Private Investigations
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| "Private Investigations" | ||
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| Single by Dire Straits | ||
| from the album Love over Gold | ||
| Released | 1982 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 05:51 | |
| Label | Vertigo | |
| Writer(s) | Mark Knopfler | |
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| Dire Straits singles chronology | ||
| "Skateaway" (1981) |
"Private Investigations" (1982) |
"Twisting by the Pool" (1983) |
"Private Investigations" is a popular song by Dire Straits from their album Love Over Gold. Although it was not released as a single in the US, it reached #2 in the UK, and is one of their biggest chart successes there, on par with Walk of Life, though the latter is considered more memorable, as it became a "Top 10" single in the US. Similarly, the album it came from, Love Over Gold, only sold 0.5 million copies in the US, though it was well-received elsewhere.
On the DVD which is a part of Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler said this about the song: "It's just about the Private Investigations... "What have you got at the end of the day" - Nothing more than you started out with..." It is said the song was inspired by author Michael Crichton.
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| Dire Straits |
| Mark Knopfler | John Illsley | Alan Clark | Guy Fletcher | David Knopfler | Pick Withers | Hal Lindes | Terry Williams | Jack Sonni |
| Discography |
| Albums and extended plays: Dire Straits | Communiqué | Making Movies | Love over Gold | ExtendedancEPlay | Alchemy | Brothers in Arms | On Every Street | On the Night | Live at the BBC | Money for Nothing | Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits | The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations |
| Hit Singles: Sultans of Swing | Lady Writer | Romeo and Juliet | Skateaway | Private Investigations | Twisting by the Pool | So Far Away | Money for Nothing | Brothers in Arms | Walk of Life | Your Latest Trick | Calling Elvis | Heavy Fuel | |
