Smooth Operator 1984

Co-written by Sade Adu and Ray St. John for their 1984 debut album Diamond Life, this single reached number 19 in the UK and became the band's breakthrough in the United States, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1985. Released in the US in February 1985 as the album's second American single, it topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for two weeks and remains Sade's most successful single internationally.