CSPC: Dire Straits Popularity Analysis

BIGGEST TRACKS – Dire Straits

The list of most successful songs is compiled in album equivalent sales generated by each of them. It includes the song’s own physical singles sales with a 0,3 weighting, its download and streaming sales, and with appropriate weighting too, plus its share among sales of all albums on which it is featured.

1. 1978 – Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing [Dire Straits] – 20,880,000
2. 1985 – Dire Straits – Money for Nothing [Brothers in Arms] – 14,860,000
3. 1985 – Dire Straits – Walk of Life [Brothers in Arms] – 12,880,000
4. 1985 – Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms [Brothers in Arms] – 9,600,000
5. 1980 – Dire Straits – Romeo and Juliet [Making Movies] – 7,410,000
6. 1982 – Dire Straits – Private Investigations [Love over Gold] – 3,950,000
7. 1985 – Dire Straits – So Far Away [Brothers in Arms] – 3,300,000
8. 1982 – Dire Straits – Telegraph Road [Love over Gold] – 2,860,000
9. 1985 – Dire Straits – Your Latest Trick [Brothers in Arms] – 2,850,000
10. 1980 – Dire Straits – Tunnel of Love [Making Movies] – 2,740,000
11. 1979 – Dire Straits – Lady Writer [Communiqué] – 2,430,000
11. 1991 – Dire Straits – On Every Street [On Every Street] – 2,430,000
13. 1991 – Dire Straits – Calling Elvis [On Every Street] – 2,320,000
14. 1982 – Dire Straits – Love Over Gold [Love over Gold] – 1,830,000
15. 1979 – Dire Straits – Once Upon a Time in the West [Communiqué] – 1,580,000

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