Money for Nothing

artist
Dire Straits

album
Brothers in Arms

genre
pub rock

decade
eighties

significance
charted at number eight

trivia

 * Censored for its use of the word "faggot". The word was replaced with "mother".
 * Noted for its video featuring innovative 3D animation.
 * Police frontman Sting provides the "I want my MTV" line in a style similar to the Police hit Don't Stand So Close to Me.