B-side "Solid Rock" Genre Roots rock | Released 27 March 1980 Label Vertigo Records | |
Recorded 20 June - 25 August 1980 Length Album Version - 6:40 Single Version - 4:45 | ||
"Skateaway" is a 1980 rock song by Dire Straits, dealing with a female roller-skater breezing through busy city streets, while listening to a portable radio through her headphones. It appears on the band's 1980 album Making Movies. Released as a single in 1980, the song was accompanied by a video that was popular on MTV, featuring musician Jayzik Azikiwe (1958-2008) as Rollergirl, though she was credited as Jay Carly in the video.
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