Bluesky trivia post on "Money For Nothing" turns into song-naming game
A post marking the Dire Straits hit's 1985 Billboard No. 1 spawns a 225-comment thread of songs that mention "money."
What to know
- A Bluesky post marking the 1985 Billboard #1 of Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" prompted a crowdsourced list of songs mentioning "money."
- The thread drew over 200 comments citing artists from The Beatles and Pink Floyd to Cyndi Lauper, Donna Summer and Elvis Presley.
- The conversation is a casual nostalgia/trivia exchange rather than a news event with ongoing developments.
Naming classic rock/pop songs directly built around money as a theme (Pink Floyd, Cyndi Lauper, Donna Summer, etc.)
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“Pink Floyd - Money”
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Citing songs that contrast money with love or freedom
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“I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love”
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Offering more obscure or humorous picks to stand out from the crowd
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“The Offspring - Why Don't You Get A Job?”
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softtail65.bsky.social Original posterDire Straits Band behind "Money For Nothing"Sting Co-writer of "Money For Nothing"
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Commenters cite money-vs-love and social-commentary songs
Later replies expanded the theme with songs contrasting money and love or freedom, such as Eagles' "Take It to the Limit" and U2's "Desire," alongside humorous picks like The Offspring's "Why Don't You Get a Job?"
“Money changes everything I said money, money changes everything…”
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Eagles - Take It To The Limit www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxQX... You can spend all your time making money You can spend all your love making time If it all fell to pieces tomorrow, would you still be mine? And when you're looking for your freedom (Nobody seems to care)
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𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔 ¹⁹⁶⁸ 🎶...If you want 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 for people with minds that hate All I can tell is, brother, you have to wait...🎶
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Blue Suede Shoes ….Presley 🥰💫 Well, it’s one for the money…..
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Users flood thread with songs referencing money
Within minutes, dozens of commenters listed tracks mentioning money, including Pink Floyd's "Money," The Beatles' "You Never Give Me Your Money" and "Can't Buy Me Love," Donna Summer's "She Works Hard for the Money," and Cyndi Lauper's "Money Changes Everything."
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Name another song that mentions the word "Money."🎶 From their 5th album, the single, "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 21, 1985. The song was co-written by Sting, who sings the line "I want my MTV."
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The video for the song became the 1st to air on MTV Europe on August 1, 1987.
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🎶 So hurry up and bring your jukebox MONEY…🎶
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Poster adds MTV Europe trivia about the video — softtail65.bsky.social followed up noting the song's video was the first to air on MTV Europe on August 1, 1987.
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Bluesky user recalls "Money For Nothing" hitting #1 in 1985 — softtail65.bsky.social posted that Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing," co-written by Sting, reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 21, 1985, and asked followers to name other songs mentioning the word "Money."
What people are saying 18 voices from 1 site · best of 128 · verbatim
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Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads Letting the days go by Let the water hold me down Letting the days go by Water flowing underground Into the blue again After the money's gone Once in a lifetime Water flowing underground
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Money changes everything I said money, money changes everything We think we know what we're doin' That don't mean a thing It's all in the past now Money changes everything Money Changes Everything —Cyndi Lauper
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The Offspring - Why Don't You Get A Job?
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youtu.be/CUo9C1vUt0A And I play if you have the money Or if you’re a friend to me
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U2 - Desire www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8rQ... She's the dollars She's my protection Yeah, she's a promise In the year of election Oh sister, I can't let you go Like a preacher stealin' hearts at a travellin' show For love or money, money, money Money, money, money, money, money Money, money, money
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Hold on hold out, keep a hold on strong The MONEY'S in and the bets are down
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So 1, 2, 3 Take my hand and come with me Because you look so fine And I really wanna make you mine I say you look so fine That I really wanna make you mine 4, 5, 6 c'mon and get your kicks Now you don't need that money When you look like that, do you honey
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Can't buy me Love - The Beatles "I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love" music.
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I was afraid someone would beat me to it and you did. 👍
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Come And Get It - The Beatles Did I hear you say that there must be a catch? Will you walk away from a fool and his money?
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She works hard for her money. – Donna Summer. 
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And believe in whatever may lie In those things that MONEY can buy
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Joey Honey I've got the money All is forgiven Listen, listen
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Money Don’t Matter 2 Night - New Power Generation and Prince ‧ 1991
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You Never Give Me Your Money - The Beatles music.
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Rich girl – Hall & Oates You can rely on the old man’s money 
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You Never Give Me Your Money - The Beatles
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Take The Money And Run by The Steve Miller Band