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"Skateaway" is a 1980 rock song by Dire Straits, dealing with a female roller-skater breezing through busy city streets, while listening to a portable radio through her headphones. It appears on the band's 1980 album Making Movies. It was released as a single in 1980,[2] and in January 1981 peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100[3] and number 37 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] The song was accompanied by a video that was popular on MTV, featuring musician Jayzik Azikiwe (1958-2008) as Rollergirl. The daughter of Nigeria’s first President, Nnamdi Azikiwe, she was credited as Jay Carly in the video directed by Lester Bookbinder.[5]

"Skateaway"
Single by Dire Straits
from the album Making Movies
B-side"Solid Rock"
ReleasedDecember 1980 (US)
  • March 1981 (UK)[1]
Recorded20 June – 25 August 1980
GenreRoots rock
Length6:40 (album version)
4:43 (single version)
LabelVertigo Records
Songwriter(s)Mark Knopfler
Producer(s)Mark Knopfler, Jimmy Iovine
Dire Straits singles chronology
"Romeo and Juliet"
(1980)
"Skateaway"
(1980)
"Tunnel of Love"
(1981)
Music video
"Skateaway" on YouTube

Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci rated "Skateaway" as Dire Straits' 7th best song, saying that it "sticks closer to a traditional rock-radio format" than the other songs on Making Movies.[6]


See also



References


  1. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 227. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. "Dire Straits – Skateaway". Discogs. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. "Skateaway | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. "Jayzik Azikiwe". Find a Grave.
  6. Gallucci, Michael (20 July 2013). "Top 10 Dire Straits Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 9 June 2022.



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Skateaway (с англ. — «Укатывай») — песня британской рок-группы Dire Straits, написанная Марком Нопфлером и вошедшая в альбом Making Movies. Песня вышла синглом в 1980 году, а строчка из неё дала название всему альбому[1].



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