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{{Infobox song

| name = Skateaway

| cover = Skateaway.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Dire Straits

| album = Making Movies

| B-side = Solid Rock

| released = 1980 (US)

*1981 (UK)

| format =

| recorded = 20 June 25 August 1980

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Roots rock

| length = 6:40 (album version)
4:43 (single version)

| label = Vertigo Records

| writer = Mark Knopfler

| producer = Mark Knopfler, Jimmy Iovine

| prev_title = Romeo and Juliet

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Tunnel of Love

| next_year = 1981

| misc =

}}

"'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'. It was released as a single in 1980, and in January 1981 peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. 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 directed by Lester Bookbinder.

'Ultimate Classic Rock' critic Michael Gallucci rated "Skateaway" as Dire Straits' 7th best song, saying that it "sticks closer to a traditional rock-radio format" than the other songs on 'Making Movies'.

See also



* Video for 2014 song Gold by Chet Faker featured three female roller-skaters

References




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