Details
- Instrument:
- Baritone Horn TC Baritone Horn BC Cornet Euphonium Flugelhorn Percussion Trombone Bass Trombone Alto Trombone C Tuba F Tuba B-Flat Tuba B.C.
- Ensembles:
- Brass Band
- Genres:
- 20th Century Pop Rock
- Publishers:
- Larch Music Ltd.
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Artist:
- Sade
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 65
SKU: A0.1585759
By Sade. By Helen Adu; Ray St. John. Arranged by David Beal. This edition: pdf, streaming. 20th Century, Pop, Rock. Brass Band. 65 pages. Larch Music Ltd. #1157193. Published by Larch Music Ltd. (A0.1585759).COMPOSER : Ray St. John & Helen Adu
ARRANGER : David Beal
"Smooth Operator" is a song by English band Sade from their debut studio album, Diamond Life (1984), and was co-written by Sade Adu and Ray St. John. It was released as the album's third single in the United Kingdom as a 7-inch single with "Spirit" as its B-side, and as a 12-inch maxi single with "Smooth Operator" and "Red Eye" on side A and "Spirit" on side B. Released on 28 August 1984, it reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.
In the United States, "Smooth Operator" was released in February 1985, serving as the album's second US single. The song became Sade's first top-10 entry in the US, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in May 1985. It spent 13 weeks in the top 40, and also topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for two weeks.
Although "Your Love Is King" remains Sade's highest-peaking single in the UK to date, "Smooth Operator" is the band's breakthrough single on the US charts, and their most successful single internationally.
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- ArrangeMe:
- Larch Music Ltd.
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Instrument:
- Brass Baritone Horn Baritone Horn TC Brass Baritone Horn Baritone Horn BC Brass Trumpet Cornet Brass Euphonium Brass Trumpet Flugelhorn Percussion Percussion Brass Trombone Brass Bass Trombone Brass Alto Trombone Brass Tuba C Tuba Brass Tuba F Tuba Brass Tuba B-Flat Tuba B.C.
- Artists:
- Sade
- Ensemble:
- Brass Band
- Publisher:
- Larch Music Ltd.