Dire Straits discography

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The discography of English 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]

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
  • Released: 9 June 1978
  • Label: Vertigo
 5 1 17 2 1 3 3 2 7 2
Communiqué
  • Released: 15 June 1979
  • Label: Vertigo
 5 5 7 14 3 1 3 1 2 11
Making Movies
  • Released: 17 October 1980
  • Label: Vertigo
 4 6 15 21 6 7 6 3 — 19
Love over Gold
  • Released: 24 September 1982
  • Label: Vertigo
 1 1 1 6 2 4 1 1 — 19
Brothers in Arms
  • Released: 17 May 1985
  • Label: Vertigo
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
On Every Street
  • Released: 9 September 1991
  • Label: Vertigo
 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 12
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[12]
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[23]
  • BVMI: Platinum[13]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[24]
  • IFPI SWI: 4× Platinum[14]
  • MC: 2× Platinum[15]
  • RIAA: Platinum[16]
  • RMNZ: Platinum[26]
  • SNEP: Diamond[18]
"—" 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
  • Released: 16 March 1984
  • Label: Vertigo
 3 3 9 26 4 8 1 3 3 46
On the Night
  • Released: 10 May 1993
  • Label: Vertigo
 4 5 1 33 1 7 2 10 5 116
Live at the BBC 71 98 — — 13 — 15 — 45 —
Live at the Rainbow, 1979
  • Released: 3 November 2023
  • Label: Mercury
 81 — 6 — 21
[32] 		7 — — 5 —
San Antonio Live in 85
  • Released: 16 May 2025
  • Label: Mercury
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2] 		AUS
[3] 		AUT
[4] 		CAN
[33] 		FRA
[6] 		GER
[34] 		NED
[8] 		NZ
[9] 		SWI
[10] 		US
[11]
Money for Nothing
  • Released: 14 October 1988
  • Label: Vertigo
 1 3 3 — 1 2 4 2 1 62
  • BPI: 4× Platinum[12]
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[23]
  • BVMI: Platinum[13]
  • IFPI SWI: 3× Platinum[14]
  • MC: Platinum[15]
  • RIAA: Platinum[16]
  • RMNZ: Platinum[35]
  • SNEP: Diamond[18]
Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
  • Released: 19 October 1998
  • Label: Vertigo
 6 4 5 60 1 6 6 6 3 —
Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
  • Released: 7 November 2005
  • Label: Mercury
 20 35 44 — 4 36 23 17 15 —
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title Album details Peak
chart
positions
UK
[2] 		GER
[38]
The Studio Albums 1978–1991
  • Released: December 2013 (LP)
  • Released: October 2020 (CD)[39][40]
  • Label: Vertigo
 9 14
Live 1978–1992 81 7
"—" denotes items are yet to be released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title EP details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2] 		AUS
[3] 		AUT
[4] 		CAN
[43] 		FRA
[6] 		GER
[44] 		NED
[8] 		SWI
[10] 		US
[11]
ExtendedancEPlay
  • Released: 10 January 1983
  • Label: Vertigo
 — — — 12 — — — — 53
Live at Knebworth
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Vertigo
 — — — — — — — — —
Encores
  • Released: 10 May 1993
  • Label: Vertigo
 31 47 19 91 1 34 3 20 —
The Honky Tonk Demos
  • Released: 18 April 2015
  • Label: Vertigo
 — — — — — — — — —
"—" 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][45] 		AUT
[4] 		CAN
[46] 		FRA
[6][47] 		GER
[48] 		NED
[8] 		NZ
[9] 		SWI
[10] 		US
[49]
"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"[51] — — — — — — — — — —
"Tunnel of Love" 1980 54 62 — — 52 44 28 — — — Making Movies
"Skateaway" 37 — — — — — — 47 — 58
"Romeo and Juliet" 1981 8 — — — — — — — — —
  • BPI: Platinum[12]
  • RMNZ: 3× Platinum[50]
"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 — —
  • BPI: Platinum[12]
  • RMNZ: 2× Platinum[50]
"Walk of Life" 2 11 18 7 — 15 17 3 24 7
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[12]
  • RMNZ: 4× Platinum[50]
"Your Latest Trick" 1986 26 — — — — — — 47 — —
"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 Dire Straits
"Wild West End"
"Down to the Waterline"

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
  • Released: 21 May 1999
  • Label: Universal Music
 19 9 — 3 2 —
On the Night
  • Released: 14 September 2003
  • Label: Universal Music
 33 18 — — 6 —
Alchemy: Dire Straits Live
  • Released: 14 May 2010
  • Label: Universal Music
 2 1 2 7 5 6
Sultans of Swing: Live in Germany
  • Released: 5 February 2011
  • Label: Sony
 — — — — 12 —
Stratospheric Sounds: Live in Basel, Switzerland, 1992
  • Released: 8 April 2011
  • Label: Showtime
 — — — — — 3
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

Year Video 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

References

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