Heavy Fuel

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". "Heavy Fuel" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits from their 1991 album On Every Street. The song was also released as a single and reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, making it the band's second song to do so.

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.[1]

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

  1. "Heavy Fuel"
  2. "Planet of New Orleans"
  3. "Kingdom Come"

Charts

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See also

References

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  4. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2042." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Script error: No such module "WLink".&titel=Script error: No such module "WLink".&cat=s Dire Straits – Heavy Fuel" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Dire Straits – Heavy Fuel" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Script error: No such module "WLink". Nederlandse Top 40 – Dire Straits" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Script error: No such module "WLink".&titel=Script error: No such module "WLink".&cat=s Dire Straits – Heavy Fuel" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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  10. ↑ Template:Digits/7501/ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/MRT "Dire Straits Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/RTT "Dire Straits Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
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