Skateaway
"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,[1] and in January 1981 peaked at #58 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] The song was accompanied by a video that was popular on MTV, featuring musician Jayzik Azikiwe (1958-2008) as Rollergirl, though she was credited as Jay Carly in the video directed by Lester Bookbinder.[3]
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| Single by Dire Straits | ||||
| from the album Making Movies | ||||
| B-side | "Solid Rock" | |||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 20 June - 25 August 1980 | |||
| Genre | Roots rock | |||
| Length | 6:40 (album version) 4:45 (single version) | |||
| Label | Vertigo Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mark Knopfler | |||
| Producer(s) | Mark Knopfler, Jimmy Iovine | |||
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See also
- Video for 2014 song Gold by Chet Faker featured three female roller-skaters
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