Sultans of Swing

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lyricist and composer:Mark Knopfler
publisher:Rondor Music
Straitjacket Songs
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/37407 [info]
Songfacts:http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1090 [info]
Wikidata:Q2270916 [info]
later parody versions:[Consultants at King’s]
later translated versions:Das war’n Zeiten…
is the basis for:Pharaohs Of Filk

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1978-02Sultans of SwingDire Straits5:49
1979-02-16Sultans of Swing (live, 1979-02-16: Cologne, Germany)liveDire Straits6:02
1979-02-16Sultans of Swing (live, 1979-02-16: Cologne, Germany)liveDire Straits?:??
1979-02-16Sultans of Swing (redux) (live, 1979-02-16: Cologne, Germany)liveDire Straits?:??
1979-02-16Sultans of Swing (Redux) (live, 1979-02-16: Cologne, Germany)liveDire Straits6:19
1979-03-03Sultans of Swing (live, 1979-03-03: The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, USA)liveDire Straits6:28
1979-03-03Sultans of Swing (3.3.1979)liveDire Straits6:53
1981-07-05Sultans of Swing (live, 1981-07-05: X Rekords, Brussels, Belgium)liveDire Straits5:52
1983-07-23Sultans of Swing (Alchemy Live: 23rd July 1983, Hammersmith Odeon, London)liveDire Straits10:52
1983-07Sultans of Swing (live, 1983-07: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK)liveDire Straits10:54
1985-07-04Sultans of Swing (live, 1985-07-04: Wembley Arena, Wembley, Brent, London, England, UK)liveDire Straits11:18
1985-07-10Sultans of Swing (live, 1985-07-10: Wembley Arena, London, UK)liveDire Straits?:??
1985-07-10Sultans of Swing (live, 1985-07-10: Wembley Arena, Wembley, Brent, London, England, UK)liveDire Straits11:10
1985-07-13Sultans of Swing (live, 1985-07-13: Wembley Stadium, London, England, UK)liveDire Straits11:12
1985-07-13Sultans of Swing (live, 1985-07-13: Live Aid 1985, Wembley Stadium, London, England)liveDire Straits11:40
1985-07-13Sultans of Swing (live, 1985-07-13: Live Aid 1985)liveDire Straits11:16
1985-08-05Sultans of Swing (1985-08-05: “American Tour 1985”, Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA)liveDire Straits9:41
1985-08-16Sultans of Swing (1985-08-16: “Secrets in the Closet”, Majestic Theatre, San Antonio, TX, USA)liveDire Straits11:53
1985-08-17Sultans of Swing (live, 1985-08-17: Houston, Texas, US)liveDire Straits11:46
1985-08-17Sultans of Swing (live, 1985-08-17: Summit Theatre, Houston, TX, US)liveDire Straits6:24
1985-08-17Sultans of Swing (live, 1985-08-17: The Summit, Houston, Texas, US)liveDire Straits11:39
1985-12-19Sultans of Swing (live, 1985-12-19: Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England, UK)liveDire Straits13:13
1986-04-26Sultans of Swing (live, 1986-04-26: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia)liveDire Straits11:40
1986-04-26Sultans of Swing (live, 1986-04-26: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)liveDire Straits11:15
1986-06-18Sultans of Swing (live, 1986-06-18: Wembley Arena, Wembley, Brent, London, England, UK)liveDire Straits11:09
1988-06-11Sultans of Swing (live, 1988-06-11: Nelson Mandela Benefit Concert, Wembley Stadium, London, England)liveDire Straits & Eric Clapton11:05
1988-06-11Sultans of SwingliveDire Straits with Eric Clapton?:??
1988-06-11Sultans of Swing (live, 1988-06-11: “Wembley Stadium”, Wembley, Brent, London, England, UK)liveDire Straits & Eric Clapton10:35
1988-06-11Sultans of Swing (live, 1988-06-11: “Wembley Stadium”, Wembley, Brent, London, England, UK)liveDire Straits10:48
1988-06-11Sultans of Swing (live, 1988-06-11: “Wembley Stadium”, Wembley, Brent, London, England, UK)liveDire Straits11:09
1991-08-26Sultans of Swing (live, 1991-08-26: The Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland)liveDire Straits11:58
1991-09-19Sultans of Swing (live, 1991-09-19: Wembley Arena, London, UK)liveDire Straits11:43
1992-05-31Sultans of Swing (live, 1992-05-31: Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam, Holland)liveDire Straits13:31
1992-06-20Sultans of Swing (live, 1992-06-20: Woburn Abbey, Central Bedfordshire, England, UK)liveDire Straits13:38
1992-06-28Sultans of Swing (live, 1992-06-28: St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland)liveDire Straits14:30
1992-06-28Sultans of Swing (live, 1992-06-28: St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland)liveDire Straits12:30
1992-06-28Sultans of Swing (live, 1992-06-28: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland)liveDire Straits14:02
1992-06-28Sultans of Swing (live, 1992-06-28: Basel, Switzerland)liveDire Straits7:12
1992-09-29Sultans of Swing (live, 1992-09-29: Arènes de Nîmes, Nîmes, Gard, Occitanie, France)liveDire Straits14:25
1996-04-15Sultans of SwingliveMark Knopfler10:30
2001-04-21Sultans of SwingliveMark Knopfler?:??
