Tunnel of Love (Dire Straits song) Tunnel of Love (Dire Straits song) "Tunnel of Love" is a 1980s rock song by Dire Straits. It appears on the album "Making Movies", and subsequently on the live albums "" and "Live at the BBC" and the greatest hits albums "Money for Nothing", "", and "". "Tunnel of Love" is one of only three Dire Straits songs not credited to Mark Knopfler alone (the other two are "Money for Nothing" and "What's The Matter Baby?"). The song itself is entirely by Knopfler, but the opening instrumental is an arrangement of the "Carousel Waltz" from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
Communiqué (Dire Straits album) Communiqué (Dire Straits album) Communiqué is the second studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits released on 15 June 1979 by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album produced the single "Lady Writer", which reached #45 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and #51 on the UK Singles Chart. The album reached #1 on album charts in Germany, New Zealand, and Sweden, #11 in the United States and #5 in the United Kingdom. "Communiqué" was later certified gold in the United States, platinum in the United Kingdom and double-platinum in France.