"Your Latest Trick" | ||||
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Single by Dire Straits | ||||
from the album Brothers in Arms | ||||
Released | 1986 1993 (France) |
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Format | 12" maxi | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 6:33 | |||
Label | Vertigo | |||
Writer(s) | Mark Knopfler | |||
Dire Straits singles chronology | ||||
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"Your Latest Trick" is a rock song by Dire Straits that appeared on the studio album Brothers in Arms, and also on the live album On the Night; the same live version is on Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits. The full-length studio album version was included on the most recent compilation The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations.
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The saxophone introduction to the song, as Mark Knopfler says on the Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits DVD, is now widely used when people are trying out saxophones at music shops, just as Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven is widely used when trying out guitars. Having one of his songs used in such a way is something that he always dreamt of.
Michael Brecker played the saxophone solo on the original recording, while Chris White played it live on the Brothers in Arms and On Every Street world tours.
The saxophone introduction was also used in the theme music for the TVB series Files of Justice.
“Your Latest Trick” was released as a 12" maxi single on 28 April 1986 as the fifth single from the “Brothers in Arms” album in the UK, as well as in other selected territories including Brazil.[1] The single did not have a US release. It peaked at #26 on the UK charts.
The other songs featured on the single were “Irish Boy” and “The Road”, both credited as solo efforts by Mark Knopfler.
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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Irish Singles Chart[2] | 6 |
UK Singles Chart[3] | 26 |
Chart (1993)1 | Peak position |
French Singles Chart[4] | 1 |
1 EP "Your Latest Trick" / "Encores"
Preceded by "No Limit" by 2 Unlimited |
French SNEP number-one single May 29, 1993 - July 3, 1993 (6 weeks) |
Succeeded by "No Limit" by 2 Unlimited |
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