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| Single by Dire Straits | ||||
| from the album Brothers in Arms | ||||
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| Released | 12 April 1985[1] | |||
| Studio | AIR (Salem, Montserrat) | |||
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| Label | Vertigo | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mark Knopfler | |||
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"So Far Away" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, the opening track on their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (1985). It became the band's fourth top 20 hit, peaking at number 19. The original studio version of the track appeared on the 2005 compilation The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations.
- ^ "Strait and narrow" (PDF). Record Mirror. 6 April 1985. p. 4. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Top 10 Dire Straits Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Rose, James (15 September 2015). "30 Years Since: Dire Straits' 'Brothers in Arms' Album". Daily Review. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
The opening tracks are pretty conventional pop-rock chart shooters
- ^ Smith, Troy L. (10 November 2022). "Every No. 1 album of the 1980s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
Lead single and album opener "So Far Away" plays into the heartland rock trend that was picking up at the time...