The track was the band's second consecutive No. 1 hit on contemporary charts.

Sade’s smooth blend of soul, jazz and pop on the 1984 debut album Diamond Life continues to shape modern R&B, with songs like Smooth Operator and Your Love Is King still widely streamed today.

Ever since Sade Adu first appeared in the mid-1980s, the singer and her band have perfected their own brand of sensual slow jam — equal parts luscious and languorous. With the gentlest of arrangements ...

From the woman behind "Smooth Operator" to a life amongst the Somerset countryside, soul legend Sade Adu has swapped her worldwide fame, found in the 1980s, for a tranquil existence in rural England.