Walk of Life
~ Recording by Dire Straits
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.3 | Walk of Life | 4:13 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms (mastered by Bob Ludwig) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 824 499-2 |
| 1.3 | Walk of Life | 4:11 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 1-25264, 9 25264-1 |
| 1.3 | Walk of Life | 4:12 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms (club edition) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | 9 25264-2, D114734 |
| 1.3 | Walk of Life | 4:12 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms (SBM remastered) | Dire Straits | Album | Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 824 499-2 | |
| 1.8 | Walk of Life | 4:08 | Dire Straits | Money For Nothing | Dire Straits | Album + Compilation |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 836 419-2 |
| 1.2 | Walk of Life | 4:07 | Dire Straits | Singers and Songwriters: 1979-1989 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2807, R812-13 |
| 1.3 | Walk of Life | 4:13 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms (40th anniversary edition) | Dire Straits | Album | Universal Music Recordings (imprint of Universal Music Operations Ltd.; renamed from UMC in early 2023), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 00602475650898, 7565089 | |
| 1.3 | Walk of Life | 4:12 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms (made in USA by PDO) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 25264-2 |
Relationships
| assistant recording engineer: | Steve Jackson (recording engineer) |
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| engineer: | Neil Dorfsman |
| producer: | Neil Dorfsman Mark Knopfler |
| assistant mixer: | David Greenberg (Rockin’ Reel Studios engineer) Bruce Lampcov |
| bass guitar: | John Illsley |
| drums (drum set): | Omar Hakim |
| guitar: | Mark Knopfler |
| keyboard: | Alan Clark (keyboardist) Guy Fletcher (keyboardist) |
| background vocals: | Guy Fletcher (keyboardist) John Illsley |
| vocals: | Mark Knopfler |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1985) Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1985, in 1988) Warner Records Inc. (not for release label use; fka Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) (in 1988, in 2022) Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1996) |
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| recorded at: | AIR Studios Montserrat in Saint Peter (from 1984-10 until 1985-02) |
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| mixed at: | Power Station Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen |
| music videos: | Walk of Life |
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| recording of: | Walk of Life |
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Related works
Walk of Life
| lyricist and composer: | Mark Knopfler |
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| publisher: | Chariscourt Ltd. Rondor Music (London) Ltd. |
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