{{about|the album|the title song|On Every Street (song)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use British English|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox album | name = On Every Street | type = studio | artist = Dire Straits | cover = Dire Straits - On Every Street.jpg | alt = | released = {{startdate|1991|9|9|df=yes}} | recorded = November 1990 – May 1991 | studio = AIR (London, UK) | genre = Roots rock | length = 60:16 | label = Vertigo<br>Warner Bros. (US) | producer = *Mark Knopfler *Dire Straits | prev_title = Money for Nothing | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = On the Night | next_year = 1993 | misc = {{Singles | name = On Every Street | type = studio | single1 = Calling Elvis | single1date = 19 August 1991 | single2 = Heavy Fuel | single2date = 21 October 1991 | single3 = On Every Street | single3date = 10 February 1992 | single4 = The Bug | single4date = 15 June 1992 | single5 = You and Your Friend | single5date = November 1992 (EU) | single6 = Ticket to Heaven | single6date = June 1994 (Netherlands) }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r5894|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref> | rev2 = ''Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|first=Colin|last=Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|chapter=Dire Straits|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=dire+straits|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2011|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3score = C−<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1991/09/13/every-street/|title=On Every Street|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=13 September 1991|access-date=15 September 2024|last=Browne|first=David|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415171437/https://ew.com/article/1991/09/13/every-street/|archive-date=15 April 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Great Rock Discography'' | rev4score = 5/10<ref>{{cite book|last=Strong |first=Martin C.|author-link=Martin C. Strong|chapter=Dire Straits|title=The Great Rock Discography|date=2004|publisher=Canongate Books|isbn=1-84195-615-5|edition=7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/425/mode/1up 424–425]}}</ref> | rev5 = ''MusicHound'' | rev5score = 1/5<ref>{{cite book|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|year=1999|isbn=1-57859-061-2|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/343/mode/1up 342–344]|chapter=Dire Straits|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel}}</ref> | rev6 = ''NME'' | rev6score = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stuart|last=Maconie|magazine=New Musical Express|title=Dire Straits: On Every Street|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52446812785/|date=14 September 1992|access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev7score = 5.2/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |date=23 September 2020 |title=Dire Straits: Dire Straits Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/dire-straits-the-studio-albums-1978-1991/ |access-date=23 September 2020 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Don|last=McLeese|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/on-every-street-19911017|title=On Every Street|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=17 October 1991|access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> | rev9 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Dire Straits|last=Considine|first=J. D.|author-link=J. D. Considine|title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|year=2004|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/242/mode/2up 242–243]}}</ref> | rev10 = ''Select'' | rev10score = 2/5<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Duerden|first=Nick|title=Dire Straits: On Every Street|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2013/06/albums4.jpg|magazine=Select|issue=17|date=October 1996|page=73|access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> }} '''''On Every Street''''' is the sixth and final studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 9 September 1991 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The follow-up to the band's massively successful album ''Brothers in Arms'', ''On Every Street'' reached the top of the UK Albums Chart and was also certified platinum by the RIAA.
==History== ''On Every Street'' was released more than six years after the band's previous album, ''Brothers in Arms''. ''On Every Street'' reached number 12 in the United States and number one in the United Kingdom and numerous European countries. The album was produced by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits.
By this time, the band consisted of Knopfler, John Illsley, Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher, and the album features session musicians including Chris White, Paul Franklin, Phil Palmer, Danny Cummings and American drummer Jeff Porcaro from Toto, who was asked to play the band's subsequent world tour, although he declined because of other commitments, both with Toto and as a studio musician.
Dire Straits promoted the album with a 14-month world tour which comprised 216 shows in Europe, North America, and Australia, sold 7.1 million tickets, and lasted from August 1991 to October 1992.<ref name="mkinfo-oest">{{cite web |title=On Every Street tour 1991/92 |work=Mark Knopfler Info |url=http://www.mark-knopfler.info/tour1991-1992.htm |access-date=25 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303113523/http://www.mark-knopfler.info/tour1991-1992.htm |archive-date=3 March 2012}}</ref> This was documented in the group's second live album, ''On the Night'', which was recorded in May 1992 at Les Arenes in Nîmes, France, and at Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and was released in May 1993.
Dire Straits disbanded permanently in 1995, after which Mark Knopfler pursued a solo career.
