Dire Straits - Money for Nothing | Lyrics

[@KORVUS-IX]

Since I was 10 years old I knew that this would be one of the songs that would be part of the soundtrack of my life.

[@TheMF3721]

Are you by chance a gay millionaire with a private jet? Or do just feel the urge to install microwave ovens, move refrigerators and colored tvs?

[@karolinka9990]

Same

[@fordgalaxie395]

😎👍

[@KORVUS-IX]

@@TheMF3721 Did you see my ear ring and my make up? look at me, i'm a millionaire!

[@KORVUS-IX]

@@TheMF3721 haven't you seen my earing and my make up? look at me, i'm a millionaire! 🤣

[@NtASchLShtR]

Thx for not censoring it lol, props to you buddy

[@alaneiler2361]

I agree😎

[@Local_duck]

I'm surprised they haven't canceled him yet

[@Sign_My_Petition_]

cancel what are you talking about this song was in the 80s you can say that word plus the guy thats singing was talking about when people calld him that kind of f word.

[@jerryyoung2539]

​@@alaneiler2361😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@Simon29130]

​@@Sign_My_Petition_x Vr

[@elver2294]

Every time I listen to this masterpiece I get goosebumps. This is music!

[@tracykingston9668]

That ain't workin, that's entertainin. These guys ain't workin . 😋

[@John-Wack]

Dire Straits making the most diabolical guitar riff in history: 🔥🔥🔨🔥🔥

[@ihatelampshades5499]

Layla

[@ryanwinters5222]

It can't be repeated. Broken Amp and mic placement will make this one off.

[@samcrook6949]

Agreed

[@joedude4822]

September 1985, Edmonton Alberta @ Northlands Coliseum was the Brothers in Arms tour.....the guitar riff at the beginning on Money for Nothing was absolutely the loudest I'd ever heard. I'll never forget that moment😊

[@2kjordan152]

Yo this is a masterpiece

[@Helldiver420]

i knew this was fire when i was 6. fire straight fire

[@Ajoffroad2024]

MY DAD LOVE ALL ALL HIS SONG HE USED TO PLAY GIBSON TO ALL THE SONGS HE SANG THEM ALL HE WAS A ROCKER BY HEART ❤️ HE PASSED AWAY NOW BUT DAM SURE HE STILL ROCKING HIS HEART OUT. ❤

[@michaeldix3329]

Money for nothing. I remember at age 5 in 1985 watching this on MTV videos. Who else remembers this lol😂. Times sure have changed. Music was great than now there's hardly any real great music.

[@celinelia8127]

Michael Dix ironically enough, back then in 1985, older people complained that there's hardly any real great music and they missed the 60s and 40s music

[@Akira2805]

I was born in 82, I'm sure I heard this song during my young years plenty of times.

[@isaacmontecillo7948]

​@@celinelia8127 At 1:38 Please skip to this part...

[@veronicascott313]

Should have been in the movie with Roddy Piper "They Live".

[@veronicascott313]

This song and David Bowie Starman. Add politicians and the Elite and you are no longer blind .

[@Tenetmedia2.0]

One of the greatest songs ever written. I remember the 1st time I watched the video on MTV. Was around 8 years old

[@PaulWilliams-jq9wk]

THANKS GUYS LOVE THIS SONG AND THE HOLE ALBUM BRINGS ME BACK TO THE 80s THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES GUYS STAY BLESSED BOYS

[@Christopher-u9y7n]

Intro is a masterpiece

[@chrisklema9992]

The Nothing More song "Mr MTV" is actually the reason I am here now. I've heard parts of this song on the radio and realized that this song HAD to be the inspiration for Mr MTV.

[@freddie_dale]

who knew microwave ovens and refridgerators and mtv's would hit hard as a song

[@gaffer2602]

Never doubt Mark Knopfler

[@ShashiSharma-ur1yz]

Listening since 1985!😊❤

[@Frossiart]

the 80's was a great time for MTV

[@mihaivesa7719]

❤️Intro at 1:35

[@veronicafranca7271]

Uau!!!! Amo esse clássico incrível!!! Curto mto !!! Parabéns ❣ 🇧🇷🤟💃🏽🕺🧡😍

[@cheeseycheese8246]

Ive never known the meaning of the lyrics but now knowing that this song is making fun of people who insult bands makes this really funny, especially the infamous verse

[@davelove3779]

Yeah bro intro is rocking

[@FlavioBellini-j6q]

MAGNIFICO...❤❤❤❤

[@kieramcclure1440]

Even with the questionable word in this song, I'll never get tired of it. Grew up on it. That guitar, those drums. And ultimately they were making fun of people who said these things about them. Because they were jealous and a bunch of haters!

[@chrisgold151]

legends

[@scorpio5493]

What word are you referring to, "faggot"

[@MSX98FMDnB]

major respect for keeping in the 2nd verse

[@MrSupercar55]

With Christmas coming in hot, I thought I’d give this an honourable mention, but the same thing happened when The Pogues wrote Fairytale Of New York. The second verse contained the line “you scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot”. Some radio stations nowadays play the second verse with heavy censorship while just omit it completely.

