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"Heavy Fuel"
Song
B-side
  • "Planet of New Orleans"
  • "Kingdom Come"

"Heavy Fuel" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, released on their 1991 album On Every Street. It was also released as a single, and reached number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart[1] in the United States, after "Money for Nothing", their second song to do so.

In "Heavy Fuel", Mark Knopfler ironically extols the virtues of such conventionally frowned-upon vices as cigarettes, hamburgers, Scotch, lust, money, and violence.

The phrase "You gotta run on heavy fuel" is from the novel Money by Martin Amis, on which Knopfler based his lyric.[2]

Track listings

  1. "Heavy Fuel"
  2. "Planet of New Orleans"
  3. "Kingdom Come"

Chart performance

Chart (1990–91) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 26
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 19
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 17
France (SNEP)[6] 32
Invalid chart entered Germany2 48
Italy (FIMI)[7] 22
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 24
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 25
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 34
Invalid chart entered UKchartarchive 55
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[1] 1
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[1] 22

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "On Every Street – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. ^ Dagostino, Susan (25 May 2006). "Mark Knopfler's Song Inspirations". Ezinearticles.com. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ^ "Dire Straits – Heavy Fuel". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Dire Straits – Heavy Fuel" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2042." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Dire Straits – Heavy Fuel" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Indice per Interprete: D" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Dire Straits - Heavy Fuel" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Dire Straits – Heavy Fuel" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Dire Straits – Heavy Fuel". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 10 June 2014.


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