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  • I like both versions but this one is so haunting... very intense.

  • Watch out for STD's. lol

  • One of my favourite Police songs, and I can't for the life of me tell you why. It brings to mind images of a clan of pirates and the guy is sacrificing himself for a women, either being burnt at the stake or walking the plank... I love it.

  • With great music comes great responsability.....

  • very great songs, this one was record in Montsserat

  • All three of them are some of the best in their field. 3 Men massive sound! Top it id like to see it. Even The Jam would struggle!

  • Copeland is the best & most under-rated under-appreciated drummer ~ maybe better that way... our secret?! ~ Stewart we ♥ u!

  • where are the squirels................more squirels ..dam it

  • Has to be said I do prefer the version of this song with Omar Hakim, but this is still amazing.

  • Greatx1000 song!! Just awesome very, very romantic the ultimate luv song!!

  • So beautiful, so wrong

  • i melt to the burn....

  • this always has been, and always will be, one of my favorites.

  • beautiful,sensual,hypnotic....­...always been special to me ......

  • There is something about this song that is just hypnotising.. I don't know what it is but I when it comes on I have to stop everything just to listen and be in that moment. I just love it.

  • he is edgy, i mean especially his younger days are messier ..sexier..

  • You say Taylor Swift,I say Breaking Benjamin

    You say Lady Gaga,I say Evanescence

    You say Miley Cyrus,I say Slipknot

    You say T-Pain,I say Three Days Grace

    You say Eminem,I say Linkin Park

    You say Jonas Brother,I say Green Day

    You say Flowers,I say Puddle of Mudd

    92% of teens have turned to pop and hip-hop.If you are part of the 8% that still listens to real music, copy and paste this message to 5 other videos. DONT LET ROCK N ROLL DIE ! P.S Thumbs Up If You Agree

  • @Metalicana182 just listen to the shit you want everybody has its own taste, if someone wants to listen to t-pain or some other artist let them be man..

  • @Metalicana182

    Amen to That !!

    

  • As the biggest Police fan for 30 years, I am listening to this song as I obsess about a married woman who is 10 years my senior (54). She lured me in spiritually, emotionally and sexually, yet did not cheat with me. She totally mind fucked me and I am going completely mad.

  • The two hottest minutes in Rock and Roll of the 80's.

  • The first time I heard this song, I was in paradise (still am). This is seriously my favourite song on this entire planet. It brings up so many emotions I didn't even know existed. Along with Secret Journey. I freakin' love Sting <3

  • I envision jungle flora, hot, humid, mosquito netting bungalow in the middle of nowhere...doing whatever comes to mind.

  • This song was going to be released on "zenyatta mondatta", but the didn´t, I think if that would be released then it would be a Police song and not sting (you know what i mean). I really love The police and all rheir members, but i think the better composer is Sting, and there was a lot of fights about who put more songs on the album, I know thats the most important reason why Sting start to feel bored in that band. Composers fight for your talent agains the weak minds

  • @tadeo1976 without the members of the police, sting would be known only as gordon sumner, the english teacher... they cajoled him into joining the band. please dont forget that. andy summer and stewart copeland are just as important to the police as sting. sting is the creative force, but without those guys, we wouldnt know who the fuck 'sting' was. get my drift?

  • @OralAgreement69 I know, Was Stewart idea of trio band, also the kind of music to do, the energy.. was all contribution of Stewart.. but Sting never reconize at that time, He felt superior as God

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  • I'm glad this version was posted. Although I love Omar Hakim, I'm not a big fan of ANY drum solos and didn't really like his drum part on the remake of this song. I'm just a weird drummer who doesn't like solos! ;-P

  • Is it my imagination, or is the end of this song sounding like a sacrifice of a virginity to the member of the tribe - if not the entire tribe?

