"Industrial Disease" is a Dire Straits song, written by Mark Knopfler. It appeared on the band's 1982 album Love over Gold. The song was released as a single in the United States and as a rare B-side to "Private Investigations" on cassette tape in the United Kingdom. The single went to #75 on the Billboard Hot 100 & to #9 on US Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay. The song's title is a British term for work-related illness or disease, a frequent subject in British news media at the time.

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