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In the United States, "Smooth Operator" was released in February 1985, serving as the album's second US single. The song became Sade's first top-10 entry in the US, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in May 1985.
"Smooth Operator" is the lead single released from Big Daddy Kane's second album, It's a Big Daddy Thing. Arguably one of Big Daddy Kane's most popular songs, the song topped the newly formed Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart and was a hit on the R&B and dance charts, peaking at number 11 and 17 on the charts respectively.
Sade Adu was also a member of Pride in the early 1980s, and St. John is perhaps best known for co-writing her song "Smooth Operator". [2] [3] After leaving Pride in 1983, St. John continued song-writing and then reformed the band again in 1984 with new songs and new members.
The music video for "Smooth Operator", directed by Julien Temple, was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards in 1985, Best Female Video and Best New Artist. [38] Diamond Life was voted the 14th best album of the year in the 1985 Pazz & Jop , an annual poll of American critics, published by The Village Voice ; "Smooth Operator" was voted 25th ...
Smooth Operator" is a 1984 song by Sade. Smooth operator or smoothing operator may also refer to: "Smooth Operator" (Big Daddy Kane song), 1989 "Smooth Operator", a song by Sarah Vaughan released in 1959 "Smooth Operator", a song by Dorothy Dandridge recorded in 1958 but not released until 1999; A smoothing operator, used to remove noise from data
Steve Smooth [1] [2] is an American EDM/house DJ, [3] [4] musician, record producer and remixer. He is known for having 15 + number one songs / remixes on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. [5]
"Smooth" Santana feat. Rob Thomas: 1999 "Cliffs of Dover" Eric Johnson: 1990: Rock Hits 90s: January 15, 2013 "No Rain" Blind Melon: 1992 "Alive" Pearl Jam: 1991: Pearl Jam 3-Song Pack "Juicebox" The Strokes: 2006: The Strokes 3-Song Pack: January 22, 2013 "Last Nite" 2001 "Reptilia" 2003 "American Woman" The Guess Who: 1970: Rock Hits 60s-70s ...
Cash Box described the lyrics saying that "in James Taylor fashion, Jim Croce tries to track down his long lost lover with the help of the operator." [3] The song relates one side of a conversation with a telephone operator. The speaker is trying to find the phone number of his former lover, who has moved to Los Angeles with his former best friend.