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,
So Far Away (Dire Straits song) So Far Away (Dire Straits song) "So Far Away" is a 1985 rock song by Dire Straits. It appears on the album "Brothers in Arms". It became the band's fourth and final top 20 hit (as well as top 40) on the Billboard charts, peaking at #19. The original studio version of the track appeared on the 2005 compilation "". "So Far Away" was the lead single from "Brothers in Arms" in the UK and Europe on 8 April 1985. The song charted at #20 in the UK, but also reached the Top 5 in Norway (#4), Top 10 in