  • what a song! one of my favourites too... the police was the best band of 80's

  • me too , I had Bring on The Night but a house fire put paid to all that

  • I Burn for You ... I Burn For You <3

  • As carliboy908 said, this song does "ooze sex and desire"... I just wish that the instrumental "coda" at the end wasn't so repetetive and long, or that there would have been at least one more stanza of lyrics to break it up...

  • the snare of Stweart Copeland in stereo, GODNESS.

    And listen to the drum at 3:40 , african rythm <3

  • hopefully the band will try at least another album, there is chemistry still there, would be a pity to see time escape it

  • 5 people are burning

  • Thank you for the excellent quality of this song-----I was an 80's kid who really liked The Police, I really liked this song. I think it was from the "Brimstome and Treacle" soundtrack that Sting acted in-----an odd, very British, sort of entertaining film. This is a great song regardless of the circumstances.

  • from the 1st time i ever heard this song on through this 20+ year now space time, this song still fuxx me UP baby!!!!!!

  • this is a good version but the best is last exits by a mile

  • @jkdhac Wow...thanks for commenting that...found it...amazingggggg...

  • My all time favorite song...I haven't heard a song come this close to describing longing....desire..love...abso­lutely beautiful

    

  • My all time favorite song...I haven't heard a song come this close to describing longing....desire..love...abso­lutely beautiful

  • i dont understand the song, what is igt about?

  • this is the best quality of song i've heard on youtube. the sound is crispy clean

  • Passion, obsession, heat, anticipation, sex, skin, lust, desire, rapture, no thought, only feeling, all consuming......burning........­.........good song.

  • it takes a woman to start burning a man, it take's a man to say I burn for you

  • Fucking stunning! Dark and sexy... no, sensual, menacing, pending ecstasy in the middle of the song then you get down to the business of getting to it. LOVE this song.

  • "...in the shade of your parasol..." Who bothers to write lyrics like this anymore? And then come the drums...great...One of my Police faves, and this version is so hard to find...thanks...

  • "...in the shade of your parasol..."  Who bothers to write lyrics like this anymore? Probably one of my Police faves, and this version is so hard to find...thanks...

  • probably one of my Police faves, and this version is so hard to find...thanks...

  • I really like Andy's guitar part. It really stirs emotions (and memories.) What a unique band the Police were. They almost didn't happen.

  • @ melonnell... i want to see it so bad.. i understand that sting is not such a desirable guy in it... i have been waiting to see it for about 12-13 years... had actually heard a song or two off of it but didnt know it was a movie... when i found the record... been looking ever since

  • Reminds me of long ago...

    cold nights with a warm girl...

    this song... Heaven of my memories....

  • I love Sting's bass Key change at 2.29.. This song is really rousing and hypnotic.. pure class

  • great drums by Stewart in the last part

  • Has anyone seen the film 'Brimestone and treacle' starring Sting and featuring this track? Absolutely brilliant.

  • @melonnell123 i have tried to find this movie.. with no luck... i bought the record at a used record shop in louisvlle about 10... 12.years ago.. would love to see the music with the movie...

  • @jenirocksotb Netflix

  • @jenirocksotb - I happened to tape the film on VHS years ago but I bought it from Amazon.co.uk. recently. It's one of those 'cult' movies so be careful when/if you purchase it - cos of DVD codes. Well worth buying. 1st class cast of actors too!

  • AWESOME111

  • i fell in love with this song when it came out... i went out and bought Brimstone & Treacle, even though i had no idea what the movie was and haven't seen it even to this day....i don't like any other version of it as much as i do this, the original.... thank you so much for posting it on here....

  • @MGMLioness i think Stings Last Exit version is so much better don't get me wrong this version is good but listen to the older version.

  • Enorme cette chanson, Andy et Stewart donnent toute la puissance et l'énergie à cette chanson

    j'adore la meilleure version

  • Every time I listen to this song it gives me chills down my spine! Great song

  • Oh shit dude :o

  • Energía total.

