Skateaway

"Skateaway"
Single by Dire Straits
from the album Making Movies
B-side"Solid Rock"
ReleasedDecember 1980 (US)
  • March 1981 (UK)[1]
Recorded20 June – 25 August 1980
Genre
Length6:40 (album version)
4:43 (single version)
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Mark Knopfler
Producer(s)
Dire Straits singles chronology
"Romeo and Juliet"
(1980) 		"Skateaway"
(1980) 		"Tunnel of Love"
(1981)
Music video
"Skateaway" on YouTube

"Skateaway" is a 1980 song by British rock band Dire Straits and is the second single from their third studio album Making Movies. It went to number 58 in the United States, number 37 in the United Kingdom and number 47 in New Zealand. It features the daughter of Nigeria's first president in the music video.

References

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  1. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 227. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ↑ Gallucci, Michael (July 20, 2013). "Top 10 Dire Straits Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  3. ↑ Berman, Stuart (24 August 2017). "A Brief History of Heartland Synth Rock, Inspired by the War on Drugs". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 March 2023.