# Dire Straits | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-19 11:05 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Dire Straits
- Visible lyric pages: 77

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `dire-straits`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-19 11:05 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-4ac9cada6cad6cde
- Visible lyric pages: 77
- Pages with stored lyric text: 77
- Video-backed song pages: 76
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 95726
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 202
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 4
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Expresso Love, Cannibals, Follow Me Home, Heavy Fuel, Single Handed Sailor, Six Blade Knife, The Man's Too Strong, and Twisting By The Pool
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

A London band that started with pub stories and wound up with one of the 80s' biggest-selling albums.

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Expresso Love — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/expresso-love
2. Cannibals — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/cannibals
3. Follow Me Home — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/follow-me-home
4. Heavy Fuel — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/heavy-fuel
5. Single Handed Sailor — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/single-handed-sailor
6. Six Blade Knife — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/six-blade-knife
7. The Man's Too Strong — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/the-man-s-too-strong
8. Twisting By The Pool — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/twisting-by-the-pool
9. You And Your Friend — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/you-and-your-friend
10. Badges, Posters, Stickers, T-shirts (B-side) — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/badges-posters-stickers-t-shirts-b-side
11. Eastbound Train — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/eastbound-train
12. If I Had You — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/if-i-had-you
13. Making Movies — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/making-movies
14. Millionaire Blues — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/millionaire-blues
15. Money For Nothing — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/money-for-nothing
16. My Parties — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/my-parties
17. Once Upon a Time In The West — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west
18. Romeo And Juliet — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/romeo-and-juliet
19. Sailing To Philadelphia — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/sailing-to-philadelphia
20. Skateaway — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/skateaway
21. Solid Rock — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/solid-rock
22. Sultans Of Swing — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/sultans-of-swing
23. Ticket to Heaven — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/ticket-to-heaven
24. Tunnel Of Love — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/tunnel-of-love
25. Why Aye Man — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/why-aye-man
26. Your Latest Trick — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/your-latest-trick
27. Angel Of Mercy — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/angel-of-mercy
28. Badges, Posters, Stickers and T-Shirts — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/badges-posters-stickers-and-t-shirts
29. Boom, Like That — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/boom-like-that
30. Brothers In Arms — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/brothers-in-arms
31. Calling Elvis — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/calling-elvis
32. Communiquè — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/communique
33. Down To The Waterline — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/down-to-the-waterline
34. Eastbound Train (B-side) — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/eastbound-train-b-side
35. Fade To Black — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/fade-to-black
36. If I Had You (B-side) — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/if-i-had-you-b-side
37. It Never Rains — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/it-never-rains
38. Lady Writer — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/lady-writer
39. Lions — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/lions
40. On Every Street — https://lyroverse.com/dire-straits/on-every-street