Your Latest Trick

"Your Latest Trick"
Single by Dire Straits
from the album Brothers in Arms
Released	1986 1993 (France)
Format	12" maxi
Recorded	1985
Genre	Jazz rock
Length	6:33
Label	Vertigo/Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Mark Knopfler
Producer(s)	Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman
Dire Straits singles chronology
"Walk of Life" (1986) "Your Latest Trick" (1986) "Calling Elvis" (1991)

"Your Latest Trick" is a 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.

Lyrics and music

The saxophone introduction to the song is widely used when people are trying out saxophones at music shops,^[1] just as Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven is widely used when trying out guitars.

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 File of Justice.

Single release

"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.^[2] 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.

Track listings

7"

1. "Your Latest Trick"
2. "Irish Boy" by Mark Knopfler
3. "The Road" by Mark Knopfler

12" maxi

1. "Your Latest Trick" — 6:28
2. "Irish Boy" by Mark Knopfler — 4:36
3. "The Long Road" by Mark Knopfler — 7:13

Charts

¹ EP "Your Latest Trick" / "Encores"

References

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics