Heavy Fuel
1991 single by Dire Straits
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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.
- "Planet of New Orleans"
- "Kingdom Come"
- 4:57 (album version)
- 4:03 (single version)
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| Single by Dire Straits | ||||
| from the album On Every Street | ||||
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| Released | 21 October 1991 | |||
| Genre | Rock[1] | |||
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| Label | Vertigo | |||
| Songwriter | Mark Knopfler | |||
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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
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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