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^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending FEBRUARY 1, 1986". ^ "Dire Straits Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". ^ "Dire Straits Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". ^ "Dire Straits Chart History (Hot 100)". ^ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (D)". ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). ^ " Dire Straits – Walk of Life" (in Dutch). ^ " Nederlandse Top 40 – week 2, 1986" (in Dutch). ^ " The Irish Charts – – Walk of Life". ^ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 0560." RPM. ^ " Dire Straits – Walk of Life" (in German). ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989". "Sultans Of Swing: The Untold Story Of Dire Straits". List of number-one singles of 1986 (Ireland). Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. The songs he plays are oldies, including " I Got a Woman," " Be-Bop-A-Lula," " What'd I Say," " My Sweet Lovin' Woman," and " Mack the Knife." He also plays talking blues.Ĭash Box said that song recalls "the band’s ’50s rock infatuation first heard on ' Twisting by the Pool,'" but that it "is a more profound but equally energetic effort." Cash Box later said that "a light sound is balanced by a meaningful lyric and wrapped in trademark Knopfler guitar accents." Billboard said that "Knopfler and friends bob out to a cajun/ zydeco track that might have sounded weird if Rockin' Sidney hadn't broken the ice." Track listings 7" single The singer mentioned in the lyrics, "Johnny," is said to perform "down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay," a reference to busking in the subway. The long introduction has become iconic in some circles, with an instantly recognisable riff played on a synthesizer-driven keyboard with hints of the blues. Ī simple rock and roll rhythm is used, with chord changes limited to I, IV and V chords. Dire Straits manager Ed Bicknell heard it when it was being mixed and convinced Knopfler to include it on the album at the last minute. 
Mark Knopfler had not originally intended "Walk of Life" for the album, but rather as a b-side to one of the singles. The track also appeared on three compilation albums: 1988's Money for Nothing, 1998's Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, and 2005's The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations. The track peaked at number seven in the US charts and was their biggest commercial hit in the UK (along with " Private Investigations"), peaking at number two. It was released as a single October 1985 but had first been available as the B-side of " So Far Away" released in advance of Brothers in Arms. It subsequently appeared on their live album On the Night (1993). " Walk of Life" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits, the third track on their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (1985).
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