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<h1>So Far Away (Dire Straits song)</h1><h2>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h2><h2><br></h2><h2><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/Dire_Straits_-_So_Far_Away.jpg" alt="Dire Straits - So Far Away.jpg"></h2><h2><br></h2><h2>"<strong>So Far Away</strong>" is a song by British rock band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dire Straits</a>, the opening track on their fifth studio album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Brothers in Arms</em></a> (1985). It became the band's fourth top 20 hit, peaking at number 19. The original studio version of the track appeared on the 2005 compilation <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Dire_Straits_%26_Mark_Knopfler:_Private_Investigations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Best of Dire Straits &amp; Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations</em></a>.</h2><h2><br></h2><h2>Single release</h2><p>"So Far Away" was the lead single from <em>Brothers in Arms</em> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Europe</a> on 8 April 1985.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Far_Away_(Dire_Straits_song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a> The song charted at number 20 in the UK, but also reached the Top 5 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Norway</a> (number 4), Top 10 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Switzerland</a> (number 6) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sweden</a> (number 7) and Top 40 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Italy</a> (number 33). The single was also released in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Australia</a> and peaked at number 22.</p><p>After the song climbed to number 29 on the Billboard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Mainstream_Rock_Tracks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks</a> chart in 1985, "So Far Away" was released a year later as the album's third single in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">North America</a>, where it peaked at number 3 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Adult_Contemporary_Tracks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks</a> chart and number 19 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a>, giving Dire Straits a third consecutive Top 20 hit from <em>Brothers in Arms</em> on the Hot 100.</p><h2>B-side</h2><p>The 1985 European releases of "So Far Away" featured another track from <em>Brothers in Arms</em>, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_of_Life" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Walk of Life</a>". This song would itself be released as the fourth official single from the album in Europe (second in North America) in late 1985 reaching number 7 on the Hot 100 and number 2 in the UK – the band's highest ever charted single in their homeland. The 7" featured an edited version of "So Far Away" that had been used on the LP, but the 12" featured the full length version that was on the CD version. It is sometimes erroneously credited as an extended mix.</p><p>In the United States, the song used for the B-side was "If I Had You", from Dire Straits' 1983 EP <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExtendedancEPlay" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>ExtendedancEPlay</em></a>. In Canada, a Limited Edition double Vinyl featuring the full length version of "So Far Away" was released, along with live renditions of "Going Home" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultans_of_Swing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sultans of Swing</a>", the instrumental section of "Why Worry" and a Mark Knopfler solo effort, "Fear and Hatred".</p><h2>Live versions</h2><p>A live version was released as the B-Side of the Knopfler solo single <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Aye_Man" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Why Aye Man</em></a> in 2002.</p><p>One of the songs on Mark Knopfler's 2006 album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Live_Roadrunning" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Real Live Roadrunning</em></a>, is a duet version of "So Far Away" with American country-folk singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emmylou Harris</a>.</p><h2>Cover versions</h2><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Wells_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Justin Wells</a> covered the song on the 2016 album <em>Dawn in the Distance</em>.</li></ul><p><br></p>