| "Lady Writer" | ||||
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 UK release picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Dire Straits | ||||
| from the album Communiqué | ||||
| B-side | "Where Do You Think You're Going?" | |||
| Released | 20 July 1979[1] | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | Vertigo | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mark Knopfler | |||
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"Lady Writer" is a 1979 song by Dire Straits, which appears on the band's second album Communiqué. It was written by the band's lead singer, Mark Knopfler.
When asked what the song was about, Knopfler said that he was watching TV one day, and there was a lady writer on the TV.[citation needed] Because the song says the writer is "talking about the Virgin Mary", some have speculated that the writer in question is Marina Warner, a view shared by Warner herself.[2]
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 38.
- ^ Gleick, Elizabeth (24 May 1999). "Books: Boo! (Scared Yet?)". Time. Retrieved 25 July 2014.