Brothers in Arms (song)

This article is about the Dire Straits song. For other songs, see Brothers in Arms § Music.

"Brothers in Arms"
Single by Dire Straits
from the album Brothers in Arms
B-side
Released18 October 1985[1]
StudioAIR (Salem, Montserrat)
Genre
Length
  • 6:58 (full version)
  • 6:05 (edited version)
  • 4:55 (radio edit, included on Sultans of Swing)
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Mark Knopfler
Producer(s)
  • Neil Dorfsman
  • Mark Knopfler
Dire Straits singles chronology
"Money for Nothing"
(1985) 		"Brothers in Arms"
(1985) 		"Walk of Life"
(1985)

"Brothers in Arms" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, the closing track on their fifth studio album of the same name, released in May 1985. It was written in 1982, the year of Britain's involvement in the Falklands War.

In 2007, the 25th anniversary of the war, Mark Knopfler recorded a new version of the song at Abbey Road Studios to raise funds for British veterans who he said "are still suffering from the effects of that conflict."[2] "Brothers in Arms" has become a favourite at military funerals.[3]

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 16.
  2. ^ "New version of 'Brothers in Arms' to raise funds for Falklands veterans". Fundraising.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. ^ Producer: Lucy Lunt (18 September 2012). "Brothers in Arms". Soul Music: Series 14 Episode 4 of 5. BBC. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 16 December 2017.