Sultans of Swing
~ Recording by Dire Straits
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Sultans of Swing | 5:46 | Dire Straits | Money For Nothing | Dire Straits | Album + Compilation |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 836 419-2 |
| 2.2 | Sultans of Swing | 5:46 | Dire Straits | Singers and Songwriters: 1978-1979 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2778, R812-05 |
| 1.6 | Sultans of Swing | 5:49 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (Allied pressing) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 3266-2 |
Relationships
| engineer: | Rhett Davies |
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| producer: | Muff Winwood (bass player, songwriter, producer) |
| bass guitar: | John Illsley (in 1978-02) |
| drums (drum set): | Pick Withers (in 1978-02) |
| guitar: | David Knopfler (in 1978-02) Mark Knopfler (in 1978-02) |
| lead vocals: | Mark Knopfler (in 1978-02) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Phonogram Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1978) Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1978, in 1988) Warner Records Inc. (not for release label use; fka Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) (in 1988, in 2022) Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1996) |
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| recorded at: | Basing Street Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill (in 1978-02) |
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| sampled by: | Sultans of Swing by WD2N |
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| mash-ups: | Sultans of Titties (The Trucks vs. Dire Straits) by DJ Schmolli |
| part of: | Cachitos Nochevieja 2022 (number: 156) (order: 156) |
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| purchase for download: | https://music.apple.com/gb/song/1440801919 [info] |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/37Tmv4NnfQeb0ZgUC4fOJj [info] https://www.deezer.com/track/2263033 [info] |
| streaming page: | https://music.apple.com/gb/song/1440801919 [info] https://tidal.com/track/622359 [info] |
| recording of: | Sultans of Swing (in 1978-02) |
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Related works
Sultans of Swing
| lyricist and composer: | Mark Knopfler |
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| publisher: | Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) Rondor Music Straitjacket Songs |
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| later parody versions: | [Consultants at King’s] |
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| later translated versions: | Das war’n Zeiten… |
| is the basis for: | Pharaohs Of Filk |
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