Dire Straits "Private Investigations"
About "Private Investigations"
"Private Investigations" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits from their album Love over Gold. It reached number 2 in the United Kingdom (despite its length), and is one of their biggest chart successes in the UK. The track has appeared on the compilation albums Money for Nothing and Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, and is the title track to the more recent 2005 compilation, Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler.
The song begins with a deep-pitched synthesizer orchestration (omitted from the 7" single edit), leading into a slow piano progression accompanying a classical guitar, followed by several spoken verses. The single edit removes the opening synthesisers, beginning with acoustic guitar.
After the verses, the song opens into a slow, bass-driven beat, with strident electric guitar chords at the end, before the gradual diminuendo featuring extended interplay between Mark Knopfler's acoustic guitar and marimba played by Mike Mainieri.
On the Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits DVD, Mark Knopfler said this about the song: "It's just about the Private Investigations... "What have you got at the end of the day" – Nothing more than you started out with..." It is said the song was inspired by author Raymond Chandler.This song was also modified by Mark Knopfler into a score for the Bill Forsyth film Comfort and Joy in 1984, in which portions of the song are used for certain scenes.
It was also used in the video release of the 1984 film Against All Odds during the deleted scenes. A section of the footage cut from the final release dealt with the time spent on the run, in Mexico, by Rachel Ward’s & Jeff Bridges' characters.
The riff from the song was used in France on a Crédit Agricole advert in 1984, and on a BT advert in 1994.
Top songs by Dire Straits
Sultans Of Swing
Money For Nothing
Brothers In Arms
Ticket To Heaven
Walk Of Life
Tunnel Of Love
Once Upon A Time In The West
So Far Away
The Bug
Angel Of Mercy
Calling Elvis
Romeo And Juliet
Down To The Waterline
Why Worry?
Private Investigations
Telegraph Road
Water Of Love
Solid Rock
Twisting By The Pool
On Every Street
Millionaire Blues
It Never Rains
Heavy Fuel
Fade To Black
Communique
Lady Writer
Hand In Hand
Ride Across The River
Love Over Gold
Long Highway
If I Had You
Portobello Belle
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