Banned in China: "Money for Nothing" was briefly banned from radio in Canada due to the use of "faggot" in the lyrics.
Black Sheep Hit: "Money for Nothing," despite being the band's arguable Signature Song, is much more pop-oriented and high-energy than the band's typical roots and blues rock.
The animators for the "Money for Nothing" music video despised the fact that it was their best-known work, to the point where they took the workers from the video and had them be booed off-stage in an episode of ReBoot.
Despite including Straits songs in his setlists, Mark Knopfler seemed to have a dislike over the band, often declining offers to reunite the band. In 2007, he said that he did not miss the global fame that came his way at the height of the band's success, explaining that, "It just got too big."
"Romeo and Juliet" is loosely inspired by a failed relationship Mark Knopfler had with Holly Vincent of the short-lived New Wave band Holly and the Italians.
The band seemed to suffer from this during the supporting tour for On Every Street. Ed Bicknell, the band's manager at the time, said that it was "utter misery". John Illsley also agreed on that, too.
Knopfler suffered his own personal one around the same time. By the time the tour was over, Knopfler's marriage had disintegrated and this coupled with the stress of leading such a huge and high profile band led him to dissolve the group and return to a more sustainable solo career.
Creator Killer: On Every Street was such a comparative failure to Brothers in Arms that the band finally broke up for good after the supporting tour.
Development Gag: The main riff of Expresso Love was recycled from the unreleased supposed title track for Making Movies.
Keep Circulating the Tapes: ExtendedancEPlay, an EP released by the band, has never been released on CD. "Twisting By The Pool" and "Badges, Posters, Stickers, T-Shirts" have been released as B Sides as well as a live version of "Two Young Lovers" on Alchemy. "Twisting By the Pool" has also appeared on the Sultans of Swing and Money for Nothing greatest hits compilations (the latter in remix form). However, "Two Young Lovers" and "If I Had You" have not appeared on CD in their studio versions. In a similar manner, there's "Eastbound Train" a live B side to "Sultans Of Swing", which has not appeared on CD either.
Killer App: Brothers in Arms was the first album to sell a million copies on CD, thanks to its insanely high sound quality.
No Export for You: A rare case of it going both ways on Knopfler's solo album Sailing to Philadelphia. Only the US release contained the song "Do America", while the rest of the world got "One More Matinee".
Technology Marches On: The "Money for Nothing" music video had some of the earliest CGI animation, which looks extremely primitive today, but it was considered groundbreaking in its original release.
