dire straits - sultans of swing (instrumental) - stereo remix II = b a s s

Edit 2 (instr. extra bass) for headphones. The official release was the first single of the Dire Straits; a Dutch (hurray for Holland!) record company heard the first release of the song and contracted the band. The song was re-recorded and re-released in 1978. The song also was on their debut album "Dire Straits". "Sultans of Swing" was re-issued again as a single in November 1988.

France: 36. Germany: 20. Belgium: 14. Italy: 12. New Zealand: 12. The Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): 11. UK: 8. Ireland: 6. US: 4. Canada: 4. South Africa: 3. So South Africa was the swingingest country!

If you want to sing along:

SULTANS OF SWING
(Mark Knopfler)

You get a shiver in the dark, it's rainin' in the park but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
You feel alright when you hear the music ring

And now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Comin' in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places, but the horns, they're blowing that sound
Way on down south, way on down south in London town

You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
But it's strictly rhythm he doesn't wanna make it cry or sing
it's an old guitar is all he can afford, when he gets up under the lights to play his thing

And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright
He can play the honky tonk like anything, savin' it up for Friday night
With the Sultans... with the Sultans of Swing

And a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
They don't give a damn about any trumpet playin' band, it ain't what they call rock and roll
And the Sultans... yeah the Sultans played Creole... Creole

And then the man, he steps right up to the microphone
And says at last just as the time bell rings: "Goodnight, now it's time to go home"
And he makes it fast with one more thing: "We are the Sultans... we are the Sultans of Swing"

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