Song · Dire Straits
“The Bug” by Dire Straits
From the album On Every Street (1991)
“The Bug” by Dire Straits appears on 4 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2002. It was first released in 1991 on the album On Every Street. Its best result is #1622 on the CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,617 alternative song of all time.
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"The Bug" comes off On Every Street, the 1991 record that turned out to be Dire Straits' last studio album, a roots-rock number that's Mark Knopfler's baby: he wrote the words and the music and is credited as producer. Neil Dorfsman mixed it, and Chuck Ainlay, Jack Joseph Puig and Bill Schnee shared the engineering.
In Britain it became the album's fourth and last single and, as things turned out, the final Dire Straits single released there at all, though it stalled at number 67. Canada was kinder and took it to number 21.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1630 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1630 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1630 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1622 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
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