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“Smooth Operator” is a song by the English group Sade released as the fourth and final single from their debut album, Diamond Life (1984). It was released (in both the U.S. and the UK) as a 7” single with “Spirit” as its B-side and as a 12” maxi single with “Smooth Operator” and “Red Eye” on side A and “Spirit” on side B. In the U.S. it was the follow-up to “Hang on to Your Love”.

This was Sade’s first top ten hit in the U.S., peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks in May 1985. The song spent thirteen weeks in the top forty and also topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for two weeks. Although “Your Love Is King” remains Sade’s biggest hit in the UK to date, “Smooth Operator” is the band’s breakthrough hit on the U.S. charts, and their most successful single internationally.

Ray St. John, who co-wrote “Smooth Operator” with Sade Adu, was previously a member of Adu’s former band Pride, although he was not a member of the band Sade. The pair had co-written the song in 1982 while still members of Pride, but did not get around to recording it because St. John left Pride shortly after Sade joined. St. John later went on to play guitar with the band Halo James, which scored a UK top ten hit with “Could Have Told You So” in February 1990.
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Albums featuring this track

  • The Best Of Sade
    Sade Play
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  • Diamond Life
    Sade Play
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  • 100 Hits of the 80's - Volume 2
    Various Play
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  • Diamond Life/Promise
    Sade Play
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  • kevinms14

    Absolute Classic!

    Tuesday afternoon

  • justinmcgonigle

    goddess

    13 days ago

  • kisnapraforgo

    dear sensual woman with a beautiful voice

    13 days ago

  • abunono

    Snow-white!Snow-white!We sing to thee/In a far land beyond the sea

    21 days ago

  • catwithasax

    my favourite score

    21 days ago

  • ladycaroledowns

    Thanks Ted :-)

    last month

  • PurplePostRock

    Oh, yeah... baby makin' music..*whisper* sexy... jk jk

    last month

  • JamSammiches

    A Favorite ...

    last month

  • burrusflek

    i loved this girl, i loved this music

    last month

  • maryjanegirls

    i wish she was on tour luv this cut

    March 2012

  • mikeysrob

    this is being layed at my funeral, i have decided

    March 2012

  • Pellkoppf

    ★ ღ ♫ ღ ★

    March 2012

  • Robdala

    Ótima!!!

    March 2012

  • mikeysrob

    iwant this played at my funeral lol

    March 2012

  • sirthorty

    love.....really smooth

    March 2012

  • Violetmay06

    love sade..

    February 2012

  • citymad

    Mystical Sade, what a great artist she is I love her...

    February 2012

  • catwithasax

    <3 I always play the score to fast

    February 2012

  • linkntinks

    I loved to listent to her when I was cleaning houses, made my day not so stressful...

    February 2012

  • slanski88

    Soma holiday anyone?...

    February 2012
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