
It was also featured in the movie ‘Spy Game’ from 2001.The song was used in many movies and series as in the second season episode of Miami Vice, and in the second season finale of The West Wing.Facts and Charts for “Brothers in Arms” song All in all, ‘ BiA’ music video has a very classic appearance in black and white images. About music video interesting is that the video shows the band performing and uses images of the First World War.Īlso in the first seconds of the video, there are zoom-out scenes of the animated video from the single ‘Money for Nothing’ from the same album. Usually, Mark played this song on Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar, rather than his usual Schecter – Stratocaster, and the sunburst Les Paul appears in the distinctive promo video, which is in the style of a charcoal drawing, interspersing scenes of the band playing with scenes of war.Īn interesting fact for this song is that it was the first CD single ever released in the United Kingdom in 1985. The producer of the song is Mark Knopfler together with Neil Dorfsman.

The shorter version which is 6:05 minutes, the difference is that the shorter version has featured with different and shorter solos at the beginning and end of the song.īut, there is one more version of ‘Brothers in Arms’ on Dire Straits greatest hits album ‘Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits’, on this album the song is 4:55 minutes.

