Spotify streams
1,951,184,789
Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 4 Nov 2026, 01:20 UTC.
- Last day
- +813,279
- since 3 Nov 2026
- Popularity
- 86 / 100
- Spotify's 0–100 score
- Charting today
- 6 markets
History
Play count history
3 readings from 2 Nov 2026 to 4 Nov 2026: +1,594,518 plays over 2 days. Each bar is the difference between two readings a day apart; a gap is a day without such a pair.
| Day (UTC) | Lifetime plays | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1,951,184,789 | +813,279 | |
| 1,950,371,510 | +781,239 | |
| 1,949,590,271 | First reading |
Spotify Charts
On the charts today
6 positions across 6 markets, from each market's latest chart in the store. Streams are the chart's own count for its day.
| Chart | Rank | Streams that day |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Top 200 | #105 | 9,154 |
| Netherlands Top 200 | #106 | 32,185 |
| Sweden Top 200 | #122 | 17,577 |
| Israel Top 200 | #166 | 8,210 |
| Belgium Top 200 | #194 | 10,710 |
| Norway Top 200 | #197 | 8,909 |
Track details
- Album
- Dire Straits
- Released
- Track number
- 6
- Duration
- 5:48
- Explicit
- No
- ISRC
- GBF089601041
- Tempo
- 148.3 BPM
- Language
- English
Genres
- Classic Rock
- Rock
- Roots Rock
- Rock and Roll
- Pop Rock
- Soft Rock
- AOR
- Blues Rock
- Folk Rock
- Americana
Moods
- Classy
Tempo, language, genres, moods and credits are the API's track insights, strongest first, read .
Credits
- Main Artist
- Dire Straits
- Producer
- Muff Winwood
- Composer
- Mark Knopfler
- Lyricist
- Mark Knopfler
For developers
Get Sultans Of Swing's play count from the API
One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=37Tmv4NnfQeb0ZgUC4fOJj&include=playcount. Read its reference.
For many tracks, GET /tracks takes up to 50 ids in one call.
Get your own key
No code: Spotify Play Count Scraper on Apify (opens in a new tab) exports play counts for a list of links to CSV or JSON. How play counts work.
| curl -X GET \ |
| "https://spotify-proxy.checkleaked.cc/spotify-data/tracks?ids=37Tmv4NnfQeb0ZgUC4fOJj&include=playcount" \ |
| -H "x-rapidapi-key: $SPOTIFY_API_KEY" |
Frequently asked questions
How many streams does Sultans Of Swing have on Spotify?
Sultans Of Swing by Dire Straits had 1,951,184,789 streams on Spotify as of 4 Nov 2026 (UTC), 813,279 more than at the reading a day earlier. The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.
When was Sultans Of Swing released?
7 Oct 1978, on the album Dire Straits.
Who wrote and produced Sultans Of Swing?
Producer: Muff Winwood. Composer: Mark Knopfler. Lyricist: Mark Knopfler.
What genre is Sultans Of Swing?
The API's track insights tag it Classic Rock, Rock and Roots Rock, strongest first.
What is the tempo of Sultans Of Swing?
148.3 BPM, from the API's track insights.