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"Heavy Fuel" is a song by the rock band Dire Straits released on their album On Every Street in 1991. It was also released as a single.
In Heavy Fuel, Knopfler ironically extols the virtues of such conventionally frowned-upon vices as cigarettes, hamburgers, Scotch, lust, money, and violence.
The phrase "You gotta run on heavy fuel" is from the novel Money by Martin Amis, on which Knopfler based his lyric. [1]
[edit] Track list
- "Heavy Fuel"
- "Planet of New Orleans"
- "Kingdom Come"
[edit] References
- ^ Dagostino, Susan. 2006 Mark Knopfler's Song Inspirations. EzineArticles (May, 25)
