The most successful Dire Straits single, “Money for Nothing” is inspired by Mark Knopfler listening to a man complaining about the musicians that emerged in the 1980s. I’ve always wanted to play the guitar on the MTV. Thanks for your awesome requests. I had a lot of fun doing this tune! Few notes about the song.

MONEY FOR NOTHING - Guitar Tab Intro and Solo DIRE STRAITS MONEY FOR NOTHING - Guitar Tab Intro and Solo

Use italics (lyric) and bold (lyric) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part See also: The Cranberries - Zombie Dire Straits - Why Worry Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well Eric Clapton - Layla Yes - Roundabout See also: The Beatles - Let It Be The Beatles - And I Love Her Eagles - Hotel California (Acoustic) The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun

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The song features an introduction with Sting singing “I want my MTV”. Because of this, this was the first song played on MTV Europe when it began airing. Sting received a songwriting credit for the intro, and consequently this is one of only three Dire Straits songs not credited to Knopfler alone.