Sultans Of Swing

Why it's moving

Why it's here

"Sultans of Swing" was Dire Straits' debut single, first issued in 1978 and re-released in 1979 after the band signed to Vertigo, and it reached No. 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 8 on the UK singles chart, making it the group's career-launching standard rather than a song tied to any 2026 event. [1] The song remains in active live circulation in 2026: Dire Straits Legacy, featuring former Dire Straits members, was booked to headline Wilkes-Barre's summer concert on August 13, 2026, with "Sultans of Swing" listed among the billed songs, and The Dire Straits Experience toured Australia in August 2026. [2] No specific new placement, reissue, cover or artist announcement dated to late August 2026 could be verified for the track; uDiscover Music's feature on the song, updated May 19, 2026, documents only its original slow-burn rise to a hit. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Written by Mark Knopflersource
• Covered Mark Knopflersource
• Covered System of a Downsource
• Covered Trey Anastasio Bandsource
• Covered Ellwoodsource
• Covered Studio 99source
• Covered [unknown]source
• Covered The C-Nutssource
• Covered Brothers in Armssource
• Covered London Twilight Orchestrasource
• Covered IsOokSchitterendsource
• Covered Trevor Sewellsource
• Covered Blue Systemsource
• Sampled by WD2N, Sultans of Swingsource

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Israelil · deezer shazam spotify2026-06-172026-11-11#25141#10
   #25
3. Swedense · shazam spotify · 3 cities2026-06-172026-11-09#102139#24
   #102
4. Australiaau · shazam spotify · 2 cities2026-06-172026-11-09#17797#43
   #177
5. New Zealandnz · shazam spotify2026-06-172026-11-09#86141#55
   #86
6. Netherlandsnl · spotify2026-06-172026-11-09#100136#80
   #100
7. United Kingdomgb · spotify2026-06-172026-08-15#19323#138
   #193
8. Icelandis · spotify2026-06-182026-11-06#10449#77
   #104
9. Austriaat · spotify2026-06-182026-08-30#16240#101
   #162
10. Show all 59 markets

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. World feedworld · shazam2026-07-202026-11-11#31100#14
   #31
3. Global feedglobal · youtube2026-07-202026-11-08#394104#213
   #394

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

1. se 3 cities · best #26 goteborg
2. au 2 cities · best #43 brisbane
3. br 2 cities · best #40 brasilia
4. ar 1 city · best #14 buenos aires
5. cl 1 city · best #44 santiago
6. pe 1 city · best #11 lima

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Editions

1. 2026-09-29Chart-only edition#45
2. 2026-07-21Chart-only edition#40