I WANT MY MTV - Dire Straits & Sting perform “Money for Nothing” at Live Aid (1985). You know you’re a legend when Sting is singing your backup vocals. 📽️🎶🎸🎵 Dire Straits recorded this song in Montserrat. Sting was on vacation there and came by to help out. This song is about rock star excess and the easy life it brings compared with real work. Mark Knopfler wrote it after overhearing delivery men in a New York department store complain about their jobs while watching MTV. He wrote the song

The remastered HD video for ‘Money For Nothing’ has landed. Considered to be the first instance of computer-animated characters on MTV, it went on to win Video of the Year at the 1986 Video Music Awards. That’s the way you do it… turn it up loud and watch on YouTube: https://DireStraits.lnk.to/MoneyForNothingVid | Dire Straits