 | I Burn for YouThe Police |
Writer(s): Sting (see lyrics here) Released: October 21, 1982 (on Brimstone and Treacle soundtrack) First Charted: December 4, 1982 Peak: 27 AR, 29 CO, 1 DF (Click for codes to singles charts.) Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 0.90 video, -- streaming |
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About the Song:Sting first recorded this song with Last Exit, his band before the Police. He later presented it to the Police for consideration on their third album, 1980’s Zenyatta Mondatta. However, they “deemed [it] unsuitable for the musical direction the band was taking,” WK considering it “too sentimental.” PW In 1981, the group Hot Gossip recorded the song and the Police recorded it during the sessions for their Ghost in the Machine album. The versions done by Last Exit and Hot Gossip featured a verse which was omitted from the Police’s recording. That version was still shelved for another year. Finally, in 1982 it was released on the Brimstone and Treacle soundtrack along with other music written and recorded by Sting and the Police. It was released as a single in late 1982, reaching #27 on the album rock chart. Clips from the movie have been integrated into the video below along with the original version of “I Burn for You” by Last Exit. The movie was based on a 1976 BBC television play by Dennis Potter. Both versions starred Denholm Elliott; the 1982 film featured Sting as one of the co-stars. The story focuses on a middle-class London suburban couple and their daughter, who has been rendered comatose by a hit-and-run accident. The father (Elliott) meets a stranger one day (Sting) who claims to be friends with the daughter. When he rapes the girl, she awakes screaming and fully recovers from her disability. Sting also recorded the song as a solo artist, first on his 1986 live album Bring on the Night and again in 2010 for Symphonicities, a collection of rerecordings of his work. The version done for Bring on the Night was made into a video. In 1991, the Bob Belden Ensemble recorded the song for their Sting tribute album, The Music of Sting: Straight to My Heart.
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First posted 7/14/2011; last updated 7/27/2022. |
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