Dire Straits - Money for Nothing (Official Audio)

You're listening to the official audio for Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing" from the album 'Brothers in Arms'. "Money for Nothing" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985 and won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

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[OhNotThat]

For those wondering, Mark Knopfler wrote the song based of what he overheard verbatim from a real life guy in the hardware (today we'd call it electronics) department of a mid 1980s store. The song is the perspective of this guy and the f in make up and earrings was pretty much supposedly describing Rock Bands like... Dire Straits and guys like Mark Knopfler who basically made "Money for Nothing" who's that "little f he's a millionaire."
the more you know.

[raylopez]

I'm old and have heard this song a million times but I just learned that Sting sang in the background. Never made the connection before.

[rosesalmon]

The true version finally. Sorry to anyone offended. But it is what it is

[kathylynnhughes]

Best MTV video of all the 80's....

[graemeknowles]

The arrangement in the intro build up with the drums and keyboards into the main riff. Friggin awesome.👍

[Notalliswhatitseems]

Loved this back in the 80s, had the pleasure today of a sound engineer who was installing the sound system in the nightclub i was working in today, using this has a test song. every one needs to hear this as a test tract in a night club lol

[AndyBMK]

Musikalische Intensität der 80er💕 wir brauchen diese geile Zeiten wieder🥰

[AnonYmous-jpuu]

when this came out, I was 17, learning guitar, and delivering tv's for an appliance store!

[pokerman]

i was 16/18 my dad loved this album.i miss you dad .amazing album

[brucebacquie]

It's the wicked guitar work that gets me !!

[MultiEcho]

Here after watching Kaos, amazing song ❤

[johnrichardson]

That intro is one of the very best in rock n' roll history, absolute fire!!!

[Ariadne]

I'm gonna create a petition for Mark Knopfler and Sting to get their MTV. It's been 35 years I mean come on.

[rosesalmon]

If you were alive/aware of music during this era you would understand

[bhscaps]

I wasn't aware that an uncensored version existed until a few weeks ago and I didn't know an eight-an-a-half-minute version existed until just now!

[dennisbenedict]

One trillion awesome points for the uncensored version 😎 And this was the first time I heard the remastered version. Figures they would find a way to tack on an extra minute or so to the end of the already extended version of the song. Pure awesomeness 😎

[flanplan]

Grew up listening to this song. Thanks dad for exposing me to awesome music due to being a teen in the 80’s. It’s hilarious too, especially once you realize that this was based off of an actual conversation overheard by Knopfler between two men in NYC.

[BoxinSquare_]

i didn't know that the original song was this long.EPIC

[Lara]

OMG 😲 ! Full version! Thank You RHINO for uploading this! ❤️
That Sting's intro ❤️

[andregonsalvez]

This unedited version is the best and only one to listen to, Class of 1985 .