Walk of Life

~ Recording by Dire Straits

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (made in Japan by Matsushita)
  • 1985-05-15 US
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
  • 1985-05-15 US
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (made in USA by DADC)
  • 1985-05-15 US
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (made in West Germany)
  • 1985-05-15 US
1.3Walk of Life4:13Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (made in Japan by Sanyo)
  • 1985-05-15 US
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (made in Japan by Daio Kosan)
  • 1985-05-15 US
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (mastered by John Dent)
  • 1985-05-17 DE
1.3Walk of Life4:11Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
  • 1985-05 GB
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
  • 1985-05 GB
1.3Walk of Life?:??Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (made in Japan for RCA)
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.3Walk of Life4:11Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.3Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.3Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.3Walk of Life4:11Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.3Walk of Life4:13Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (mastered by Bob Ludwig)
1.3Walk Of Life4:07Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.1Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsWalk of Life
1.1Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsWalk of Life
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (reissue, made by PDO)
1.16Walk of Life4:06Dire StraitsCream of Pop
  • 1986 -
1.16Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsCream of Pop
1.9Walk of Life3:55Dire StraitsFormula Thirty 2
1.8Walk of Life4:05Dire StraitsHigh Life: …nur das Gelbe vom Ei!
1.7Walk of Life4:05Dire StraitsHigh Life: …nur das Gelbe vom Ei!
1.10Walk of Life4:04Dire StraitsNow This Is Music, 4
1.3Walk of Life4:13Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (club edition)
1.1Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsWalk of Life
1.9Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing
  • 1988-10-16 JP
1.8Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing
  • 1988-10 US
1.8Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing
  • 1988-10 US
1.8Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing
  • 1988-10 XE
1.8Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing
  • 1988-10 XE
1.8Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing (German PDO, pink barcode without star above)
  • 1988-10 XE
1.8Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing (Disc: Silver guitar silhouette with a black background. Small text with "Made in Australia")
1.8Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing (gold CD)
1.7Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing
1.8Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing
1.8Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing (Columbia House)
1.7Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing
1.8Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney For Nothing (Columbia House)
2.7Walk of Life3:56Dire StraitsNight Beat
1.1Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsWalk of Life
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (club edition)
1.8Walk Of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney For Nothing (1 25794-2 SRC=08 M11S42)
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
  • 1991-09-09 JP
1.3Walk of Life4:13Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (SRC)
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.13Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsEarthrise (The Rainforest Album)
1.14Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsEarthrise: The Rainforest Album
1.14Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsEarthrise: The Rainforest Album
1.14Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsEarthrise: The Rainforest Album
1.4Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsThe Bug
1.4Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsThe Bug
1.2Walk of Life3:59Dire StraitsNow That’s What I Call Music! 1986
  • 1993-08-23 GB
1.12Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsEarthrise - The Rainforest Album (Alternate Compilation)
1.14Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsEarthrise: The Rainforest Album
1.5Walk of Life4:09Dire StraitsSounds of the Eighties: The Rockin’ Eighties
1.2Walk of Life4:05Dire StraitsTicket to Heaven
2.1Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsDrive Time 3
  • 1995-12-01 GB
1.10Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsSounds of the Eighties: The Rolling Stone Collection 1983–1985
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (SBM remastered)
  • 1996-06-03 GB
  • 1996 FR
1.8Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney For Nothing
  • 1996-06 XE
1.3Walk of Life4:13Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
  • 1996-07-25 JP
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
  • 1996 -
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (BIEM MCPS,PMDC France, Matrix Code 824 499_2 70 L7)
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms (SBM remastered, made in Brazil)
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers In Arms (Super Bit Mapping / Made in The UK by Disctronics)
1.8Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing (SBM remastered)
2.11Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsRock the Planet
2.11Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsRock the Planet
1.4Walk of Life4:04Dire StraitsFetenhits: The Real Classics, the 3rd
  • 1997-12-04 DE
1.11Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
  • 1998-10-16 GB
1.11Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
  • 1998-10-19 US
1.11Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
  • 1998-10-19 CA
1.11Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
  • 1998-10-19 GB
  • 1998 FR
1.11Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
  • 1998-10-27 US
1.8Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsMoney for Nothing (club edition, ARC pressing)
1.13Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsRock Classics
1.11Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits (limited edition)
1.11Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
1.1Walk of Life4:05Dire StraitsA música do século, volume 1
  • 1999-01-13 BR
1.7Walk of Life4:02Dire StraitsRTL Millennium: Die Megastars des Jahrtausends
  • 1999-11-22 DE
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.3Walk of Life4:13Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.3Walk of Life4:08Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.2Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsSingers and Songwriters: 1979-1989
Promotion
1.1Walk of Life4:07Dire StraitsUntil September
1.1Walk of Life4:09Dire StraitsQ: Decade: The Very Best of 1986–1996
  • 1996-11 GB
3.11Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits 3CD Promo
15.6Walk of Life4:04Dire StraitsThe Radio Essential Series
Bootleg
1.3Walk of Life4:12Dire StraitsBrothers in Arms
1.7Walk of Life4:01Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
1.3Walk of Life4:15Dire StraitsForever Gold
2.14Walk of Life4:11Dire StraitsThe Very Best
  • 2001 -

Relationships

assistant recording engineer:Steve Jackson
engineer:Neil Dorfsman
producer:Neil Dorfsman
Mark Knopfler
assistant mixer:David Greenberg
Bruce Lampcov
bass guitar:John Illsley
drums (drum set):Omar Hakim
guitar:Mark Knopfler
keyboard:Alan Clark
Guy Fletcher
background vocals:Guy Fletcher
John Illsley
vocals:Mark Knopfler
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Mercury Records Ltd. (in 1985)
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (in 1985, in 1988)
Warner Records Inc. (in 1988, in 2022)
Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (in 1996)
recorded at:AIR Studios Montserrat in Saint Peter, Montserrat (from 1984-10 until 1985-02)
mixed at:Power Station Studios in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
stream for free:https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=21bm9uJYuRo [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Hk4Mpex0s2ndUpDQ5v2rU [info]
streaming page:https://soundcloud.com/direstraits/walk-of-life-remastered-1996 [info]
recording of:Walk of Life

Related works

Walk of Life

lyricist and composer:Mark Knopfler
publisher:Chariscourt Ltd.
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.