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Released on Vertigo, also Enter Sandman (Metallica), Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits) and Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
Engineered by Neil Dorfsman, also Money for Nothing (Dire Straits), Walk of Life (Dire Straits) and Don’t Stop the Dance (Bryan Ferry)
Part of Local Hero, also Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero, Smooching and Wild Theme
Engineered by Josh Abbey, also Jailbait (Aerosmith), I Want to Know What Love Is (Foreigner) and That Was Yesterday (Foreigner)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Mark Knopfler wrote 262 songs on fono
Mark Knopfler produced 220 songs on fono
Mark Knopfler’s most frequent co-producer is Guy Fletcher (95 songs together)
Neil Dorfsman’s most frequent co-engineer is Jeff Hendrickson (32 songs together)
Credits
All 18 credits
- Written by
- Mark Knopfler
- Produced by
- Mark Knopfler
- Performed by
- Alan Clark, Alan Darby, Brian Rowan, Dale Winchester, Ed Bicknell, Jimmy Yuill, Mark Winchester and Roddy Murray
- Engineered by
- Josh Abbey, Louis Kramer, Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman, Phil Vinall and Tim Palmer
- Part of
- Local Hero
- Released on
- Vertigo
- Written by
- Mark Knopfler
- Produced by
- Mark Knopfler
- Performed by
- Alan Clark, Alan Darby, Brian Rowan, Dale Winchester, Ed Bicknell, Jimmy Yuill, Mark Winchester and Roddy Murray
- Engineered by
- Josh Abbey, Louis Kramer, Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman, Phil Vinall and Tim Palmer
- Part of
- Local Hero
- Released on
- Vertigo
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Neil Dorfsman
Same engineer: Josh Abbey
Same engineer: Tim Palmer
Same engineer: Phil Vinall
Same label: Vertigo
Same release: Local Hero
Same engineer: Neil Dorfsman
Same engineer: Josh Abbey
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Alan Clark
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Alan Clark
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Alan Darby
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Alan Darby
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Brian Rowan
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Brian Rowan
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Dale Winchester
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Dale Winchester
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Ed Bicknell
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Ed Bicknell
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Jimmy Yuill
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Jimmy Yuill
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Mark Winchester
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Mark Winchester
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Roddy Murray
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was performed by Roddy Murray
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was produced by Mark Knopfler
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was produced by Mark Knopfler
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was written by Mark Knopfler
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was written by Mark Knopfler
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights is part of the release Local Hero
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights is part of the release Local Hero
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Vertigo is the label of the song The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights
Vertigo is the label of the song The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was engineered by Josh Abbey
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was engineered by Josh Abbey
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was engineered by Louis Kramer
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was engineered by Louis Kramer
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was engineered by Mark Knopfler
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was engineered by Mark Knopfler
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was engineered by Neil Dorfsman
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was engineered by Neil Dorfsman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was engineered by Phil Vinall
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was engineered by Phil Vinall
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was engineered by Tim Palmer
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was engineered by Tim Palmer
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was released on 1983
The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights was released on 1983
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026