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Recorded at Basing Street Studios, also Paranoid (Black Sabbath), Iron Man (Black Sabbath) and Black Dog (Led Zeppelin)
Released on Vertigo, also Enter Sandman (Metallica), Sultans of Swing and Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
Engineered by Rhett Davies, also Sultans of Swing, Don’t Stop the Dance (Bryan Ferry) and Slave to Love (Bryan Ferry)
Written by Mark Knopfler, also Sultans of Swing, Money for Nothing and Walk of Life
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
218 other songs on fono were recorded at Basing Street Studios, by Roxy Music and Brian Eno and others
Rhett Davies engineered 130 songs on fono
Muff Winwood produced 31 songs on fono
Rhett Davies’s most frequent co-engineer is Bruce Lampcov (29 songs together)
Credits
All 10 credits
- Written by
- Mark Knopfler
- Produced by
- Muff Winwood
- Performed by
- David Knopfler, John Illsley, Mark Knopfler and Pick Withers
- Engineered by
- Rhett Davies
- Part of
- Dire Straits
- Recorded at
- Basing Street Studios
- Released on
- Vertigo
- Written by
- Mark Knopfler
- Produced by
- Muff Winwood
- Performed by
- David Knopfler, John Illsley, Mark Knopfler and Pick Withers
- Engineered by
- Rhett Davies
- Part of
- Dire Straits
- Recorded at
- Basing Street Studios
- Released on
- Vertigo
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Rhett Davies
Same studio: Basing Street Studios
Same label: Vertigo
Same engineer: Rhett Davies
Same writer: Mark Knopfler
Same producer: Muff Winwood
Same studio: Basing Street Studios
Same engineer: Rhett Davies
Elsewhere
Sources (11)
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1MusicBrainz Lions was performed by David Knopfler
2MusicBrainz Lions was performed by John Illsley
3MusicBrainz Lions was performed by Mark Knopfler
4MusicBrainz Lions was performed by Pick Withers
5MusicBrainz Lions was produced by Muff Winwood
6MusicBrainz Lions was written by Mark Knopfler
7MusicBrainz Lions is part of the release Dire Straits
Lions is part of the release Dire Straits
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Lions was recorded at Basing Street Studios
Lions was recorded at Basing Street Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Vertigo is the label of the song Lions
10MusicBrainz Lions was engineered by Rhett Davies
11MusicBrainz Lions was released on 1978-06-02