So Far Away (Dire Straits song)

"So Far Away"
"So Far Away"
Single by Dire Straits
from the album Brothers in Arms
B-side	"Walk of Life"; "If I Had You";
Released	12 April 1985
Studio	AIR (Salem, Montserrat)
Genre	Rock; pop rock;
Length	5:12 (full version); 3:59 (vinyl LP edit);
Label	Vertigo
Songwriter(s)	Mark Knopfler
Producer(s)	Mark Knopfler; Neil Dorfsman;
Dire Straits singles chronology

"So Far Away" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, the opening track on their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (1985). It became the band's fourth top 20 hit, peaking at number 19. The original studio version of the track appeared on the 2005 compilation The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations.

^ "Strait and narrow" (PDF). Record Mirror. 6 April 1985. p. 4. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Top 10 Dire Straits Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ Rose, James (15 September 2015). "30 Years Since: Dire Straits' 'Brothers in Arms' Album". Daily Review. Retrieved 17 January 2020. The opening tracks are pretty conventional pop-rock chart shooters