So Far Away (Dire Straits song)

"So Far Away"
Single by Dire Straits
from the album Brothers in Arms
B-side
Released12 April 1985
StudioAIR (Salem, Montserrat)
Genre
Length
  • 5:12 (full version)
  • 3:59 (vinyl LP edit)
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Mark Knopfler
Producer(s)
  • Mark Knopfler
  • Neil Dorfsman
Dire Straits singles chronology
"Love over Gold (Live)"
(1984)
"So Far Away"
(1985)
"Money for Nothing"
(1985)

"So Far Away" is a song by former British rock band Dire Straits, the opening track on their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (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 The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations.