Dire Straits discography
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The discography of the British rock band Dire Straits consists of six studio albums, five live albums, three compilation albums, four extended plays, 31 singles and 15 music videos. Dire Straits also have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists in the world.[1]
Studio albums6
EPs3
Live albums5
Compilation albums3
| Dire Straits discography | |
|---|---|
Dire Straits performing live in Norway, October 1985 | |
| Studio albums | 6 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Live albums | 5 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Singles | 31 |
| Music videos | 15 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
CAN [5] |
FRA [6] |
GER [7] |
NED [8] |
NZ [9] |
SWI [10] |
US [11] | |||||
| Dire Straits |
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5 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Communiqué |
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5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||
| Making Movies |
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4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | — | 19 | |||
| Love over Gold |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 19 | |||
| Brothers in Arms |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| On Every Street |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
CAN [27] |
FRA [6] |
GER [28] |
NED [8] |
NZ [9] |
SWI [10] |
US [11] | |||
| Alchemy: Dire Straits Live |
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3 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 46 | |
| On the Night |
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4 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 116 | |
| Live at the BBC |
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71 | 98 | — | — | 13 | — | 15 | — | 45 | — | |
Various artists live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live at Knebworth |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
CAN [32] |
FRA [6] |
GER [33] |
NED [8] |
NZ [9] |
SWI [10] |
US [11] | |||||
| Money for Nothing |
|
1 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 62 | |||
| Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits |
|
6 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | — | |||
| Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler |
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20 | 35 | 44 | — | 4 | 36 | 23 | 17 | 15 | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Box sets
Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
CAN [42] |
FRA [6] |
GER [43] |
NED [8] |
SWI [10] |
US [11] | |||||
| ExtendedancEPlay |
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— | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | 53 |
| ||
| Encores |
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31 | 47 | 19 | 91 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 20 | — | |||
| The Honky Tonk Demos |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3][44] |
AUT [4] |
CAN [45] |
FRA [6][46] |
GER [47] |
NED [8] |
NZ [9] |
SWI [10] |
US [48] | ||||
| "Sultans of Swing" | 1978 | 8 | 6 | — | 4 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 12 | — | 4 | Dire Straits | |
| "Water of Love" | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — |
| ||
| "Lady Writer" | 1979 | 51 | 95 | — | 51 | 34 | — | 18 | 39 | — | 45 | Communiqué | |
| "Once Upon a Time in the West"[50] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| "Tunnel of Love" | 1980 | 54 | 62 | — | — | 52 | 44 | 28 | — | — | — | Making Movies | |
| "Skateaway" | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | 58 | |||
| "Romeo and Juliet" | 1981 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Private Investigations" | 1982 | 2 | 21 | 19 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 16 | 4 | — | Love over Gold | |
| "Industrial Disease" | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 75 | |||
| "Twisting by the Pool" | 1983 | 14 | 2 | — | 18 | 29 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 105 | ExtendedancEPlay | |
| "Love over Gold" (live) | 1984 | 50 | 46 | — | — | 15 | — | 43 | 29 | — | — | Alchemy | |
| "So Far Away" | 1985 | 20 | 22 | — | 24 | 20 | — | 23 | 25 | 6 | 19 | Brothers in Arms | |
| "Money for Nothing" | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 22 | 1 | |||
| "Brothers in Arms" | 16 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | |||
| "Walk of Life" | 2 | 11 | 18 | 7 | — | 15 | 17 | 3 | 24 | 7 | |||
| "Your Latest Trick" | 1986 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | ||
| "Why Worry"[51] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| "Sultans of Swing" (re-release) | 1988 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Money for Nothing | |
| "Brothers in Arms" (re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | — | — | — | |||
| "Money for Nothing" (re-release) | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | ||
| "Calling Elvis" | 1991 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | On Every Street | |
| "Heavy Fuel" | 55 | 26 | — | 17 | 32 | 48 | 25 | 34 | — | — | |||
| "On Every Street" | 1992 | 42 | 109 | — | — | 23 | — | 42 | — | — | — | ||
| "The Bug" | 67 | — | — | 21 | 44 | 52 | 24 | — | — | — | |||
| "You and Your Friend" | — | — | — | — | 49 | — | 62 | — | — | — | |||
| "Ticket to Heaven" | 1994 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | ||
| "Flashing for Money" (with Deep Dish) | 2005 | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | George Is On | |
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Other certified songs
| Title | Year | Certifications | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Six Blade Knife" | 1978 |
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Dire Straits |
| "Wild West End" |
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| "Down to the Waterline" |
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| "Telegraph Road" | 1982 |
|
Love over Gold |
Home video
| Title | Video/DVD details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK DVD [52] |
AUS DVD [53] |
BEL DVD [54] |
FIN DVD [55] |
NED DVD [56] |
SWI DVD [57] | |||||||||
| Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits |
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19 | 9 | — | 3 | 2 | — | |||||||
| On the Night |
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33 | 18 | — | — | 6 | — |
| ||||||
| Alchemy: Dire Straits Live |
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| ||||||
| Sultans of Swing: Live in Germany |
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— | — | — | — | 12 | — | |||||||
| Stratospheric Sounds: Live in Basel, Switzerland, 1992 |
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— | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Various artists home video
| Title | Video/DVD details |
|---|---|
| Live at Knebworth |
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Music videos
| Year | Title | Director | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | "Sultans of Swing" | unknown | Dire Straits |
| "Wild West End" | |||
| 1979 | "Lady Writer" | Communiqué | |
| 1981 | "Romeo and Juliet" | Lester Bookbinder | Making Movies |
| "Skateaway" | |||
| "Tunnel of Love" | |||
| 1982 | "Private Investigations" | unknown | Love over Gold |
| 1983 | "Twisting by the Pool" | ExtendedancEPlay | |
| 1985 | "So Far Away" | Brothers in Arms | |
| "Money for Nothing" | Steve Barron | ||
| "Brothers in Arms" | Bill Mather | ||
| 1986 | "Walk of Life" | Stephen R. Johnson | |
| 1991 | "Calling Elvis" | Gerry Anderson | On Every Street |
| "Heavy Fuel" | Steve Barron | ||
| 1992 | "The Bug" | Richard Jernigan |