Brimstone & Treacle (soundtrack)

Brimstone & Treacle is the soundtrack for the 1982 film adaptation of the play Brimstone and Treacle, directed by Richard Loncraine and starring Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, and Sting. Sting and the Police wrote most of the original material, with additional songs by A&M acts such as the Go-Go's and Squeeze, plus traditional pieces performed by the Finchley Children's Music Group and the Brimstone Chorale. The soundtrack includes the Police's "I Burn for You," a song Sting originally wrote for Last Exit in the mid-1970s and later offered to the Police for Zenyatta Mondatta, but it was deemed too sentimental. Sting's cover of "Spread a Little Happiness" reached number 16 in the UK charts, and the title track won the 1984 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.