[@glynnnelson2588]

Most epic guitar solo in the history of mankind....

[@donheady3851]

I think it might be second to the end of sultans of swing. If you disagree, you should give it a relisten. It's doesn't give u the stank face like this one does, what it does is reaches in your body plucks your soul from it shreds it, puts it back together and places it back somehow slightly better than it was before.

[@MzMiata]

Great back story on this song. Also, on Sultans of Swing. Love Dire Straits. ❤

[@Akira2805]

My downloaded copy of this song will NEVER be altered or censored. It's forever on my flash drive to he played through my cars radio.

[@johnland1528]

Child hood memories of the 80 s

[@iamicy.]

2:51 lmao nowadays this wouldn't slide. love this song!

[@animechef4331]

Still hitting hard in 2024.

[@EditorDogeWithAPretzel]

real

[@MehmetMuaz-jr5kq]

:D

[@gandit]

You spoke facts

[@LeoMaglaras]

Agreed

[@SaraRileyLMT-oi4bk]

Yep buddy I feel the same exact way😊

[@DeniseHedberg66]

I always liked this song!!

[@kellyporter377]

Missing my Dad.. this was his jam..

[@lornavaldez454]

Love it this song. So good

[@Tonyfrancisrees]

Brilliant 🤩

[@bahargrantham]

I truly should have seen u guys when u were in Melbourne in1986!sorry I've missed such a great show😢

[@lizzyventura1029]

Excellent song money for nothing, from one of the best album Brothers in arms, Singing with Mark in the second voice, we have Sting from the police ... greath song

[@martafernandezrodriguez2037]

De las mejores canciones del mercado musical de Dire Straits ❤❤

[@luisapetrucci2416]

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼Always GREAT 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤩

[@Aries61]

All time great rock song. Thank you for not censoring out "faggot" in this video. There are much worse and more offensive song lyrics out there!!!

[@PEIXONAUTA00]

Surpresa minha saber que essa gíria agora está censurada no KZbin eu vou ter que comentar outra coisa para você LGBT...

[@celinelia8127]

gomers44 it's not really offensive technically in this context, i think,bcs these artists are not using this word to offend anyone. They are quoting a person who tried to offend them. This entire song is just quoting bunch of heartles ignorant workers at an appliance store,claiming that being a musician is easy and it's not a real work. These men called a famous musician this offensive term. The band is simply quoting the mean comments.

[@ryders_mom]

Yeah. In pretty much every rap song. But nobody says anything about that.

[@ryders_mom]

​@@celinelia8127Yet someone will be offended anyway. It's the norm now.

[@Ralph-f6q]

You staying me to do what your doing to me is fucked up and your offended by a word

[@carlovdbulck6283]

Love the drum and guitarrifs❤

[@souternazguy1988]

Always a banger 🤘🔥🤘

[@matthewluther-q9b]

GO DIRE STRAITS YOU ROCK !

[@Darowhitta1991]

R.i.p tony begil my uncle he air played this in high school 80s

[@kenmerriman4112]

Always liked this song 😎🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@PaulWilliams-jq9wk]

KOWN ALL THE LYRICS TO THE HOLE ALBUM JUST AMZING WORK BOYS YOU STAY DANGEROUS GUYS

[@bobyers3071]

Great song very very funny song Great backup singing by sting of course But the song is so hilarious and funny Love it

[@FlareTheFolf]

for people curious, when he said a certain trigger word, he was saying in satire, making fun of a worker complaining about rock bands making "money for nothing"

[@MartialArborist]

Not even close. The blue collar worker is the hero in this story. It's funny that all it takes to turn people like you against the workers is for them to use a word you don't like. Christ you lot are so programmed.

[@michaela6147]

No one is curious. We are not weirdos who think about " trigger words"

[@Ralph-f6q]

Im

[@Ralph-f6q]

Trigger this red flag that bury this level that

[@masterofreality230]

I think it should be left to speculation myself.

[@Ammi553]

I just came back from a 2 week long work-study trip to Malta where I basically had to do work for a gardening company and I used to sing this all day long since I had to do 9-5, wasn't paid and had to move heavy shit while out in the sun all day long while other people in the group would just work for 2 hours at day making tiktoks in a cool fresh office with AC and would also get paid 500€ per week. Also those dudes would bring chicks from their office back to the house we were staying, so yeah, money for nothing and chicks for free.

[@hippierichnoone]

This hippie is doing more in 24 I was there when this sing broke out on mtv..peace and live from the hippie man ✌️ ❤️ ☮️ ✨️

[@TrishLockyer]

Peace and love ✌️

[@giridharanvinayagam5531]

Great life time music sound

[@AmandioNgaloNgalo]

Adoro ouvir esta musica

[@EdelSvenningsen-qj5iq]

Love That song❤

[@KirkDecker-x8f]

This Joint is lit all day long and night time 2

[@MissRadcliff]

My favorite

[@RheincroftGoldens]

Loving this in 2024❤

[@SaraRileyLMT-oi4bk]

I love the song😊😂

[@MikeBland-g8u]

There is nothing better....❤

[@benkipp8028]

Mark the best guitarist of the world❤🎉

[@dianacunhaferreira9263]

Dire é shouuuuuuuu ❤

[@nbuehster]

One thing they should have done (I don't know when I first thought of this.) was have the drums do what you hear in a lot of rock songs, where, in the end, you hear it go from the usual kick/snare to mostly just snares, with occasional kicks. (I asked what it was in another (unrelated) video, and someone said about it being like a buildup.) It would probably be from. 7:34 to 8:00, when you hear the fill, before Sting starts singing.

