"Love over Gold" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits.
[4] The protagonist of the text is a fragile, inconsistent and standoffish female figure.
[5] Musically, the song has an elegant jazz-influenced arrangement, built around the dialogue between Knopfler's guitar and the Mike Mainieri's vibraphone.
[5][6] Rolling Stone describes "Love over Gold" as "a whispery ballad that plays the jazzy tingle of vibes against an almost classical piano air and the violinlike pluck of a synthesizer to heighten its images of a casual, even cavalier, sex life.
[9] The live version of the song was included on the 1998 compilation Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits,[10] while the original album version was included on the 2005 compilation Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler.