Its music video was included on the band's audiovisual compilation Greatest, released in 1999 (VHS) and 2003 (DVD).

The remix was created by producer John Jones, with assistance from Dee Long and engineer Chris Potter, in an upstairs room at Olympic Studios in Barnes while Duran Duran was downstairs recording new material for the album Liberty, to be released the following year.

[2] The video for "Burning the Ground", much like the song, used snippets of many of Duran Duran's previous audiovisual work, including scenes from their 1985 concert film Arena (An Absurd Notion) and their 1987–1989 Strange Behaviour and Electric Theatre world tours.

The video also used footage of burning South American rainforests, as well as the NASA Space Shuttles and even some scenes of the band walking around in the street during the recording sessions for their then-upcoming Liberty album.

Upon single release Melody Maker reviewer Mick Mercer called song a "sample-heavy thing" in "The Reflex" style.