“Money For Nothing” / “Love over Gold” (Live) – Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame – SOS Award

This “Stand Out Single” is instantly recognizable through its opening guitar riff and Sting’s soaring “I want my MTV”.

“Money for Nothing” backed with the live version of “Love over Gold” (Live) is one of the defining rock singles of the 1980s and the biggest commercial success of Dire Straits. Released on June 28, 1985, as the second single from the landmark album Brothers in Arms, it arrived at a moment when MTV had transformed the

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Lyrical: Circle(s) (Part One)

These are songs that contain “Circle(s)” in their lyrics.

Lady Gaga’s 2025 single “Abracadabra,” the second release from her album Mayhem, marks a dynamic return to her theatrical pop roots. Co-written with Andrew Watt, Henry Walter (Cirkut), and members of Siouxsie and the Banshees, the song incorporates elements from their track “Spellbound,” blending electropop, dance-pop, and acid house influences. Lyrically, “Abracadabra” explores themes of self-doubt and resilience,

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Windy’s Desert Island Discs

Seven stranded castaways, well eight including Windy, here on Gilligan’s Isle

by Windy (store mannequin)

Melody Hill was the Circle Sky Records official magazine while we were open between 2002 and 2010.

Windy, Nancy, and Valleri were our Circle Sky store mannequins. They kept an eye in the store 24 hours a day in their groovy 60’s outfits.  Windy was named after the Association song, Nancy after Nancy Sinatra, and Valleri, yes you guessed it, after the Monkees’ hit single.

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