The Sweetest Taboo

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“The Sweetest Taboo”
Single by Sade from the album Promise
B-side	"You're Not the Man"
Released	12 October 1985 (UK) 23 November 1985 (U.S.)
Format	7" single, 12" single
Genre	Soul, jazz, R&B
Length	4:38 (album version) 4:24 (7") 5:30 (12")
Label	Epic, Portrait
Writer(s)	Sade Adu, Martin Ditcham
Producer	Robin Millar
Sade singles chronology
"Smooth Operator" (1984) "The Sweetest Taboo" (1985) "Never as Good as the First Time" (1986)

"The Sweetest Taboo" is the lead single from the English group Sade's second studio album, Promise (1985). The song peaked at number thirty-one on the UK Singles Chart. It fared considerably better in the U.S., where it topped out at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March of 1986, remaining in the Top 40 for thirteen weeks. It was also a number one hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

"The Sweetest Taboo" is mentioned in the lyrics of Prince's 2005 song "S.S.T.".

The French duo Les Nubians recorded a song called "Tabou" on their 1998 album Princesses Nubiennes. The song is credited as a French adaptation of the Sade song "The Sweetest Taboo," although the lyrics are significantly different.

[edit] Charts

[edit] References

• The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996

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