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This track appears as the second song on Dire Straits' fifth studio album released in 1985. It was issued as a single in mid-1985 through Vertigo Records. The accompanying music video, helmed by Steve Barron, was notable for its innovative use of computer-generated human figures and became the inaugural video broadcast when MTV Europe commenced operations in August 1987.
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The composition presents observations from the perspective of two working-class individuals observing and reacting to music videos.
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