Talk:Walk of Life

"He do the song about the knife"
would this be referring to the song "Mack The Knife" ? --RgNet 13:21, 14 March 2007 (UTC)


 * There's at least one live version (from "On The Night") where he sang it as "He do the song about the six-blade knife", referring to an older Dire Straits song... but my guess is it was originally a reference to Mack the Knife. - furrykef (Talk at me) 20:15, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I always thought this was a reference to Six Blade Knife, not Mack The Knife. That's clearly backed up by Knopfler singing it as "He do the song about the six-blade knife" in "On The Night". Knopfler also references Six Blade Knife in the lyrics of Tunnel Of Love: "Sing above the six blade, sing about the switchback...". This should be changed so I'll give it a few days then change it. Remember, Knopfler's not trying to list songs that a busker might plausibly sing - it's his song, he can write what he likes. ToaneeM (talk) 09:49, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

I wonder why the hell this is not the "main" Walk Of Life article, not some remake or rip-off by some has-been poptart.


 * Yes, that's not right. I guess albums top singles.  The introduction to this song, particularly the keyboard line, is so instantly recognizable that more should be said about it.  I put up one sentence.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.138.42.218 (talk) 13:40, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Uses in popular culture
I believe this song was also used sometime around 1997 or 1998 in a Visa or Bell advert. I don't have any direct sources or year, so I'm not comfortable with adding it... but if I can find more information, would it be worth adding to this section? Wardrich86 (talk) 18:29, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 1 April 2016

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The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) SST flyer 06:08, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

– This song predates Billie Piper's song and album by 15 years and still dominates page views by a mile.|Walk_of_Life_(Billie_Piper_song)|Walk_of_Life_(album)|Walk_of_Life_(Dire_Straits_song) Unreal7 (talk) 11:47, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Walk of Life (Dire Straits song) → Walk of Life
 * Walk of Life → Walk of Life (disambiguation)
 * Oppose per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC which advocates agreement to have a primary topic. The song that any reader is looking for is their primary topic. They do not check which one has the pageviews and for editors to suggest which song they are looking for is farcical. --Richhoncho (talk) 12:48, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * If I didn't know better, I'd assume this is an April Fools' Day joke.  Calidum   ¤   21:45, 1 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Support per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Of course there's no mandate for a primarytopic in every case. But when one topic gets |Walk_of_Life_(Dire_Straits_song)|Walk_of_Life_(album)|Walk_of_Life_(Billie_Piper_song) 85% of pageviews, that's a clear primary topic by usage. And significance as well, for this 30-year-old song that still gets 20,000 views over three months. Readers don't check pageviews - but we can. And we should send as many readers as possible straight to the article they want when we have the ability to determine that. Dohn joe (talk) 14:24, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Support as the obvious primary topic. The other Walk of Life articles do not even come close to the Dire Straits song in terms of reliable coverage, long-term significance, page views, and as long as we are talking about comparable subjects, commercial success. --Cavarrone 18:56, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Support. This isn't a difficult case here.  Calidum   ¤   21:45, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Malplaced template again, and Oppose per WP:NCM, despite regulars above, still says what it says. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:22, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * WP:NCM says to disambiguate "when necessary." It's not necessary here per WP:PTOPIC.  Calidum   ¤   18:28, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Maybe if you would bother reading the page view statistics and/or looking at the articles themselves first, you'd realise that it quite cleary is necessary. Unreal7 (talk) 09:26, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Primary topic is not designed for prioritize media products for fans of just one artist. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:21, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * For the record, there is nothing "malplaced" about this template. Please stop making this claim in RM discussions.--Cúchullain t/ c 15:36, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * What does "malplaced template" even mean in this context? &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 07:43, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
 * It means In inctu oculi doesn't have his head screwed on straight. Unreal7 (talk) 19:52, 9 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Support. This is the clear WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The only other really ambiguous articles are the song and album by Billie Piper, neither of which are remotely as significant as the Dire Straits song in terms of page views or coverage in the sources. Other topics are either non-ambiguous partial title matches and a few entries with no articles or real coverage on Wikipedia. WP:NCM does not indicate that songs can't be primary topics, which would be against WP:PRIMARYTOPIC anyway.--Cúchullain t/ c 15:36, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * After cleanup, the only remaining entries on the dab page are a Spice Girls song from a movie soundtrack that isn't mentioned outside of the track list and an annual walk at a country music festival that's mentioned in passing in the article. Others were either not covered anywhere I could find, or were actually referring to the Dire Straits song. This is a clear WP:PRIMARYTOPIC case.--Cúchullain t/ c 15:43, 5 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Support per and WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The song and album by Billie Piper are not anywhere near as likely to be the topic sought, neither to they have greater long term significance.  &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 07:40, 9 April 2016 (UTC)


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Take Me Don't Break Me ?
Is it me or this German song by Arabesque released earlier was the source of inspiration for Dire Straits? 78.90.63.158 (talk) 17:07, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
 * It is just you unless you can find a WP:SECONDARY WP:RS stating such. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 17:16, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

Music video
Section needed. Morganfitzp (talk) 14:06, 22 February 2022 (UTC)