"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]
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Single by Dire Straits | ||||
from the album Making Movies | ||||
B-side | "Solid Rock" | |||
Released | December 1980 (US)
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Recorded | 20 June – 25 August 1980 | |||
Genre | Roots rock | |||
Length | 6:40 (album version) 4:43 (single version) | |||
Label | Vertigo Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Mark Knopfler | |||
Producer(s) | Mark Knopfler, Jimmy Iovine | |||
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"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]
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