Live at the BBC (Dire Straits album) the booklet, but this version really comes from Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, recorded on 19 December 1980. The album features one unreleased song, "What's the Matter Baby?", co-written by Mark Knopfler and his brother David. It is the only song to appear on a Dire Straits album not written exclusively by Mark Knopfler; while two other Dire Straits songs list Knopfler sharing writing credits — "Tunnel of Love" from "Making Movies" (with Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) and "Money for Nothing" from "Brothers in Arms" (with Sting) — but in both cases the song itself was entirely written by Knopfler,
Dire Straits (album) Dire Straits (album) Dire Straits is the debut studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits released on 7 October 1978 by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album produced the hit single "Sultans of Swing", which reached #4 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. The album reached #1 on album charts in Germany, Australia and France, #2 in the United States and #5 in the United Kingdom. "Dire Straits" was later certified double-platinum in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Dire