It also peaked at position number 4 in Britain (the UK Singles Chart). The song, however, won the Grammy for the Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. “ Money for Nothing” was nominated for the Grammy Award for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year but lost both nominations to We Are the World by USA for Africa at the 28th Annual Grammy Awards in 1986. It actually sold over 30 million copies across the globe.
This album made it into the list of the world’s most successful albums of all time. The song was released on 24th June, 1985 as the second single from the band’s fifth studio album Brothers in Arms. As a result of that, these days when performing the song live, Knopfler replaces the offending word with “queenie”. Owing to the use of the word “f*****” in the lyrics, many have over the years strongly condemned the song for being homophobic. A Song about Mötley Crüe?Īccording to Nikki Sixx of the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, Knopfler wrote the song about Mötley Crüe. Majority of the lyrics for “ Money for Nothing” were the actual words uttered by the delivery man from the department store.
The main reason why Sting shares songwriting credits with Knopfler on the song is because the melody of the line “I want my MTV” is very similar to the melody of his hit song “ Don’t Stand So Close To Me” performed by his band The Police.Īnd by the way, the voice at the beginning of the song singing the line “I want my MTV” is Sting’s voice. The song was written by Knopfler and Sting, whose only contribution to the song was the line “I want my MTV”. The song’s video made history in on August 1st, 1987 when it became the first music video to be played on MTV Europe. The song’s video, which was one of the first music videos in the music industry to make use of computer generated animation, won the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year in 1986.
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