The Sweetest Taboo
| "The Sweetest Taboo" | ||||
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| Single by Sade | ||||
| from the album Promise | ||||
| B-side | "You're Not the Man" | |||
| Released | 12 October 1985 | |||
| Genre | Quiet storm[1] | |||
| Length | 4:37 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Composer(s) | ||||
| Lyricist(s) | Sade Adu | |||
| Producer(s) | Robin Millar | |||
| Sade singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "The Sweetest Taboo" on YouTube | ||||
"The Sweetest Taboo" is a 1985 song by singer Sade. It is from their second studio album Promise. It went to number 5 in the United States, number 9 in Finland, number 10 in Belgium, number 11 in Ireland and New Zealand, number 12 in Canada, Italy and the Netherlands, number 14 in Switzerland and number 31 in the United States.
Track listings
[change | change source]- 7-inch single (UK and Portugal)
- A. "The Sweetest Taboo" – 4:25
- B. "You're Not the Man" – 5:20
- 7-inch single (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and select European countries)
- A. "The Sweetest Taboo" – 4:24
- B. "You're Not the Man" – 5:09
- 12-inch single (UK, Australia and Japan)
- A. "The Sweetest Taboo" (extended version) – 5:30
- B. "You're Not the Man" – 5:20
- 12-inch single (select European countries)
- A. "The Sweetest Taboo" (extended version) – 5:27
- B. "You're Not the Man" – 5:09
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Pitchfork Staff (August 24, 2015). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 18, 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.
