Tunnel of Love (song)
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| Single by Dire Straits from the album Making Movies |
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| Released | 1981 | ||||
| Format | 7'' | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 08:08 | ||||
| Label | Vertigo | ||||
| Writer(s) | Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II // Mark Knopfler | ||||
| Producer | Jimmy Iovine/Mark Knopfler | ||||
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"Tunnel of Love" is a 1981 rock song by Dire Straits. It appears on the album Making Movies, and subsequently on the live album Live at the BBC and 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. It reached the position of only #54 in the UK singles chart, despite being one of the bands biggest hits.
"Tunnel of Love" is one of only three Dire Straits songs not written by Mark Knopfler alone (the other two are "Money for Nothing" and "What's The Matter Baby?"). The song itself is entirely by Knopfler, but the opening instrumental is an arrangement of a melody from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel.
Knopfler's outro solo has received numerous plaudits over the years and has many times been described as one of the most heartbreaking guitar solos in history.[citation needed]
The song is referred to in the novel So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams.[1] It was also used during the film An Officer and a Gentleman.
The Spanish City in the song was a fairground located in Whitley Bay.
[edit] References
- ^ The alt.fan.douglas-adams FAQ. Retrieved on 2007-02-07.
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