Sultans Of Swing
Dire Straits
As of 2026-07-21, "Sultans Of Swing" by Dire Straits has charted in 52 markets across 5 platforms, peaking at #3 (PE) on the Rotation chart.
- Markets
- 52
- First seen
- 2026-06-17
- Latest chart date
- 2026-09-14
- Peak
- #3 pe
Started in 6 markets, now in 52.
Why it's moving
- Plays up 321% in Belgium, with gains across 7 markets
- Shazam's #22 across 11 marketsJul 21
- Turned around in the Netherlands: was slipping 20 places a day, now climbing 3 places a dayJul 14–17
- Turned around in Australia: was slipping 40 places a day, now climbing 15.5 places a dayJul 14–17
- Turned around in New Zealand: was slipping 16 places a day, now climbing 5 places a dayJul 14–17
- Climbed #96 → #76 in SwedenJul 14–17
Score 57.8
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]
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).
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Israelil · deezer shazam spotify#60#10#60
- Australiaau · shazam spotify · 1 city#200#45#200
- New Zealandnz · shazam spotify#98#55#98
- Swedense · shazam spotify#109#61#109
- Netherlandsnl · spotify#123#90#123
- United Kingdomgb · spotify#193#138#193
- Icelandis · spotify#124#77#124
- Austriaat · spotify#162#101#162
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.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- World feedworld · shazam#23#14#23
- Global feedglobal · youtube#377#213#377
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.
- br 2 cities · best #40 brasilia
- ar 1 city · best #14 buenos aires
- au 1 city · best #45 adelaide
- cl 1 city · best #44 santiago
- pe 1 city · best #11 lima
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Editions
- 2026-07-21Chart-only edition#40
Identity
- ISRC
- GBF089601041
- Slug
- dire-straits__sultans-of-swing
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, shazam, spotify, youtube
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