  • vooll geil das lied

  • This song is an early tune originally for Sting's early band Last Exit. Andy does great job with guitar synthetiser.

  • Actually this is from his documentary "Bring on the Night". You are correct the original was in Brimstone & Treacle but the version you are playing.

    Cheers!

  • I especially love the power of the song at 1:25 along with the emphasis on bass at 1:43. Extremely intense...

  • Yeah.....

  • I love it..makes me want to get on my drums or just dance around the house in the native dance..Real eccentric..

  • This one dates back to the early exploration days. I thought this song was very sensual in a unsettling way. Then I saw the movie...

  • so mysterious and eerie

  • I love the movie Brimestone and Treacle. He is so sexy and a bit naughty I dare say.

  • che dire del video... un po' "statico". La canzone invece credevo che fosse del periodo solista di Sting. il sapere che l'ha fatta coi Police è stata una bella scoperta.

  • Best British Band ever.

  • Im a little drunk, but I have to say it..this song oozes sex and desire..beautiful

  • ...in that case,you should watch the film!I can't say why! :):):)

  • @carliboy908 FANTASTIC.

  • Hmm.

    The second half of the song, I've tried cutting the song in half and only using the 2nd half, its great for a surf movie, I haven't uploaded the video with this song yet, but it goes great with pretty much any surf video :)

  • this song is also used in a film from 1982 called "Brimstone and Treacle" which Sting stars in...a naughty story but great British film.

  • this is the best group in the world a huevo solo que falto el solo de swteart

  • I like This song but i think the Last Exit (the band Sting was in before the Police) version is better.

    Leni. ;o)

  • I agree with you. This is a brilliant song, but the version recorded with Last Exit was much more evocative, at least for me.

  • I heard a great version of this song on the " Bring on the Night " soundtrack. It has an insane drum solo in the middle from Omar Hakim. This is one of my favorite songs ever!

  • I know exactly which scene you're talking about---yeah Omar Hakim does the best drum part for this song...must be heard by all human ears.

  • @Rickdog1267 - yeah... that Hakim drum solo was sick. Jaw dropping sick.

  • Sting is a bass god. Channelfunk and I must be on the same vibe. I just used the word 'haunting' in posting a comment to another version of this song and also enjoy losing myself in How Stupid Mr Bates. Great stuff to be sure.

  • I find myself often losing myself to that song also =D

  • I love this song so much for its haunting and beautiful melody and words. It's the sort of song that haunts for you for a long time. I remember this in Brimstone and Treacle which I actually quite liked as a film. And I loved How Stupid Mister Bates! Now that's a song that stays with you!

  • Holy, what is all the crazy noise in the background during the fade out?

  • I believe Sting is actually the Devil in this film. I'm quite sure that is what Dennis Potter had in mind.

  • Interestingly, I once found the actual play in the library. When describing Sting's character Martin Potter says "He is the devil, or at least he thinks he is."

  • what album does it come from?

  • the soundtrack to 'brimstone & treacle', also the police box set.

  • could easily be a sequel to "Walking In Your Footsteps".

  • great song, terrible movie

  • I am not ashamed to say that I still own the Brimstone and Treacle soundtrack on cassette!...This song is sexy, dark and haunting...even tantric...like an obsessive eternal love poem, the film stays with you for a long time too. =)

  • this song is from last exit...

  • The song called "i burn for you" was still a track of Last Exit. Is this the same? Actually ive listened a few songs from Last Exit and I love it.. for me Sting has proved most of his talent and energy in those early 70`s and jazzy-dissonant sound.

  • Yes this is the same song! I've upload Last Exit version on my channel

  • Brilliant yet quite ignored track...one of my personal faves. Dark, sexy and almost menacing...like the film itself!

  • I agree. One of the better Police songs, and most ignored. Sting's voice seductive. The bass and guitar like the tolling of a bell. Hypnotic. When I was a teen, I used to lie in front of my parents old record player and play and replay this track.

