This song was the debut single by Dire Straits - which I didn't know before writing this. It also hit #4 on the US pop charts - which would end up being their 2nd biggest hit - and was a huge hit worldwide.
And it sat on Mark Knopfler's shelf until he played it on a '61 Strat with open tuning. He found the song boring until that guitar made those chords come to life.
His finger-picked guitar solos in this song are some of the best known in music.
Of course, this 1978 hit was huge, but they became much larger in 1984 with another song that MTV still uses in promos.
So, in 1985, they were a star at Live Aid - and their performance of this song is absolutely iconic. Knopfler's guitar solos here are amazing and a thing to see.
And yes, there's a sax break.
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