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Heavy Fuel
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Wikipedia article
"'Heavy Fuel'" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits from its 1991 album 'On Every Street'. The song was also released as a single and reached 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.
Track listings
#"Heavy Fuel"
#"Planet of New Orleans"
#"Kingdom Come"
Chart performance
See also
*List of 'Billboard' Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1990s
References
Category:1991 singles
Category:1991 songs
Category:Dire Straits songs
Category:Music videos directed by Steve Barron
Category:Song recordings produced by Mark Knopfler
Category:Songs written by Mark Knopfler
Category:Vertigo Records singles
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