Private Investigations
| "Private Investigations" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Dire Straits | ||||
| from the album Love over Gold | ||||
| B-side | "Badges, Posters, Stickers, T-Shirts" | |||
| Released | 27 August 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 8 March – 11 June 1982 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 6:45 (Album version) 5:51 (Single edit) | |||
| Label | Vertigo | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mark Knopfler | |||
| Producer(s) | Mark Knopfler | |||
| Dire Straits singles chronology | ||||
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"Private Investigations" is a 1982 song by British rock band Dire Straits. It is the leading single to their fourth studio album Love over Gold. It went to number 2 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, number 1 in the Netherlands and Belgium, number 21 in Australia, number 20 in Finland, number 19 in Austria and number 16 in New Zealand.