Money For Nothing

"Money For Nothing"
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Recorded by Dire Straits with Sting
Released:	1985
Recorded:	RECORDED TIME PERIOD
Length:	8:26 (full-length) 7:04 (vinyl LP edit) 4:38 (official single edit) 4:05 (promo single edit)
Album(s):	Brothers In Arms
Label(s):	Vertigo (UK) Warner Bros (US)
Writer(s):	Mark Knopfler, Sting
Producer(s):	Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman
Studio(s):	AIR Studios
Released as single:	YES

"Money For Nothing" is a song written by Mark Knopfler with Sting and recorded by Dire Straits and Sting in December 1984.

About the song

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Personnel

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Release History

Albums

"Song" appears on the following album releases (please see links for further details on each title):

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Singles

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Video

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Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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Nominations

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Certifications

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Lyrics

Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it 
You play the guitar on the MTV 
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it 
Money for nothin' and chicks for free 

Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it 
Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb 
Maybe get a blister on your little finger 
Maybe get a blister on your thumb 

We gotta install microwave ovens 
Custom kitchen deliveries 
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these colour TV's 

See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup 
Yeah buddy that's his own hair 
That little faggot got his own jet airplane 
That little faggot he's a millionaire 

We gotta install microwave ovens 
Custom kitchens deliveries 
We gotta move these refrigerators 
We gotta move these colour TV's 

I shoulda learned to play the guitar 
I shoulda learned to play them drums 
Look at that mama, she got it stickin' in the camera 
Man we could have some fun 

And he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises? 
Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee 
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it 
Get your money for nothin' get your chicks for free 

We gotta install microwave ovens 
Custom kitchen deliveries 
We gotta move these refrigerators 
We gotta move these colour TV's 

Lord, now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it 
You play the guitar on the MTV 
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it 
Money for nothin' and your chicks for free 

Money for nothin' and chicks for free

Quotations and trivia

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Alternative and cover versions

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See also

• 1985-06-04
• 1985-07-04
• 1986-06-20

External links

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References

• Brothers In Arms on the Official Community of Mark Knopfler
• Money For Nothing on Wikipedia
• Money For Nothing #1 on Billboard Hot 100, 1985-09-21