)" title="Blackstar (album)">Blackstar</a> – <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gang_Signs_%26_Prayer" title="Gang Signs & Prayer">Gang Signs & Prayer</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stormzy" title="Stormzy">Stormzy</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Brief_Inquiry_into_Online_Relationships" title="A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships">A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_1975" title="The 1975">The 1975</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychodrama_(album)" title="Psychodrama (album)">Psychodrama</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dave_(rapper)" title="Dave (rapper)">Dave</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_Nostalgia" title="Future Nostalgia">Future Nostalgia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dua_Lipa" title="Dua Lipa">Dua Lipa</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_(album)" title="30 (album)">30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry%27s_House" title="Harry's House">Harry's House</a> – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Styles" title="Harry Styles">Harry Styles</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_21st_Century_Blues" title="My 21st Century Blues">My 21st Century Blues</a> – <a href="/wiki/Raye" title="Raye">Raye</a> (2024)</li></ul> 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Seger</a> and the Silver Bullet Band (1980)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Stand_So_Close_to_Me" title="Don't Stand So Close to Me">Don't Stand So Close to Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Police" title="The Police">The Police</a> (1981)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eye_of_the_Tiger" title="Eye of the Tiger">Eye of the Tiger</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Survivor_(band)" title="Survivor (band)">Survivor</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synchronicity_(The_Police_album)" title="Synchronicity (The Police album)">Synchronicity</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Police" title="The Police">The Police</a> (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Purple_Rain_(album)" title="Purple Rain (album)">Purple Rain</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Revolution_(band)" title="The Revolution (band)">the Revolution</a> (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing_(song)" title="Money for Nothing (song)">Money for Nothing</a>" – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dire Straits</a> (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Missionary_Man_(song)" title="Missionary Man (song)">Missionary Man</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eurythmics" title="Eurythmics">Eurythmics</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Joshua_Tree" title="The Joshua Tree">The Joshua Tree</a> – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Desire_(U2_song)" title="Desire (U2 song)">Desire</a>" – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Traveling_Wilburys_Vol._1" title="Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1">Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Traveling_Wilburys" title="Traveling Wilburys">Traveling Wilburys</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Janie%27s_Got_a_Gun" title="Janie's Got a Gun">Janie's Got a Gun</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a> (1990)</li> <li>"Good Man, Good Woman" – <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt" title="Bonnie Raitt">Bonnie Raitt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Delbert_McClinton" title="Delbert McClinton">Delbert McClinton</a> (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Achtung_Baby" title="Achtung Baby">Achtung Baby</a>" – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Livin%27_on_the_Edge" title="Livin' on the Edge">Livin' on the Edge</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a> (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Crazy_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Crazy (Aerosmith song)">Crazy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a> (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Run-Around_(song)" title="Run-Around (song)">Run-Around</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Blues_Traveler" title="Blues Traveler">Blues Traveler</a> (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/So_Much_to_Say" title="So Much to Say">So Much to Say</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Matthews_Band" title="Dave Matthews Band">Dave Matthews Band</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_Headlight" title="One Headlight">One Headlight</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Wallflowers" title="The Wallflowers">The Wallflowers</a> (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pink_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Pink (Aerosmith song)">Pink</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Put_Your_Lights_On" title="Put Your Lights On">Put Your Lights On</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Everlast" title="Everlast">Everlast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Santana" title="Carlos Santana">Santana</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Day" title="Beautiful Day">Beautiful Day</a>" – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Elevation_(song)" title="Elevation (song)">Elevation</a>" – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_My_Place" title="In My Place">In My Place</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Coldplay" title="Coldplay">Coldplay</a> (2002)</li> <li>"Disorder in the House" – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Zevon" title="Warren Zevon">Warren Zevon</a> (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Vertigo_(U2_song)" title="Vertigo (U2 song)">Vertigo</a>" – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sometimes_You_Can%27t_Make_It_on_Your_Own" title="Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own">Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own</a>" – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dani_California" title="Dani California">Dani California</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers" title="Red Hot Chili Peppers">Red Hot Chili Peppers</a> (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Icky_Thump_(song)" title="Icky Thump (song)">Icky Thump</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_White_Stripes" title="The White Stripes">The White Stripes</a> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sex_on_Fire" title="Sex on Fire">Sex on Fire</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_Leon" title="Kings of Leon">Kings of