The album was remastered and reissued with the rest of the Dire Straits catalogue in 1996 for most of the world, except for the United States, where it was reissued on 19 September 2000.
==Song information== "Iron Hand" relates to the Battle of Orgreave during the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike, with Knopfler remarking on how the police charge on horseback into the crowd of striking miners had reminded him of the savagery of medieval times.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060211112120/http://www.ada.com.tr/~modabasi/dsint3.htm On Every Street – An interview with Mark Knopfler] – BBC Radio 1FM, date unknown (pre-release to ''On Every Street''), transcript via private website. Accessed 2019-01-16</ref> The song also appeared on the compilation album ''Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin''' in the same year of its release.
==Track listing==
{{Track listing | headline = ''On Every Street'' CD track listing | all_writing = Mark Knopfler | title1 = Calling Elvis | length1 = 6:26 | title2 = On Every Street | length2 = 5:04 | title3 = When It Comes to You | length3 = 5:02 | title4 = Fade to Black | length4 = 3:49 | title5 = The Bug | length5 = 4:18 | title6 = You and Your Friend | length6 = 5:59 | title7 = Heavy Fuel | length7 = 4:57 | title8 = Iron Hand | length8 = 3:09 | title9 = Ticket to Heaven | length9 = 4:26 | title10 = My Parties | length10 = 5:32 | title11 = Planet of New Orleans | length11 = 7:47 | title12 = How Long | length12 = 3:53 | total_length = 60:16 }}Note: On some reissues of the album, "Heavy Fuel" was 5:10.
== Personnel == '''Dire Straits''' * Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitars * John Illsley – bass, backing vocals * Alan Clark – keyboards, string conductor (9) * Guy Fletcher – keyboards, backing vocals
'''Additional musicians''' * Chris White – flute, saxophones * Phil Palmer – guitars * Vince Gill – guitar and backing vocals (5) * Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, acoustic lap steel guitar (2,6) * Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion * Manu Katché – drums and percussion (7, 11)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.manu-katche.com/contributions.htm?page=9|title=Discographie, les contributions {{!}} Manu Katché Website|website=www.manu-katche.com|access-date=2017-03-04}}</ref> * Danny Cummings – percussion * George Martin – string arranger and conductor (9)
'''Production''' * Mark Knopfler – producer * Dire Straits – producers * Chuck Ainlay – engineer * Bill Schnee – engineer * Steve Orchard – assistant engineer * Jack Joseph Puig – assistant engineer * Andy Strange – assistant engineer * Neil Dorfsman – mixing (1–6, 8–11) * Bob Clearmountain – mixing (7) * Avril Mackintosh – mix assistant * Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York) * Jo Motta – project coordinator * Sutton Cooper – design * Paul Cummins – design * Paul Williams – sleeve photography * Ron Eve – guitar technician to Mark Knopfler
==Singles== ''On Every Street'' produced six singles: # "Calling Elvis" # "Heavy Fuel" # "On Every Street" # "The Bug" # "You and Your Friend" (released in France and Germany) # "Ticket to Heaven" (released in The Netherlands)
==Charts== {{col-start}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !Chart (1991) !Peak<br/>position |- {{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Dire Straits|album=On Every Street|rowheader=true|access-date=14 October 2020}} |- {{album chart|Austria|1|artist=Dire Straits|album=On Every Street|rowheader=true|access-date=14 October 2020}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Dire Straits|album=On Every Street|rowheader=true|access-date=14 October 2020}} |- {{album chart|Germany|1|id=1294|artist=Dire Straits|album=On Every Street|rowheader=true|access-date=14 October 2020}} |- {{album chart|Hungary|12|year=1991|week=46|rowheader=true|access-date=1 March 2024}} |- {{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Dire Straits|album=On Every Street|rowheader=true|access-date=14 October 2020}} |- {{album chart|Norway|1|artist=Dire Straits|album=On Every Street|rowheader=true|access-date=14 October 2020}} |- !scope="row"|Portuguese Albums (AFP)<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-10-19.pdf Music & Media, vol. 8, issue 41; Oct 19, 1991]</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|1 |- {{album chart|Sweden|1|artist=Dire Straits|album=On Every Street|rowheader=true|access-date=14 October 2020}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Dire Straits|album=On Every Street|rowheader=true|access-date=14 October 2020}} |- {{album chart|UK2|1|date=19910921|rowheader=true|access-date=14 October 2020}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|12|artist=Dire Straits|rowheader=true|access-date=14 October 2020}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !Chart (1991) !Position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1991/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1991|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=14 October 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|25 |- !scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1991|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1991|website=austriancharts.at|access-date=14 October 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|15 |- !scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1991&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1991|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=14 October 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- !scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1991|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=GfK Entertainment|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=14 October 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|12 |- !scope="row"|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1991-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1991|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref> |align="center"|26 |- !scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1991/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1991|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=14 October 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|36 |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !Chart (1992) !Position |- !scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1992&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1992|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=14 October 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|34 |- !scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1992|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=GfK Entertainment|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=14 October 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|39 |} {{col-end}}
