"Your Latest Trick" is a rock song by Dire Straits

Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...

 that appeared on the studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits album)

- Original LP track listing :- 2005 Re-Issue 2 LP track listing :The 2005 Limited Edition Deluxe 180 gram High Performance Vinyl reissue contained the full-length versions of all songs by spreading out the songs over two half speed mastered LPs....

, and also on the live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 On the Night

On the Night

On the Night is the second live album by Dire Straits. It was released in 1993, between Alchemy and Live at the BBC . It features many of their later hits, including the successful singles "Walk of Life" and "Money for Nothing"...

; the same live version is on Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits. The full-length studio album version was included on the most recent compilation The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations

The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations

The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations is a 2005 best of album. Named after their 1982 hit single, it consists of material by Dire Straits, with songs selected from the majority of the group's six studio albums from 1978 up to the group's dissolution in 1995...

.

Lyrics and music

The saxophone

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

 introduction to the song, as Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler

Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...

 says on the Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits DVD, is now widely used when people are trying out saxophones at music shops, just as Led Zeppelin's

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

 Stairway to Heaven

Stairway to Heaven

"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's untitled fourth studio album . The song, running eight minutes and two seconds, is composed of several sections, which...

 is widely used when trying out guitars. Having one of his songs used in such a way is something that he always dreamt of.

Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker

Michael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...

 played the saxophone solo on the original recording, while Chris White

Chris White (saxophonist)

Chris White English jazz/rock saxophonist who toured with Dire Straits from 1985–1995, and who has played with many bands and artists, including Robbie Williams, Paul McCartney, Chris De Burgh and Mick Jagger.-Biography:...

 played it live on the Brothers in Arms and On Every Street world tours.

The saxophone introduction was also used in the theme music for the TVB series Files of Justice.

Single release

“Your Latest Trick” was released as a 12" maxi single on 28 April 1986 as the fifth single from the “Brothers in Arms” album in the UK, as well as in other selected territories including Brazil. The single did not have a US release. It peaked at #26 on the UK charts.

The other songs featured on the single were “Irish Boy” and “The Road”, both credited as solo efforts by Mark Knopfler.

Track listings

7"

1. "Your Latest Trick"
2. "Irish Boy" by Mark Knopfler
3. "The Road" by Mark Knopfler

12" maxi

1. "Your Latest Trick" — 6:28
2. "Irish Boy" by Mark Knopfler — 4:36
3. "The Long Road" by Mark Knopfler — 7:13

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Irish Singles Chart	6
UK Singles Chart	26
Chart (1993)1	Peak position
French Singles Chart	1

¹ EP "Your Latest Trick" / "Encores"