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Dire Straits

Dire Straits is a group from the UK, active from 1977.

Group GB 1977–1995 rock soft rock classic rock
TOTAL PLAYS
1,946
SONGS PLAYED
78
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-04-26 07:13 · 6 Music — "Sultans Of Swing 1978"
LAST PLAYED
3 days ago · Radio 2 — "Walk of Life"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
200 150 100 50 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,811 93%
6 Music 113 6%
Radio 1 21 1%
1Xtra 1 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 04:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Money for Nothing 269 2026-05-09
2 Sultans of Swing 269 2026-05-04
3 Walk of Life 242 2026-05-17
4 Lady Writer 221 2026-04-19
5 Romeo and Juliet 98 2026-04-23
6 Romeo & Juliet 96 2016-04-21
7 Sultans Of Swing 94 2012-01-26
8 Twisting By the Pool 75 2026-05-01
9 Private Investigations 71 2026-05-14
10 Walk Of Life 67 2011-10-30
11 Money For Nothing 52 2011-11-15
12 So Far Away 51 2026-02-01
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-17 20:03 Walk of Life Radio 2
2026-05-17 04:43 Brothers in Arms 6 Music
2026-05-14 13:11 Private Investigations 6 Music
2026-05-09 07:05 Money for Nothing Radio 2
2026-05-04 20:38 Sultans of Swing 6 Music
2026-05-04 16:55 Walk of Life Radio 2
2026-05-03 15:35 Sultans of Swing Radio 2
2026-05-01 12:53 Twisting By the Pool Radio 2
2026-04-30 12:35 Sultans of Swing Radio 2
2026-04-23 06:46 Romeo and Juliet Radio 2
2026-04-19 15:09 Lady Writer Radio 2
2026-04-18 01:29 Sultans of Swing Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

78 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Angel of Mercy — 2 ▶
Brothers in Arms — 24 ▶
Brothers In Arms — 11 ▶
Brothers In Arms (Album Version) — 1 ▶
Calling Elvis — 25 ▶
Communique — 1 ▶
Communiqué — 2 ▶
Down The Waterline (Paris Theatre, 1978) — 3 ▶
Down The Waterline - Paris Theatre 1978 — 4 ▶
Down to the Waterline — 2 ▶
Down To The Waterline — 1 ▶
Down To The Waterline (Charlie Gillett session) — 1 ▶
Expresso Love — 1 ▶
Hand in Hand — 1 ▶
Heavy Fuel — 1 ▶
How Long — 2 ▶
Industrial Disease — 1 ▶
Iron Hand — 1 ▶
Lady Writer — 221 ▶
Lady Writer (Live at the Rainbow, London, UK, 12/1979) — 2 ▶
Lady Writer LIVE, 1979 — 1 ▶
Les Boys — 1 ▶
Lions (Paris Theatre, 1978) — 3 ▶
Lions - Paris Theatre 1978 — 4 ▶
Love Over Gold — 5 ▶
Money for Nothing — 269 ▶
Money For Nothing — 52 ▶
Money For Nothing (Danny Byrd Refix) — 2 ▶
Money For Nothing (Giant Remix) — 1 ▶
Money For Nothing (long version) — 2 ▶
On Every Street — 4 ▶
Once Upon a Time in the West — 2 ▶
PK Sultans Of Swing — 1 ▶
Portobello Belle — 1 ▶
Private Investigations — 71 ▶
Private Investigations (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Remastered 20 — 2 ▶
Ride Across the River — 1 ▶
Romeo & Juliet — 96 ▶
Romeo & Juliet (Album Version) — 1 ▶
Romeo and Juliet — 98 ▶
Romeo And Juliet (Album Version) — 5 ▶
Setting Me Up — 2 ▶
Skateaway — 30 ▶
Skateaway (Album Version) — 7 ▶
Skateaway (LP Version) — 1 ▶
So Far Away — 51 ▶
So Far Away (Album Version) — 1 ▶
Solid Rock — 2 ▶
Solid Rock LIVE, 1979 — 1 ▶
Southbound Again — 2 ▶
Sultans of Swing — 269 ▶
Sultans Of Swing — 94 ▶
Sultans Of Swing (27.07.77 Charlie Gillett Session) — 3 ▶
Sultans Of Swing (Charlie Gillett session) — 1 ▶
Sultans Of Swing (Live At The BBC) — 1 ▶
Sultans Of Swing (Paris Theatre, 1978) — 3 ▶
Sultans Of Swing - Paris Theatre 1978 — 5 ▶
Sultans Of Swing 1978 — 1 ▶
Telegraph Road — 4 ▶
The Man's Too Strong — 1 ▶
Ticket to Heaven — 2 ▶
Ticket To Heaven — 1 ▶
Tunnel of Love — 46 ▶
Tunnel Of Love (Album Version) — 6 ▶
Twisting By the Pool — 75 ▶
Twisting By The Pool — 35 ▶
Walk of Life — 242 ▶
Walk Of Life — 67 ▶
Walk Of Life (Album Version) — 1 ▶
Water of Love — 2 ▶
Water Of Love (Paris Theatre, 1978) — 3 ▶
Water Of Love - Paris Theatre 1978 — 4 ▶
Why Worry — 17 ▶
Wild West End — 2 ▶
Wild West End (Charlie Gillett session) — 1 ▶
Wild West End (Paris Theatre, 1978) — 3 ▶
Wild West End - Paris Theatre 1978 — 4 ▶
Your Latest Trick — 27 ▶