Leon</a> (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Use_Somebody" title="Use Somebody">Use Somebody</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_Leon" title="Kings of Leon">Kings of Leon</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Tighten_Up_(The_Black_Keys_song)" title="Tighten Up (The Black Keys song)">Tighten Up</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Black_Keys" title="The Black Keys">The Black Keys</a> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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Nesmith">Michael Nesmith</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivia_Physical" title="Olivia Physical">Olivia Physical</a> – <a href="/wiki/Olivia_Newton-John" title="Olivia Newton-John">Olivia Newton-John</a> (1982)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1983–1986</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Girls_on_Film" title="Girls on Film">Girls on Film</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Hungry_Like_the_Wolf" title="Hungry Like the Wolf">Hungry Like the Wolf</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Duran_Duran" title="Duran Duran">Duran Duran</a> (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jazzin%27_for_Blue_Jean" title="Jazzin' for Blue Jean">Jazzin' for Blue Jean</a>" – <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World">We Are the World</a>" – <a href="/wiki/USA_for_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="USA for Africa">USA for Africa</a> (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(song)" title="Brothers in Arms (song)">Brothers in Arms</a>" – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dire Straits</a> (1986)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Concept_Music_Video" title="Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video">Best Concept Music Video</a> (1987−1988)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Land_of_Confusion" title="Land of Confusion">Land of Confusion</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Genesis_(band)" title="Genesis (band)">Genesis</a> (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fat_(song)" title="Fat (song)">Fat</a>" – <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (1988)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1989–2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Leave_Me_Alone_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Leave Me Alone (Michael Jackson song)">Leave Me Alone</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (1989)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Opposites_Attract" title="Opposites Attract">Opposites Attract</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Paula_Abdul" title="Paula Abdul">Paula Abdul</a> (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Losing_My_Religion" title="Losing My Religion">Losing My Religion</a>" – <a href="/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a> (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Digging_in_the_Dirt" title="Digging in the Dirt">Digging in the Dirt</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gabriel" title="Peter Gabriel">Peter Gabriel</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Steam_(Peter_Gabriel_song)" title="Steam (Peter Gabriel song)">Steam</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gabriel" title="Peter Gabriel">Peter Gabriel</a> (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_Strong" title="Love Is Strong">Love Is Strong</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a> (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Scream_(Michael_Jackson_and_Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Scream (Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song)">Scream</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a> (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Free_as_a_Bird" title="Free as a Bird">Free as a Bird</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Got_%27til_It%27s_Gone" title="Got 'til It's Gone">Got 'til It's Gone</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a> (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ray_of_Light_(song)" title="Ray of Light (song)">Ray of Light</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Freak_on_a_Leash" title="Freak on a Leash">Freak on a Leash</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Korn" title="Korn">Korn</a> (1999)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Learn_to_Fly" title="Learn to Fly">Learn to Fly</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Foo_Fighters" title="Foo Fighters">Foo Fighters</a> (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Weapon_of_Choice_(song)" title="Weapon of Choice (song)">Weapon of Choice</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Fatboy_Slim" title="Fatboy Slim">Fatboy Slim</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Bootsy_Collins" title="Bootsy Collins">Bootsy Collins</a> (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Without_Me_(Eminem_song)" title="Without Me (Eminem song)">Without Me</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)" title="Hurt (Nine Inch Nails song)">Hurt</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Vertigo_(U2_song)" title="Vertigo (U2 song)">Vertigo</a>" – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lose_Control_(Missy_Elliott_song)" title="Lose Control (Missy Elliott song)">Lose Control</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Missy_Elliott" title="Missy Elliott">Missy Elliott</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Ciara" title="Ciara">Ciara</a> & <a href="/wiki/Fatman_Scoop" title="Fatman Scoop">Fatman Scoop</a> (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_It_Goes_Again" title="Here It Goes Again">Here It Goes Again</a>" – <a href="/wiki/OK_Go" title="OK Go">OK Go</a> (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/God%27s_Gonna_Cut_You_Down" title="God's Gonna Cut You Down">God's Gonna Cut You Down</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pork_and_Beans_(song)" title="Pork and Beans (song)">Pork and Beans</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Weezer" title="Weezer">Weezer</a> (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boom_Boom_Pow" title="Boom Boom Pow">Boom Boom Pow</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Black_Eyed_Peas" title="Black Eyed Peas">Black Eyed Peas</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Romance" title="Bad Romance">Bad Romance</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a> (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rolling_in_the_Deep" title="Rolling in the Deep">Rolling in the Deep</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Found_Love_(music_video)" title="We Found Love (music video)">We