Money for Nothing is a greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Dire Straits

Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...

 released in 1988. It features highlights from the band's first five albums. The vinyl edition omits "Telegraph Road

Telegraph Road (song)

"Telegraph Road" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits and written by Mark Knopfler. It appeared on their 1982 album Love over Gold. Clocking in at 14:18 minutes long, it is rarely played by radio stations, yet has remained highly regarded over the years.It was first played live at the...

" and has a different running order, with "Tunnel of Love" placed between "Money for Nothing

Money for Nothing (song)

"Money for Nothing" is a single by British rock band Dire Straits, taken from their 1985 album Brothers in Arms. It was one of Dire Straits' most successful singles, peaking at number one for three weeks in the United States, and it also reached number one for three weeks on the U.S. Mainstream...

", the title track, and "Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms (song)

"Brothers in Arms" is a 1985 song by Dire Straits, appearing as the closing track on the album of the same name. It is in G# minor.-History:There are two studio recorded versions of this song: the album version which is 6:55 seconds, and the shorter version which is 6:05 seconds and features...

". The collection went to #1 on the UK Albums Chart. It sold 6.6 million copies in Europe and one million in the U.S.

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler

Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...

, except where noted.

1. "Sultans of Swing
   Sultans of Swing
   "Sultans of Swing" was the first single release of the British rock band Dire Straits. First released in 1978, its 1979 re-release caused it to become a hit in both the UK and USA....
   
   " – 5:46
2. "Down to the Waterline" – 4:01
   • Tracks 1-2 originally released on the album Dire Straits
     Dire Straits (album)
     Dire Straits is the self-titled debut album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in October 1978 by Phonogram Records.-History:...
     
     .
3. "Portobello Belle--Live" – 4:33
   • Previously unreleased. Outtake from the album Alchemy
     Alchemy: Dire Straits Live
     Side twoSide threeSide four-CD release:"Love over Gold", which had been released as a separate single in 1984, was added into the track list for the CD release, and the fade outs between sides 1 and 2 and sides 3 and 4 have been removed...
     
     .
4. "Twisting by the Pool (Remix)" – 3:30
   • Previously released as a single & EP.
5. "Tunnel of Love" (Intro by Rodgers/Hammerstein) – 8:10
6. "Romeo and Juliet" – 5:56
   • Tracks 5-6 previously released on the album Making Movies
     Making Movies
     Making Movies is the third album by English rock band Dire Straits, released in 1980.- History :The title of the album comes from a line in the song "Skateaway" and the unreleased song "Making Movies". Rolling Stone ranked the album #52 in their survey of the "100 Best Albums of the 80s"...
     
     .
7. "Where Do You Think You're Going?
   Where Do You Think You're Going?
   "Where Do You Think You're Going?" is a song written by Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler for their 1979 album Communiqué. It begins as a soft, almost acoustic riff played on the electric guitar...
   
   " – 3:30
   • Previously unreleased. Original mix is on the album Communiqué.
8. "Walk of Life
   Walk of Life (Dire Straits song)
   "Walk of Life" is a 1985 song by the British rock band Dire Straits. It appeared on their best-selling album Brothers in Arms. It subsequently appeared on their live album On the Night. It was released as a single in November 1985 but had first been available as the b-side of "So Far Away" released...
   
   " – 4:08
   • Previously released on the album Brothers in Arms
     Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits album)
     - Original LP track listing :- 2005 Re-Issue 2 LP track listing :The 2005 Limited Edition Deluxe 180 gram High Performance Vinyl reissue contained the full-length versions of all songs by spreading out the songs over two half speed mastered LPs....
     
     .
9. "Private Investigations
   Private Investigations
   "Private Investigations" is a popular song by Dire Straits from their album Love Over Gold. Although it was not released as a single in the US, it reached the number 2 position in the UK , and is one of their biggest chart successes in the United Kingdom, on a par with "Walk of Life"...
   
   " – 5:50
   • Full-length version originally released on the album Love over Gold
     Love over Gold
     Love Over Gold is the fourth album by British rock band Dire Straits.- History :Due to its lengthy atmospheric instrumental passages, the album has been cited as the band's attempt at progressive rock....
     
     .
10. "Telegraph Road
    Telegraph Road (song)
    "Telegraph Road" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits and written by Mark Knopfler. It appeared on their 1982 album Love over Gold. Clocking in at 14:18 minutes long, it is rarely played by radio stations, yet has remained highly regarded over the years.It was first played live at the...
    
    --Live (Remix)" – 11:59
    • Previously unreleased. Original mix is on the album Alchemy
      Alchemy: Dire Straits Live
      Side twoSide threeSide four-CD release:"Love over Gold", which had been released as a separate single in 1984, was added into the track list for the CD release, and the fade outs between sides 1 and 2 and sides 3 and 4 have been removed...
      
      .
11. "Money for Nothing
    Money for Nothing (song)
    "Money for Nothing" is a single by British rock band Dire Straits, taken from their 1985 album Brothers in Arms. It was one of Dire Straits' most successful singles, peaking at number one for three weeks in the United States, and it also reached number one for three weeks on the U.S. Mainstream...
    
    " (Mark Knopfler, Sting) single edit – 4:06
12. "Brothers in Arms
    Brothers in Arms (song)
    "Brothers in Arms" is a 1985 song by Dire Straits, appearing as the closing track on the album of the same name. It is in G# minor.-History:There are two studio recorded versions of this song: the album version which is 6:55 seconds, and the shorter version which is 6:05 seconds and features...
    
    " – 4:49
    • Previously unreleased. Original mixes are on the album Brothers in Arms
      Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits album)
      - Original LP track listing :- 2005 Re-Issue 2 LP track listing :The 2005 Limited Edition Deluxe 180 gram High Performance Vinyl reissue contained the full-length versions of all songs by spreading out the songs over two half speed mastered LPs....
      
      .

Charts

The first compilation by Dire Straits spent 64 weeks in the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=8667

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1988	Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	1
1988	UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	1
1988	Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...  Albums Chart	3
1988	Austrian Albums Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	3
1988	Norwegian Albums Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	3
1988	Swedish Albums Chart Swedish Recording Industry Association Grammofonleverantörernas förening , or the Swedish Recording Industry Association in English, is an organization representing the music recording industry of Sweden...	8
1988	U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	62
1989	Italian Albums Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy....	2

Certifications

Organisation	Level	Date
BPI – UK	Silver	October 18, 1988
BPI – UK	Gold	October 18, 1988
BPI – UK	Platinum	October 18, 1988
BPI – UK	2x Platinum	October 18, 1988
BPI – UK	3x Platinum	October 18, 1988
IFPI – Germany	Gold	1991
IFPI – Germany	Platinum	1991
BPI – UK	4x Platinum	January 20, 1989
RIAA – U.S.	Gold	October 5, 1989
SNEP – France	Diamond	1991
RIAA – U.S.	Platinum	August 4, 1994