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Because, let's face it, nothing dire occurred.
The best light the experts can put on these numbers isn't very encouraging: nothing dire is imminent.
Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin Sweet Child O'Mine – Guns N' Roses Back in Black – AC/DC Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple Layla – Derek and The Dominoes How Soon Is Now? – The Smiths Down Down – Status Quo Money For Nothing – Dire Straits You Really Got Me – The Kinks Money – Pink Floyd.
― "Money For Nothing," Dire Straits, 1985.
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A brief warning, nothing too dire, more exhortation and "we're all in this together".
OTTAWA - Over the last quarter century, "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits has moved from the Top 40 to the playlists of classic rock stations all over the world.
Other songs include "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix (1967), "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith (1975) and "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits (1984).
Topped rather predictably by Led Zeppelin and their 1969 hit Whole Lotta Love, the rest of the top 10 features the likes of Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses, AC/DC's Back In Black, Money For Nothing by Dire Straits and Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water.
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