Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
"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.
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.
The third single, "Smooth Operator", was released on 15 September 1984 and became the most successful song in the US from the album Diamond Life. The track peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the US Billboard Hot Black Singles , as well as peaking at number one on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart . [ 27 ]
The ‘Smooth Operator’ singer’s new song ‘Young Lion’ was released as part of Red Hot Organization’s trans-inclusive compilation EP ‘Transa: Selects’
[15] Rolling Stone called it soul music with "self-possessed sophistication", and described Sade's vocal as "thick and rich". [16] The album opens with the single "Smooth Operator", which combines elements of R&B, jazz, adult contemporary, pop, and dance music. [17] "Your Love Is King" is a smooth ballad that contains a saxophone solo performed ...
A third single, "Smooth Operator", was released from the album with a video directed by Julien Temple. The single became its first US hit in spring 1985, propelling the album in the US Top Ten. Also in 1985, the band were nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards—"Best Female Video" and "Best New Artist".
List of music videos, showing year released and directors Title Year Director(s) Ref. "Your Love Is King" 1984 Jack Semmens [38] "When Am I Going to Make a Living" Stuart Orme "Smooth Operator" Julien Temple "Hang On to Your Love" Brian Ward "The Sweetest Taboo" 1985 "Is It a Crime" 1986 "Never as Good as the First Time" "Love Is Stronger Than ...
From 1985's jazzy 'Smooth Operator' to tracks from last year's excellent Soldier of Love, it's all state-of-the-art slow-jams all the time, driven by Sade Adu's touch-me-now contralto." [4] Lloyd Bradley of BBC Music commented, "The best thing about this set is it'll allow anybody who didn't quite get the band first time around to catch up."