The film won the Grammy Award for "Best Music Video, Long Form" at the Grammy Awards in 1987 for video director Michael Apted and artist & video producer Sting.
Michael Apted was hired as director because of his work in documentaries and the Academy Awarding winning country-and-western musical drama Nashville Lady (1980) that he had directed. Director Michael Apted wrote in February 2005 that Sting "...liked that I'd done movies and documentaries, because he wanted a bit of both - to document the birth of a band and find a story to tell it".
The movie eventuated because A&M Records who Sting was signed with wanted to film the launch of Sting's first band after The Police.
One of three 1980s concert movies featuring Sting. The films include Bring on the Night (1985), Urgh! A Music War (1981), and The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982).
One of three theatrically released cinema movies first launched in 1985 that starred Sting. The films are Plenty (1985), La promise (1985) and Bring on the Night (1985).