"Brothers in Arms" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, the closing track on their fifth studio album of the same name, released in May 1985.

In 2007, the 25th anniversary of the war, Mark Knopfler recorded a new version of the song at Abbey Road Studios to raise funds for British veterans who he said "are still suffering from the effects of that conflict.

[6] Classic Rock critic Paul Rees rated "Brothers in Arms" to be Dire Straits' 5th greatest song, citing its "dignified but lasting power" and a "stunning guitar solo.

"[8] The music video, directed and animated by Bill Mather, produced by Simon Fields through Limelight Films and cinematographed by Francis Kenny,[9] uses rotoscoping and shows the band performing, overlaid with images of the First World War.

The song appeared in several television programmes including the second season finale of The West Wing: "Two Cathedrals" from 2001,[11] a 1998 episode of Canadian police procedural Due South ("I Coulda Been a Defendant"), and the final episode of The Grand Tour, "One for the Road", hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, during their last drive as they ended their 22-year partnership as motoring television presenters in 2024.