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Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
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- Album
- Dire Straits
- Released
- 1978
- Genres
- classic rock
- Length
- 5:49
- Tempo
- 148 BPM
- Label
- Warner Records
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About this song
The song appears on Dire Straits' self-titled 1978 album. Mark Knopfler wrote it after watching a band perform in a pub in Deptford, a group who called themselves The Sultans of Swing.
What it's about
It is told as a second-person story song about the London jazz scene.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 1 other song, like “Life by 03 Greedo & Kenny Beats”.
- Covered once, including “Sultans of Swing by Felipe Machado”.
- Written by Mark Knopfler.
- Produced by Muff Winwood.
- Recorded at Basing Street Studios.