| "The Sweetest Taboo" | ||||
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| Single by Sade | ||||
| from the album Promise | ||||
| B-side | "You're Not the Man" | |||
| Released | 4 October 1985[1] | |||
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| Length | 4:37 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Composer(s) | ||||
| Lyricist(s) | Sade Adu | |||
| Producer(s) | Robin Millar | |||
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| "The Sweetest Taboo" on YouTube | ||||
"The Sweetest Taboo" is a song by English band Sade from their second studio album, Promise (1985). It was released in October 1985 as the album's lead single. While the song peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart, it fared considerably better in the United States, where it reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1986, remaining in the top 40 for 13 weeks. It also became the band's second consecutive number-one single on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, following "Smooth Operator".
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- ^ Pitchfork Staff (24 August 2015). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
Quiet storm" had existed as an idea since Smokey Robinson, and there it is at the heart of the song's chorus: "There's a quiet storm, and it's never felt like this before.
- ^ Eddy, Chuck (22 March 1997). "Refried Dreams". The Accidental Evolution of Rock 'n' Roll: A Misguided Tour Through Popular Music. Da Capo Press. p. 185. ISBN 0-306-80741-6.
...bossa nova did manage to mingle with soft rock tunes like...Sade's "The Sweetest Taboo"...
- ^ Considine, J.D.; Coleman, Mark; Evans, Paul; McGee, David (1992). "Sade". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Random House. p. 263.