===Singles charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! style="width:50px;" |Year ! style="width:150px;" |Song ! style="width:50px;" |UK ! style="width:50px;" |AUS ! style="width:50px;" |AUT ! style="width:50px;" |FRA ! style="width:50px;" |ITA ! style="width:50px;" |NLD ! style="width:50px;" |NOR ! style="width:50px;" |SWE ! style="width:50px;" |SWI ! style="width:50px;" |US<br />Alt. ! style="width:50px;" |US<br />Main.<br />Rock |- | 1991 ! scope="row"| "Calling Elvis" | 21 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 3 |- | 1991 ! scope="row"| "Heavy Fuel" | 55 | 26 | — | 32 | 22 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 1 |- | 1992 ! scope="row"| "On Every Street" | 42 | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1992 ! scope="row"| "The Bug" | 67 | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |- | 1992 ! scope="row"| "You and Your Friend" | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1994 ! scope="row"| "Ticket to Heaven" | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |}
==Sales and certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|access-date=November 19, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Dire Straits|title=On Every Street|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|access-date=10 July 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Belgium|award=Platinum|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1991/1991-12-07-Billboard-Page-0008.pdf|title=Dire Straits, over six million copies sold in the first teen weeks|magazine=Billboard|date=December 7, 1991|page=8}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=On Every Street|artist=Dire Straits|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|access-date=10 July 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|artist=Dire Straits|title=On Every Street|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|salesamount=90,664|access-date=12 September 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|title=On Every Street|artist=Dire Straits|award=Diamond|source=infodisc|certyear=1992|access-date=November 19, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|title=On Every Street|artist=Dire Straits|award=Platinum|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|access-date=10 July 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Hong Kong|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Ireland|award=Platinum|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>|salesamount=600,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/1992/07/31/Spettacolo/CONCERTI-DOPO-NOVE-ANNI-I-DIRE-STRAITS-TORNANO-IN-ITALIA_163400.php|title=Concerti: Dopo Nove Anni I Dire Straits Tornano in Italia|publisher=Adnkronos|date=31 July 1992|access-date=22 February 2021|language=it}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Malaysia|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>|salesamount=50,000|salesref=<ref name=IFPI>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109165528/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf|archive-date=9 January 2007|url-status=dead|title=Certification Award Levels|publisher=IFPI|access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Netherlands|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|title=On Every Street|artist=Dire Straits|award=Platinum|id=1991-09-27|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1991}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Norway|award=Platinum|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>|salesamount=100,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-01-13.pdf|access-date=August 30, 2024|title=Scandinavian Statistics-Norway|magazine=Music & Media|date=January 13, 1990|page=28}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Portugal|award=Platinum|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=South Africa|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>}} {{certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|title=On Every Street|artist=Dire Straits|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1991|certref=<ref name="Spanish certifications 1991-1995">{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8|title=Sólo Éxitos 1959-2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979-1990|publisher=Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano}}</ref>|access-date=12 June 2014}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=album|title=On Every Street|artist=Dire Straits|award=Platinum|relyear=1991|certyear=1992|number=2|access-date=20 October 2020}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|title=On Every Street|artist=Dire Straits|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1991|certyear=1992|access-date=10 July 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=On Every Street|artist=Dire Straits|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|id=4837-641-2|access-date=10 July 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=On Every Street|artist=Dire Straits|award=Platinum|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|access-date=10 July 2019}} {{Certification Table Bottom}}
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==External links== * [https://www.markknopfler.com/discography/on-every-street/ ''On Every Street''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728135418/https://www.markknopfler.com/discography/on-every-street/ |date=28 July 2023 }} at Mark Knopfler's website
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