Composition
Live at the BBC consists of eight songs, the first seven were recorded for the BBC Live in Concert series on 22 July 1978. The eighth song, "Tunnel of Love", was recorded for the BBC TV program The Old Grey Whistle Test on 31 January 1981.
The album features one unreleased song, "What's the Matter Baby?", that Mark Knopfler co-wrote with his brother David. It is the only song to appear on a Dire Straits album not written exclusively by Mark Knopfler. The song's riffs and general structure were used for the song "Lady Writer", which appeared on the band's second album, Communique, which may explain why it was not re-recorded.
Two other Dire Straits songs list Mark Knopfler sharing writing credits—"Tunnel of Love" (with Rogers and Hammerstein) and "Money for Nothing" (with Sting)—but in each case the song itself was entirely written by Knopfler, with only a small contribution to the backing or arrangement by the other credited artist.
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