Dire Straits "Money for Nothing"). Similarly, the album's title track was also relatively unsuccessful, failing to reach the UK Top 40. The final single released from the album and from the band in the UK was "The Bug", which contains backing vocals by Vince Gill, who was also invited to join the band full-time but declined to pursue a solo career. Session drummer Chris Whitten joined Dire Straits as a side-man when the band embarked on an extensive two-year, 300-show tour, playing in front of some 7.1 million ticket-buying fans. While musically more elaborate than the previous 1985–86 world tour, the band's
Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits features the music videos of all the songs on the first disc, in addition to short interviews with Mark Knopfler about each song. All songs were written by Mark Knopfler, except track 9, written by Knopfler and Sting. The following tracks were recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 May 1996 by Mark Knopfler. Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits is the second greatest hits compilation by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 19 October 1998 by Mercury Records internationally, and by Warner Bros.