| USA single report by Alan Jones. |
 Chartfile USA. Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" jumps two notches to displace John Parr this week at the top of Billboard's American hot 100 singles chart. That's a startling achievement for Knopfler and co - whose previous best performance on the Billboard listings was the number four placing of their first release "Sultans Of Swing" in 1979 - not least because "Money For Nothing"'s predecessor in the 45 stakes, "Walk Of Life", also from the album "Brothers In Arms", was a 24-carat flop. Despite the failure of "Walk Of Life", "Brothers In Arms" made a strong showing on the US album chart immediately it was released, and has already sold over two million copies, spending the last four weeks at number one. Ironically, the album it's holding off the top spot is Sting's "The Dream Of The Blue Turtles". I needn't remind you Sting co-wrote "Money For Nothing" with Mark Knopfler, and is very much in evidence on the song which is undoubtedly the album's strongest selling point. Sting appears on a third album in the US top 10 - Phil Collins' "No Jacket Required", which has already been to number one. |
