"The Sweetest Taboo"
Single by Sade
from the album Promise
B-side"You're Not the Man"
Released12 October 1985 (1985-10-12)
GenreQuiet storm[1]
Length4:37
LabelEpic
Composer(s)
  • Sade Adu
  • Martin Ditcham
Lyricist(s)Sade Adu
Producer(s)Robin Millar
Sade singles chronology
"Hang On to Your Love"
(1984) 		"The Sweetest Taboo"
(1985) 		"Is It a Crime?"
(1985)
Music video
"The Sweetest Taboo" at 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

A. "The Sweetest Taboo" – 4:25
B. "You're Not the Man" – 5:20
A. "The Sweetest Taboo" – 4:24
B. "You're Not the Man" – 5:09
A. "The Sweetest Taboo" (extended version) – 5:30
B. "You're Not the Man" – 5:20
A. "The Sweetest Taboo" (extended version) – 5:27
B. "You're Not the Man" – 5:09

References

  1. ↑ 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.


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