Song of the day for May 25, 2024
Money for Nothing by Dire Straits is today’s featured song.
On this day in 1985, Dire Straits’ fifth studio album, Brothers in Arms began a 14-week run at the top of the UK chart, kicking off a phenomenally successful campaign. One of the highest-selling albums worldwide, Brothers in Arms went on to spend nine weeks atop the Billboard 200, break chart records in the Netherlands, and hit No.1 in more than a dozen territories. The Grammy and BRIT-winning title was also unique in that it was one of the first albums to be recorded fully digitally and marketed to CD buyers. It would soon become the first CD to sell a million copies and the first CD to outsell its vinyl counterpart.