[@viviansumthin6041]

STILL LISTENING IN OCTOBER 2024

[@Azzathedazzler]

Forever and always 🔥

[@levigeist9105]

I'm with you

[@SaraRileyLMT-oi4bk]

Same my dad showed me this song and I just can’t stop thinking about it

[@juanroman8115]

Yes sir!!!!!!

[@ang3r3dv3t]

1:36 Epicness over 9000

[@Robert_Boucher_Jr.]

That opening riff is orgasmic

[@teodociofarfan1595]

Full rock 90's

[@pessoautista]

Aqui no Brasil essa música fez muito sucesso.. estourada mas rádios. Eu era criança e essa introdução me fazia pensar e encenar que eu era um zumbí ou lobisomem em transformação pronto para atacar.. era algo muito lúdico ..até hoje minha mente viaja.

[@christopherbush8418]

This song should be the marketing for MTV w the video.

[@LeslieMeeks-z2e]

I first heard this song in 1978 I was only six yrs of age then it was my favorites band from then on till fucking now mark wolfler

[@LouAnnDeMartino-vu4kl]

You think they're singing about themselves moving refrigerators and microwave ovens do you think this is a true story if it is man that's fantastic

[@tammieslocum9761]

They had to make money to get them where they are.

[@viktorpetrenko3494]

My Best Forever 👍✊️💛💙✌️👻

[@pessoautista]

Belíssimo

[@gealong2101]

Classic rock is the best

[@superman42051]

I just enjoyed the hell out of that song laying in bed with my gf and blunt in my hand ❤❤ God bless American Rock n Roll

[@rongriffing1439]

LOL! Except they are not an American band, they're British!

[@RobertRicci777]

the FIRST MIND CONTROL AND SPYING song written.................that i can recall............

[@SaraRileyLMT-oi4bk]

My dad showed me the song now I love it

[@SaraRileyLMT-oi4bk]

I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH

[@donnasimler3188]

Still rocking hard in 2025

[@Mike-r4t]

Yeah thanks for not changing the words or censorship.

[@Aries61]

Agree 100%

[@txgunguy2766]

I'll always remember this song from the opening scene of 'Kuffs'. For some reason, I thought it was a ZZTop song for years.

[@LouAnnDeMartino-vu4kl]

The first time I saw them it was on MTV and the video moving refrigerators a microwave ovens

[@Timbo-v6n]

nice🤓🤯🥳💯

[@sabinestekelorum5683]

The drop makes me stand up 😂😂😂

[@gealong2101]

Absolutely

[@Sombrero604]

I want to listen to this on new years eve but time it so the new year starts at exactly 1:37

[@EdithEastwood]

Dont let fear stop you knock who truth you whooo

[@KellySkalku-y3b]

Classic song classic classic classic you get what I'm saying

[@gertpopa8190]

Immortals

[@SamanthaCrowe-xm5et]

Love this fucken song yeah boy

[@On_Dust]

Dedicated to all u bad boys who played ur drums or ur guitar on the Mtv 🤘🤘

[@wesleydoe2298]

Nice

[@Archie45]

Someone in the industry.. someone diesel indust againts...

[@lorahatton7774]

2024 ❤

[@anagabriellagomes7782]

Anyone in 2024!!

[@judedooley6971]

i’m here lol

[@Jsbyourmom24]

Ye

[@karolinka9990]

💀

[@maryharrell614]

We are!!!❤

[@patrickbeniga3665]

Yeah 🤘🏼

[@nibzzy100]

ITS MY BIRTHDAY IM 10 AND THIS SONG FIRE 13 SEPTEMBER❤

[@MountainRainRain1luv]

Rain and Eva listening 2025 😅

[@SaraRileyLMT-oi4bk]

MTV has been a great success since it launched 😂

[@MrSupercar55]

This song sounds like it belongs in a TV programme with Jeremy Clarkson showing off some kind of crazy car.

[@SaraRileyLMT-oi4bk]

137 is when the guitar 🎸 kicks in

[@josephsedigo2233]

Yeah

[@LouAnnDeMartino-vu4kl]

The song is talented is it true the story

[@teeyoungblood7627]

They're off the chain lol.. singing about prince lol

[@LouAnnDeMartino-vu4kl]

Amen

[@mikeserot1410]

I've been singing these lyrics wrong for 30-odd years!

[@KirkDecker-x8f]

❤bb gun ❤

[@erickpocoyo7155]

Essa música do Dire Straits fala da MTV