Setting Me Up
~ Recording by Dire Straits
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 9102 021 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 6360 162 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | BSK 3266 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | RJ-7541 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 6360 162 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:21 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Phonogram, Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | HS 9102 021 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (German target pressing, printed in U.S.A., first released version) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 3266-2, 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (Germany, blue swirl, 1st pressing) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (german target pressing, printed in West Germany, first released version) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 3266-2, 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 3266-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (Germany, orange/red swirl, 1st pressing) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (Germany, blue swirl, 2nd pressing, black lettering) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (made in Japan) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 3266-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (Germany, orange/red swirl, 2 pressing) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (Germany, PDO with 05 in Matrix) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (Germany, orange/red swirl, 4th pressing) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (Germany, orange/red swirl, 5th pressing) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (Germany, orange/red swirl, 6th pressing) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (Germany, PDO with 08 in Matrix) | Dire Straits | Album | Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 | |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album + Compilation |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | PHCR-3137-40 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | MMTCD 1829 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2, STARCD 5050 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits ('Made in Germany' at rim and matrix) | Dire Straits | Album | Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 | |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 8000512 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (reissue, remastered) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | MMTCD 1963 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (SBM remastered) | Dire Straits | Album | Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 | |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (remaster) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 47769-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | UICY-90770 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (remaster) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Universal International (Japanese label; release must say “制作:Universal International” AND have no logos other than “Universal Music”) | UICY-93727 |
| 1.4 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | New Collection | Dire Straits | Album + Compilation |
| D.K. & Moon Producing Centre, Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 065, [none] |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (180 gram) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 47769-1 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | UIGY-9032 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| UICY-25010 | |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | UICY-40008 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | The Studio Albums 1978–1991 | Dire Straits | Album + Compilation |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 0602537529193, 0602537529193v |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | UICY-40206 |
| 2.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (special edition) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2184 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (special edition) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2184 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:18 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL 2-466 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | The Studio Albums 1978 - 1991 | Dire Straits | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | 603497860562, R2 567156 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | The Studio Albums 1978 - 1991 (Remaster) | Dire Straits | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023), Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 00602508391361, 0839136 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | 603497846337, R2 3266 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | R1 3266 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (SRC pressing with SID codes) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 3266-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album | Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 | |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (approx. 1982/83) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 6360 162 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (SRC pressing) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 3266-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | [none] |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (Allied pressing) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 3266-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (BIEM MCPS, red guitar, MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (reissue, remastered) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-9 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (red swirl, made by PMDC, France) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (W. Germany, red swirl, 4th pressing, UK Release) | Dire Straits | Album |
| Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 800 051-2 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.11 | Setting Me Up | 3:22 | Dire Straits | Forever Gold | Dire Straits | Album + Compilation |
| EastWest (bootlegs pretending to be EastWest), Warner Bros. Records (bootleg version of the real Warner Bros. Records label) | 533 356-2 |
| 2.8 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | The Very Best | Dire Straits | Album + Compilation |
| Halahup Records | HAL010 |
| 1.12 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | Star Profile | Dire Straits | Album + Compilation |
| All Stars (Russian bootlegs) | |
| 1.6 | Setting Me Up | 3:20 | Dire Straits | The Ultimate Best of Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | Setting Me Up | 3:19 | Dire Straits | The Studio Albums 1978–1991 | Dire Straits | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| engineer: | Rhett Davies |
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| producer: | Muff Winwood (bass player, songwriter, producer) |
| bass guitar: | John Illsley |
| drums (drum set): | Pick Withers |
| guitar: | David Knopfler Mark Knopfler |
| lead vocals: | Mark Knopfler |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1978) Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1978) Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1996) |
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| recorded at: | Basing Street Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1978-02) |
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| purchase for download: | https://music.apple.com/gb/song/1440801728 [info] |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/1e7sKwOgiMF2FBgb8HmlRb [info] https://www.deezer.com/track/2263030 [info] |
| streaming page: | https://music.apple.com/gb/song/1440801728 [info] https://tidal.com/track/622356 [info] |
| recording of: | Setting Me Up |
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Related works
Setting Me Up
| lyricist and composer: | Mark Knopfler |
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| publisher: | Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) Rondor Music Straitjacket Songs |
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