  • ...syrup? I love the Brittish X)

  • I have this album and love it! This is the best version of this song! Thanks for posting. Sting plays a creepy, disturbed, and dark character in this movie, Brimstone and Treacle. He's very convincing. The movie is strange but is very good. If you love Sting, you'll probably like the movie. FYI, I later found out that treacle is a dark syrup that Brits put on toast or crackers...not being British, I didn't know what that was for the longest time.

  • Thank you SOOOO much for putting this on here!

    If I could listen to only one song over and over for the rest of my life it'd be this one.

    I like this version better, too :)

  • gooooooooooooooooooooooood!!!!­!

  • Great song. One of my favourites. And the version from "Bring on the Night" is even better.

  • I disagree-I much prefer this version. It is darker and sexier...sounds like a man driven by an obsessional passion. Very very sexy. The BOTN version is watered down, in my opinion.

  • Totally disagree with you, I'm afraid. This is THE version, with Copeland's outstanding drumming.

    Ridiculous that they didn't put stuff like on the albums. Ranks amongst the best Police stuff methinks!

  • I have to go with this version by The Police. This song has always given me chills and is extremely haunting. I love the dark side of The Police. And yes, Stewart's drumming on the second half sounds incredible. Plus I dig the little yells and things the guys are doing at the end. Sound like pirates or something. Very cool stuff.

  • I have a feeling xensboy you will find that, btw I saw Sting live in a stadium concert in 90ies, he was awesome and there wasnt even one additional show during to support his performance, he is amazing....

  • Police expert Phil Sutcliffe tells that he once saw Sting mesmerizing the audience in a Newcastle pub before he was in The Police, putting evryone's hairs on end.

    I have the feeling that this recording, wonderful as it is, doesn't quite capture the full power of the song. It's great that we have this and the live solo versions, but oh for a video of the performance at that pub.

  • I cant get out of my head, super song...

  • Brings back many many memories. Wonderful film, beautiful song.

  • Good song. If anyone finds this song live, please let me know!

  • Sting's live double cd. Bring on the night

  • Thanks!!!

  • man, there is a fantastic live performance of this song right here on youtube. Omar Hakim is literally burning towards the end of the song...fantastic group with the late Kenny Kirland, Brandford Marsalis, Omar Hakim...It's a great song and the original version with The Police is awesome.

  • Thanks! I'll look.

    trevor

  • j'adore la fin de ce morceau

  • Holy cow, I remember the chorus or whatever in 3:39 and b4 and after!! That part of this song was from "Everyone Stares- The Police inside out. I saw it the other day!!

  • This is good but not the best police song I've heard...I can kinda c y it was just 4 a soundtrack and not on "Ghost in the Machine" or "Synchronicity" but right in between.

  • I have the VHS of Brimstone and Treacle. The box indicates that songs were contributed by Sting, the Police, Squeeze and the Go-Go's. The credits document only so much.

  • Awesome one of my Police favorites...thanks so much for posting!!!

  • May be somebody could share it on YouTube? I just want to hear Only You...

  • The Police do play this song. It is shown in the everyone stare's film. Just listen to the drums, that's Stewart for sure.

  • That sure sounds like Andy on guitar, too.

  • You can buy this movie on DVD through Amazon. I bought it recently. Sting is great in this movie. I don't think of these as Police songs. Sting wrote I Burn for You prior to Police.

  • This is my all time favorite Police song. However, you are wrong. This song was not nor has it ever been on the Synchronicity album. It is from the soundtrack of a 1982 film called Brimstone and Treacle, in which Sting co-starred. The film is out of print, but you can rent it on Netflix.

  • Thank you, thank you!! The only other "I Burn For You" video that I favorited has since disappeared...and was one featuring stills of a girl wearing almost nothing, LOL Not was I was looking for. I do think I like the version on Sting's Victoria's Secret CD a little better but was happy to find this.

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