Heavy Fuel

"Heavy Fuel"
Single by Dire Straits
from the album On Every Street
B-side
  • "Planet of New Orleans"
  • "Kingdom Come"
Released21 October 1991 (1991-10-21)
GenreRock
Length
  • 4:57 (album version)
  • 4:03 (single version)
LabelVertigo
SongwriterMark Knopfler
Producers
Dire Straits singles chronology
"Calling Elvis"
(1991)
"Heavy Fuel"
(1991)
"On Every Street"
(1992)
Music video
"Heavy Fuel" on YouTube

"Heavy Fuel" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, released in October 1991 by Vertigo Records as the second single from their sixth and final album, On Every Street (1991). The song reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, making it the band's second song to do so.