Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song) Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song) "Romeo and Juliet" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits, written by frontman Mark Knopfler. It first appeared on the 1980 album "Making Movies" and was released as a single in 1981. Reviewer Dan Bolles has called the song a "classic". The song subsequently appeared on the Dire Straits live albums "" and "On the Night", and later on Knopfler's live duet album with Emmylou Harris, "Real Live Roadrunning" (though Harris does not perform on the track). The track was also featured on the greatest hits albums "Money for Nothing", "",
So Far Away (Dire Straits song) the B-side was "If I Had You", from Dire Straits' 1983 EP "ExtendedancEPlay". In Canada, a Limited Edition double Vinyl featuring the full length version of "So Far Away" was released, along with live renditions of "Going Home" and "Sultans of Swing", the instrumental section of "Why Worry" and a Mark Knopfler solo effort, "Fear and Hatred". One of the songs on Mark Knopfler's 2006 album, "Real Live Roadrunning", is a duet version of "So Far Away" with American country-folk singer Emmylou Harris. So Far Away (Dire Straits song) "So Far Away" is a 1985 rock song by Dire Straits.