Money for Nothing was released by Dire Straits in 1985 on the album Brothers in Arms, written by Mark Knopfler with a contribution from Sting, who sings the I want my MTV intro. The song topped charts in the United States and became one of the band's signature hits, helped by its early computer animated video on MTV. The that's the way you do it line comes from the chorus, sung from the perspective of working men watching rock stars, and that contrast is why the clip still works for work and money jokes online.