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Dire Straits | Brothers In Arms (1985)

"Brothers in Arms" is a ballad by British rock band Dire Straits, the closing track on their fifth studio album of the same name, released on 18 October 1985.

"Brothers in Arms" 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."


"Brothers in Arms" has become a favourite at military funerals.

Dire Straits
1977 -1995