Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)

"Romeo and Juliet"
1980 UK single
Single by Dire Straits
from the album Making Movies
B-side"Solid Rock"
Released9 January 1981
Recorded20 June – 25 August 1980
GenreRock[1][2][3]
Length6:01
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Mark Knopfler
Producer(s)
Dire Straits singles chronology
"Lady Writer"
(1979)
"Romeo and Juliet"
(1981)
"Skateaway"
(1981)

"Romeo and Juliet" is a rock[1][4][5] song by the British rock band Dire Straits, written by frontman Mark Knopfler. It first appeared on the 1980 album Making Movies and was released as a single in 1981.[6] The song subsequently appeared on the Dire Straits live albums Alchemy and On the Night, and later on Knopfler's live duet album with Emmylou Harris, Real Live Roadrunning (though Harris does not perform on the track). The track was also featured on the greatest hits albums Money for Nothing, Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, and The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations.

  1. ^ a b Guaitamacchi, guaita, p. 586
  2. ^ Nannini & Ronconi, canzoni, pp. 49–56.
  3. ^ Gene Santoro. "Cos'è che rende Mark Knopfler così speciale? Niente di particolare, a sentire lui...". pp. 9–13.
  4. ^ Nannini & Ronconi, canzoni, pp. 49–56.
  5. ^ Gene Santoro. "Cos'è che rende Mark Knopfler così speciale? Niente di particolare, a sentire lui...". pp. 9–13.
  6. ^ Khurana, Suanshu (17 May 2009). "Love-struck Romeo". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 May 2013.