2001-05-04Sultans of SwingliveMark Knopfler?:??
2001-06-16Sultans of SwingliveMark Knopfler?:??
2001-06-16Sultans of SwingliveMark Knopfler9:53
2002-05-23Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits Cover)cover and liveSystem of a Down1:35
2005-11-09Sultans of Swingcover and liveSystem of a Down?:??
2008-03-31Sultans of Swing (live, 2008-03-31: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands)liveMark Knopfler8:31
2008-06-02Sultans of SwingliveMark Knopfler?:??
2008-07-25Sultans of SwingliveMark Knopfler?:??
2010-06-09Sultans of Swing (live, 2010-06-09: Palais Omnisport de Paris Bercy, Paris, France)liveMark Knopfler8:43
Communication Breakdown (live, 2018: Saint Vitus Bar, New York, NY, USA)cover, instrumental, live, medley and partialMutoid Man + Gwarsenio Hall?:??
Sultans of SwingcoverBrothers In Arms5:54
Sultans of SwingliveDire Straits13:44
Sultans of SwingDire Straits6:16
Sultans of SwingcoverWD2N6:29
Sultans of Swinginstrumental[no artist]5:54
Sultans of Swing (live, 1980-11-16: Boston, MA, USA)liveDire Straits12:56
Sultans of Swing (live, 1979-03-31: Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA, USA)liveDire Straits?:??
Sultans of Swingcover and instrumentalGabriella Quevedo5:23
Sultans of Swingcover and instrumentalGabriella Quevedo5:41
Sultans of SwingDire Straits5:48
Sultans of Swingcover and liveIsOokSchitterend7:31
Sultans of SwingDire Straits?:??
Sultans of SwingcoverBlue System3:08
Sultans of SwingcoverLeo Giannetto's Jazz Project4:49
Sultans of Swingcover and instrumental[unknown]3:02
Sultans of Swing (demo)Dire Straits5:48
Sultans of SwingliveDire Straits?:??
Sultans of Swing (early fade)Dire Straits5:36
Sultans of SwingliveDire Straits7:35
Sultans of SwingDire Straits4:24
Sultans of SwingDire Straits4:17
Sultans of SwingDire Straits5:41
Sultans of Swing (live, 1978-01-30: The Polytechnic, Leeds, England)liveDire Straits6:41
Sultans of SwingliveDire Straits10:03
Sultans of SwingDire Straits5:47
Sultans of SwingliveDire Straits12:26
Sultans of Swing (1978-04-19: Quaintway's Club, Chester, UK)liveDire Straits6:55
Sultans of SwingcoverLeo Moracchioli feat. Mary Spender5:09
Sultans of Swingcover and instrumentalLex Vandyke4:25
Sultans of Swingcover and instrumentalPedro Javier González5:43
Sultans of SwingliveJohn Illsley7:32
Sultans of SwingcoverPink Turtle3:30
Sultans of SwingcoverStudio 995:22
Sultans of SwingcoverTrevor Sewell?:??
Sultans of SwingliveMark Knopfler?:??
Sultans of SwingliveDire Straits6:39
Sultans of Swing (live, 1996-05-23: Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington, London, England)liveMark Knopfler13:14
Sultans of SwingcoverThe C-Nuts8:12
Sultans of SwingliveMark Knopfler9:20
Sultans of SwingMark Knopfler8:57
Sultans of SwingliveMark Knopfler8:22
Sultans of Swing (live, 1996-05-23: Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington, London, England)Mark Knopfler13:14
Sultans of SwingliveDire Straits5:28
Sultans of SwingDire Straits?:??
Sultans of SwingDire Straits5:32
Sultans of Swingcover and instrumentalLondon Twilight Orchestra5:27
Sultans of SwingDire Straits?:??
Sultans of Swing (live TV performance)liveDire Straits5:07
Sultans of SwingDire Straits5:36
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