“Smooth Operator” is a song by English band Sade from their debut studio album, Diamond Life (1984), and was co-written by Sade and Ray St. John. It was released as the album’s third single in the United Kingdom. “Smooth Operator” was the band’s breakthrough single on the US charts, and their most successful single internationally. The song describes a heartless playboy traversing cities and continents in search of pleasure that may serve as an allegory for Global Capitalism, but when rendered in a warm tonal voice, the amoral protagonist’s villainy is rendered in such lovely phrases that the listener can’t help but be seduced.
Sudha Gururaj, Vocalist
Daniel Lamboley, Arranger
Recorded Live at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, April 20th, 2024
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2 май 2024
