Gawd's sake, who doesn't know "Money for Nothing"?!?! One of the classic recognisable guitar riffs of all time, right up there with "Smoke on the Water" and "Stairway to Heaven". Jointly written by Mark Knopfler and Sting (Sting sings the high backing vocals). I believe MK came up with the main theme of the song, and Sting filled in some of the lines MK couldn't get sorted.

Do yourself a favour though, listen to the full album version instead of the radio edit with the shortened intro. The shortened intro just doesn't give that initial riff the same impact. Still, Dire Straits suffered from the start on radio edits - the daft bugger who decided that the final solo in "Sultans of Swing" should be cut just as MK breaks loose with those final arpeggios should be hung up by his bollocks until he's bloody well sorry! ;-)

Graham.