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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 ‘Smooth Operator’ singer’s new song ‘Young Lion’ was released as part of Red Hot Organization’s trans-inclusive compilation EP ‘Transa: Selects’
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
Sir Robin John Christian Millar CBE (born 18 December 1951) is an English record producer, musician and businessman, known variously as 'The Original Smooth Operator', 'The man behind Sade', and 'Golden Ears' by Boy George. He was born in London to an Irish father and West Indian mother, and is blind. He is one of the world's most successful ...
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 ...
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