Found Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Harris" title="Calvin Harris">Calvin Harris</a> (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Suit_%26_Tie" title="Suit & Tie">Suit & Tie</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Timberlake" title="Justin Timberlake">Justin Timberlake</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a> (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Happy_(Pharrell_Williams_song)" title="Happy (Pharrell Williams song)">Happy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a> (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Blood_(Taylor_Swift_song)" title="Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)">Bad Blood</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Formation_(song)" title="Formation (song)">Formation</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Humble_(song)" title="Humble (song)">Humble</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Is_America_(song)" title="This Is America (song)">This Is America</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Donald_Glover" title="Donald Glover">Childish Gambino</a> (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Road" title="Old Town Road">Old Town Road</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lil_Nas_X" title="Lil Nas X">Lil Nas X</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Billy_Ray_Cyrus" title="Billy Ray Cyrus">Billy Ray Cyrus</a> (2019)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Brown_Skin_Girl" title="Brown Skin Girl">Brown Skin Girl</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ivy_Carter" title="Blue Ivy Carter">Blue Ivy</a> & <a href="/wiki/Wizkid" title="Wizkid">Wizkid</a> (2020)</li> <li>"Freedom" – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Batiste" title="Jon Batiste">Jon Batiste</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Too_Well:_The_Short_Film" title="All Too Well: The Short Film">All Too Well: The Short Film</a> – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Only_Sleeping" title="I'm Only Sleeping">I'm Only Sleeping</a>" – <a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Might_Think" title="You Might Think">You Might Think</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Cars" title="The Cars">The Cars</a> (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Boys_of_Summer_(song)" title="The Boys of Summer (song)">The Boys of Summer</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Don_Henley" title="Don Henley">Don Henley</a> (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing_(song)" title="Money for Nothing (song)">Money for Nothing</a>" – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dire Straits</a> (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sledgehammer_(Peter_Gabriel_song)" title="Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song)">Sledgehammer</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gabriel" title="Peter Gabriel">Peter Gabriel</a> (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Need_You_Tonight" title="Need You Tonight">Need You Tonight</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Mediate_(song)" title="Mediate (song)">Mediate</a>" – <a href="/wiki/INXS" title="INXS">INXS</a> (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Note%27s_for_You" title="This Note's for You">This Note's for You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Neil_Young" title="Neil Young">Neil Young</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%;text-align:center;">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Nothing_Compares_2_U" title="Nothing Compares 2 U">Nothing Compares 2 U</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_O%27Connor" title="Sinéad O'Connor">Sinéad O'Connor</a> (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Losing_My_Religion" title="Losing My Religion">Losing My Religion</a>" – <a href="/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a> (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Right_Now_(Van_Halen_song)" title="Right Now (Van Halen song)">Right Now</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Van_Halen" title="Van Halen">Van Halen</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jeremy_(song)" title="Jeremy (song)">Jeremy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Jam" title="Pearl Jam">Pearl Jam</a> (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cryin%27_(Aerosmith_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cryin' (Aerosmith song)">Cryin'</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a> (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Waterfalls_(TLC_song)" title="Waterfalls (TLC song)">Waterfalls</a>" – <a href="/wiki/TLC_(group)" title="TLC (group)">TLC</a> (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tonight,_Tonight_(The_Smashing_Pumpkins_song)" title="Tonight, Tonight (The Smashing Pumpkins song)">Tonight, Tonight</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins" title="The Smashing Pumpkins">The Smashing Pumpkins</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Virtual_Insanity" title="Virtual Insanity">Virtual Insanity</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jamiroquai" title="Jamiroquai">Jamiroquai</a> (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ray_of_Light_(song)" title="Ray of Light (song)">Ray of Light</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Doo_Wop_(That_Thing)" title="Doo Wop (That Thing)">Doo Wop (That Thing)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lauryn_Hill" title="Lauryn Hill">Lauryn Hill</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%;text-align:center;">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Real_Slim_Shady" title="The Real Slim Shady">The Real Slim Shady</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lady_Marmalade" title="Lady Marmalade">Lady Marmalade</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Christina_Aguilera" title="Christina Aguilera">Christina Aguilera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lil%27_Kim" title="Lil' Kim">Lil' Kim</a>, <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BDa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mýa">Mýa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pink_(singer)" title="Pink (singer)">Pink</a> (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Without_Me_(Eminem_song)" title="Without Me (Eminem song)">Without Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Work_It_(Missy_Elliott_song)" title="Work It (Missy Elliott song)">Work It</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Missy_Elliott" title="Missy Elliott">Missy Elliott</a> (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hey_Ya!" title="Hey Ya!">Hey Ya!