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About This Track
“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.
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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Shouts
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catwithasax wrote:
<3 I always play the score to fast
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linkntinks wrote:
I loved to listent to her when I was cleaning houses, made my day not so stressful...
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slanski88 wrote:
Soma holiday anyone?...
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pharmman52 wrote:
love to sit with headphones on and just drift away with Sade fantastic voice
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da4cu4 wrote:
Wonderful.
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uzayulas wrote:
she is the best !!!
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nicki6346 wrote:
Saw her live! The women is TIMELESS!!
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conni-pe wrote:
so herrlich viel Gefühl Klasse Song
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Renan_HD wrote:
classic!
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goboywonder wrote:
Amazing......♥ [2]
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Jenny_Babydoll wrote:
Amazing......♥
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GraySage wrote:
"This is your first listen to Sade." But will not be the last :)
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Deformografy wrote:
I think this is one of the first songs i remember as a little child. Love it!
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LorenaBarroseng wrote:
Perfeitaaaa!!!!!
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gotgore101 wrote:
She' deep, very deep. She looks good too.
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kendana wrote:
IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT DOESNT FEEL ...SADE....IM NOT ONE LOL....
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content32 wrote:
SHE IS AWESOME TO LISTEN TO. LOVE HER SONGS AND HER UNIQUE SOUND IS WONDERFUL. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED HER SMOKEY SOUND.
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sammyez wrote:
A great tune from the 80's......pity she's now lost the magic, if only she could find the right producer!
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liyoh wrote:
Classic
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hellovictoria wrote:
so good!
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