SADE - THE SWEETEST TABOO

THE SWEETEST TABOO

SADE

SONGWRITERS: H.F. ADU; MARTIN DITCHAM & SADE

COUNTRY: U. K.

HOW: LIVE 2011

ALBUM: PROMISE

LABEL: EPIC

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1985

"The Sweetest Taboo" is a song by the English band Sade, taken from their second album Promise (1985). While the song peaked at #31 on the UK Singles Chart, it fared considerably better in the United States, where it reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1986, remaining in the Top 40 for 13 weeks. It also became the bands second consecutive number-one hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, following "Smooth Operator". It is considered the band's signature song.

"The Sweetest Taboo" is mentioned in the lyrics of Prince's 2005 charity single "S.S.T.", as well as in Mos Def's 1999 song "Ms. Fat Booty".

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

British artists Glamma Kid and Shola Ama sampled the song in 1999 in a somewhat more upbeat version with both a ragga and R&B feel to it. It was released as a single only.

The song was featured in a 1985 episode of the US daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Sade - The Sweetest Taboo (Live 2011)

If I tell you

If I tell you now

Will you keep on

Will you keep on loving me

If I tell you

If I tell you how I feel

Will you keep bringing out the best in me

You give me, you give me the sweetest taboo

You give me, you're giving me the sweetest taboo

Too good for me

There's a quiet storm

And it never felt like this before

There's a quiet storm

That is you

There's a quiet storm

And it never felt this hot before

Giving me something that's taboo

(Sometimes I think you're just too good for me)

You give me the sweetest taboo

That's why I'm in love with you

You give me the sweetest taboo

Sometimes I think you're just too good for me

I'd do anything for you, I'd stand out in the rain

Anything you want me to do, don't let it slip away

There's a quiet storm

And it never felt like this before

There'a a quiet storm

I think it's you

There'a a quiet storm

And I never felt this hot before

Giving me something that's taboo

You give me the sweetest taboo

That's why I'm in love with you

You give me, you're giving me the sweetest taboo

Too good for me

You've got the biggest heart

Sometimes I think you're just too good for me

Every day is Christmas, and every night is new years eve

Will you keep on loving me

Will you keep on, will you keep on

Bringing out the best in me.