</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Outkast" title="Outkast">Outkast</a> (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boulevard_of_Broken_Dreams_(Green_Day_song)" title="Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)">Boulevard of Broken Dreams</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Green_Day" title="Green Day">Green Day</a> (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Write_Sins_Not_Tragedies" title="I Write Sins Not Tragedies">I Write Sins Not Tragedies</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Panic!_at_the_Disco" title="Panic! at the Disco">Panic! at the Disco</a> (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Umbrella_(song)" title="Umbrella (song)">Umbrella</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Piece_of_Me" title="Piece of Me">Piece of Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a> (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Single_Ladies_(Put_a_Ring_on_It)" title="Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)">Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%;text-align:center;">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Romance" title="Bad Romance">Bad Romance</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a> (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Firework_(song)" title="Firework (song)">Firework</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Katy_Perry" title="Katy Perry">Katy Perry</a> (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Found_Love_(music_video)" title="We Found Love (music video)">We Found Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Harris" title="Calvin Harris">Calvin Harris</a> (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mirrors_(Justin_Timberlake_song)" title="Mirrors (Justin Timberlake song)">Mirrors</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Timberlake" title="Justin Timberlake">Justin Timberlake</a> (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wrecking_Ball_(Miley_Cyrus_song)" title="Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song)">Wrecking Ball</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Miley_Cyrus" title="Miley Cyrus">Miley Cyrus</a> (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Blood_(Taylor_Swift_song)" title="Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)">Bad Blood</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Formation_(song)" title="Formation (song)">Formation</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Humble_(song)" title="Humble (song)">Humble</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Havana_(Camila_Cabello_song)" title="Havana (Camila Cabello song)">Havana</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Camila_Cabello" title="Camila Cabello">Camila Cabello</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Young_Thug" title="Young Thug">Young Thug</a> (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Need_to_Calm_Down" title="You Need to Calm Down">You Need to Calm Down</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%;text-align:center;">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Blinding_Lights" title="Blinding Lights">Blinding Lights</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Weeknd" title="The Weeknd">The Weeknd</a> (2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Montero_(Call_Me_by_Your_Name)" title="Montero (Call Me by Your Name)">Montero (Call Me by Your Name)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lil_Nas_X" title="Lil Nas X">Lil Nas X</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Too_Well:_The_Short_Film" title="All Too Well: The Short Film">All Too Well: The Short Film</a> – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Anti-Hero_(song)" title="Anti-Hero (song)">Anti-Hero</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2023)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fortnight_(song)" title="Fortnight (song)">Fortnight</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Post_Malone" title="Post Malone">Post Malone</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Illsley">John Illsley</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Knopfler" title="David Knopfler">David Knopfler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" title="Mark Knopfler">Mark Knopfler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pick_Withers" title="Pick Withers">Pick Withers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues">The Moody Blues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Edge" title="Graeme Edge">Graeme Edge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Hayward" title="Justin Hayward">Justin Hayward</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denny_Laine" title="Denny Laine">Denny Laine</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Lodge_(musician)" title="John Lodge (musician)">John Lodge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pinder" title="Mike Pinder">Mike Pinder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Thomas" title="Ray Thomas">Ray Thomas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nina_Simone" title="Nina Simone">Nina Simone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early influences</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe" title="Sister Rosetta Tharpe">Sister Rosetta Tharpe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Brenston" title="Jackie Brenston">Jackie Brenston</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_Rhythm" title="Kings of Rhythm">Delta Cats</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Rocket_88" title="Rocket 88">Rocket 88</a>" (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Link_Wray" title="Link Wray">Link Wray</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Rumble_(instrumental)" title="Rumble (instrumental)">Rumble</a>" (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chubby_Checker" title="Chubby Checker">Chubby Checker</a> – "<a href="/wiki/The_Twist_(song)" title="The Twist (song)">The Twist</a>" (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Kingsmen" title="The Kingsmen">The Kingsmen</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Louie_Louie" title="Louie Louie">Louie Louie</a>" (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Procol_Harum" title="Procol Harum">Procol Harum</a> – "<a href="/wiki/A_Whiter_Shade_of_Pale" title="A Whiter Shade of Pale">A Whiter Shade of Pale</a>" (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steppenwolf_(band)" title="Steppenwolf (band)">Steppenwolf</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Born_to_Be_Wild" title="Born to Be Wild">Born to Be Wild</a>" (1968)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="UK_best-selling_albums_(by_year)_(1970–1989)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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