Heavy Fuel (original version)

~ Recording by Dire Straits

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every StreetDire StraitsAlbum
  • JP1991-09-09
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)PHCR-1120
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every Street (Made in the UK)Dire StraitsAlbum
  • FR1991-10-09
  • GB1991-10-09
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)510 160-2
1.1Heavy Fuel4:57Dire StraitsHeavy FuelDire StraitsSingle
  • US1991-10-21
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)7-19094
1.1Heavy Fuel4:57Dire StraitsHeavy Fuel (Special Limited Edition, Burger Shape)Dire StraitsSingle
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)DSHAM 17
1.1Heavy Fuel4:57Dire StraitsHeavy FuelDire StraitsSingle
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)DSCD 17, INT 866 091-2
1.1Heavy Fuel4:57Dire StraitsHeavy Fuel (AU 2-track CD single)Dire StraitsSingle
Phonogram866 090-2
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every StreetDire StraitsAlbum
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)510 500-2
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every StreetDire StraitsAlbum
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)W2 26680
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every StreetDire StraitsAlbum
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)510 160-1
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every StreetDire StraitsAlbum
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)9 26680-2
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every StreetDire StraitsAlbum
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)510160-2
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every StreetDire StraitsAlbum
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)510 160-1
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every Street (club release)Dire StraitsAlbum
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)9 26680-2, D 174151
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every StreetDire StraitsAlbum
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)1-26680
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every StreetDire StraitsAlbum
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)510 160-2
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every Street (PDO / Montreuil Offset)Dire StraitsAlbum
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)510 160-2
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every StreetDire StraitsAlbum
Ладъ510 160-1
1.13Heavy Fuel5:02Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire StraitsDire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1998-10-16
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)538 003-2
1.13Heavy Fuel5:02Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire StraitsDire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)558 658-2
1.13Heavy Fuel5:02Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire StraitsDire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1998-10-19
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)314 558 658-2
1.13Heavy Fuel5:02Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire StraitsDire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-10-19
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)093624713029
1.13Heavy Fuel5:02Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire StraitsDire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-10-27
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)9 47130-2
2.2Heavy Fuel5:02Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits (limited edition)Dire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)558 6582
1.13Heavy Fuel5:00Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire StraitsDire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)SSTARCD 6426
1.13Heavy Fuel5:02Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire StraitsDire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)0602498134757
1.2Heavy Fuel4:57Dire StraitsWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps IIIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-05-30
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)9826930
1.13Heavy Fuel5:02Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire StraitsDire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-11-18
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)0600753016121
1.13Heavy Fuel5:02Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire StraitsDire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2012-06-20
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)UICY-25236
8.1Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsThe Studio Albums 1978–1991Dire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)0602537529193, 0602537529193v
1.1Heavy Fuel4:57Dire StraitsHeavy FuelDire StraitsSingle
Universal UMC
2.1Heavy Fuel4:55Dire StraitsOn Every StreetDire StraitsAlbum
  • US2024-01-05
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFSL2-510
1.13Heavy Fuel4:55Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire StraitsDire StraitsAlbum + CompilationVertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)
Promotion
1.1Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every StreetDire StraitsEP + Compilation
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)PHIL 1
3.13Heavy Fuel5:02Dire StraitsSultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits 3CD PromoDire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)DST 1
Bootleg
1.6Heavy Fuel4:55Dire StraitsStar ProfileDire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
All Stars (Russian bootlegs)
2.10Heavy Fuel5:08Dire StraitsGreatest HitsDire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
Star Mark, Vertigo (imprint of Star Mark, read annotation before using)LDB 5060-1/2
1.4Heavy Fuel5:02Dire StraitsThe Ultimate Best of Dire StraitsDire StraitsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2011
1.7Heavy Fuel4:56Dire StraitsOn Every StreetDire StraitsAlbumVertigo (bootleg label, read annotation before using)none

Relationships

assistant engineer:Steve Orchard (producer and engineer)
Andy Strange
engineer:Chuck Ainlay
Jack Puig
Bill Schnee
assistant mixer:Avril MacKintosh (producer/engineer)
mixer:Bob Clearmountain
performer:Dire Straits
recorded at:AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-11 until 1991-05)
recording of:Heavy Fuel

Heavy Fuel

lyricist and composer:Mark Knopfler
publisher:Chariscourt Ltd.
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.