Heavy Fuel
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| Template:Infobox song/link by Dire Straits | ||||
| from the album On Every Street | ||||
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| Genre | Rock[1] | |||
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| Label | Vertigo | |||
| [[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Mark Knopfler | |||
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"Heavy Fuel" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, released in October 1991 by Vertigo Records as the second single from their sixth and final album, On Every Street (1991). The song reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, making it the band's second song to do so.
Lyrical content
In "Heavy Fuel", Mark Knopfler ironically extols the virtues of such vices as cigarettes, hamburgers, Scotch, lust, money and violence. The phrase "You got to run on heavy fuel" is from the novel Money by Martin Amis, on which Knopfler based his lyric.[2]
Music video
The song's music video features American actor-comedian Randy Quaid who plays as the band's roadie messing around the venues where the band performs and even fantasizes himself as the band's singer Mark Knopfler.
Track listings
- "Heavy Fuel"
- "Planet of New Orleans"
- "Kingdom Come"
Charts
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Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United Kingdom | 21 October 1991 | Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content.
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| Australia | 4 November 1991 | Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content.
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| Japan | 5 December 1991 | Mini-CD | [10] |
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."On Every Street - Dire Straits | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dagostino, Susan (25 May 2006). "Mark Knopfler's Song Inspirations". Ezinearticles.com.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."European Hit Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 49. 7 December 1991. p. 35. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ Radio Luxembourg Singles. 17 November 1991.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top 50 Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week. 9 November 1991. p. 16. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Racca, Guido. "1991". musica e dischi Top 100 Year-End 1960 - 2018 (in italiano). pp. 89–92. ISBN 9781980329121.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Year in Music: Top Album Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 52. 26 December 1992. p. YE-42.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 19 October 1991. p. 19.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Release Summary – Product Available from : 04/11/91: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 93. 3 November 1991. p. 19.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ダイアー・ストレイツ | ヘビー・フュエル" [Dire Straits | Heavy Fuel] (in 日本語). Oricon. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
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