“I remember thinking: ‘Wouldn’t it be great if I could ask Sting to sing that line?’ Suddenly someone said: ‘Sting’s here on holiday! He’s on the beach!’” How Mark Knopfler got lucky with Money For Nothing

Mark Knopfler and Sting at Live Aid.

Mark Knopfler says that luck played a part in the creation of Dire Straits’ classic hit Money For Nothing — not once but twice.

“There were a whole bunch of fortunate incidents that collided with each other to create the song,” Knopfler says in an interview with The Guardian.