Is It a Crime?

"Is It a Crime?"
Single by Sade
from the album Promise
B-side
  • "Punch Drunk"
  • "Wired"
ReleasedDecember 1985[1]
Recorded1985
Genre
Length6:21
LabelEpic
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Sade Adu
Producer(s)Robin Millar
Sade singles chronology
"The Sweetest Taboo"
(1985) 		"Is It a Crime?"
(1985) 		"Never as Good as the First Time"
(1986)
Music video
"Is It a Crime?" on YouTube

"Is It a Crime?" is a song by English band Sade from their second studio album, Promise (1985).[2][3] It was written by Sade Adu, Andrew Hale and Stuart Matthewman, and produced by Robin Miller.[4] The song was released as the album's second single by Epic Records.

  1. ^ Great Rock Discography. 1995. p. 712. ISBN 978-0-86241-541-9.
  2. ^ Jefferson, Tanya Rena (2 April 2015). "Sade's 10 best songs". AXS. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. ^ Heawood, Sophie (13 March 2012). "Why Sade is bigger in the US than Adele". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  4. ^ Rosen, Craig (1996). The Billboard Book of Number One Albums: The Inside Story Behind Pop Music's Blockbuster Records. Billboard Books. p. 296. ISBN 9780823075867. Retrieved 20 June 2019.