10 Best Rock Music Collaborations Of The 1980s

10. Dire Straits & Sting - Money For Nothing

In 1985, Dire Straits made music history.

Their album, Brothers in Arms, went platinum ten times over in the UK and nine times over in America. It would go on to sell an estimated 30 million copies around the world, making it one of the best-selling LPs ever made. And you know what? It's also a banger.

One of the highlights on an album full of them, is the song that would be chosen as its second single. Money for Nothing is one of the sweetest sounding songs of all time, as guitarist Mark Knopfler seamlessly teases a beautiful riff out of his instrument.

Just be careful of the lyrics; some of them have aged very badly.

Knopfler set the song's signature "I want my MTV hook" to the tune of The Police's Don't Stand So Close To Me. This was enough to land frontman Sting a co-writing credit and snag him a spot on the record itself.

Sting performs backing vocals on the track and gets about two lines to himself during the middle portion of the song. It's not the biggest contribution, but he can still say he was part of one of the coolest songs of the 80s.