Peak
5
Weeks
22
Score
3,169
Chart Year
1986
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position5
Peak DateMar 1, 1986
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted22
Weeks in Top 4013
Weeks in Top 104
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc1,236
Weekly Calc1,933
Total Score3,169
Rankings
Year Ranking#56
Decade Ranking#533
Billboard Year#58
Top 5000#3,441
Details
- Label
- Portrait
- Genre
- Sophisti-pop
- Media Type
- 45s
- Duration
- 4:37
- Composer(s)
- Sade Adu;Martin Ditcham
- Entered Chart
- Nov 23, 1985
- Peak Date
- Mar 1, 1986
- Released
- 4 October 1985
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Portrait 37-05713
- B-Side
- You're Not The Man
Music Video
The music video for the song, directed by Brian Ward, features the band playing in a loft space in New York City while Sade reflects on the man in her life, interspersed with desert scenes showing their time together. The desert scenes were filmed in Andalusia, Spain, as was "Never as Good as the First Time" also from the album Promise.The storyline was continued in the video to follow-up single "Is It a Crime?".
Notes
"The Sweetest Taboo" is a song by English band Sade from their second studio album, Promise (1985). It was released in October 1985 as the album's lead single. While the song peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart, it fared considerably better in the United States, where it reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1986, remaining in the top 40 for 13 weeks. It also became the band's second consecutive number-one single on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, following "Smooth Operator".
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 (with you) You give me the sweetest taboo Too good for me (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's a quiet storm I think it's you (ha, ha) There's a quiet storm And I never felt this hot before Giving me something that's taboo You (you give me) give me the (You give me the) sweetest taboo That's why I'm in love with you (with you) You give me, keep 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 Year's Eve Will you keep on loving me? (Ha, ha) Will you keep on, will you keep on? Bringing out the best in me
Chart History (22 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 23, 1985 | 90 | 36 |
| 2 | Nov 30, 1985 | 81 | 45 |
| 3 | Dec 7, 1985 | 69 | 57 |
| 4 | Dec 14, 1985 | 59 | 67 |
| 5 | Dec 21, 1985 | 46 | 80 |
| 6 | Dec 28, 1985 | 38 | 88 |
| 7 | Jan 4, 1986 | 38 | 88 |
| 8 | Jan 11, 1986 | 33 | 93 |
| 9 | Jan 18, 1986 | 27 | 99 |
| 10 | Jan 25, 1986 | 22 | 104 |
| 11 | Feb 1, 1986 | 16 | 110 |
| 12 | Feb 8, 1986 | 12 | 114 |
| 13 | Feb 15, 1986 | 8 | 118 |
| 14 | Feb 22, 1986 | 6 | 120 |
| 15 | Mar 1, 1986 | 5 | 121 |
| 16 | Mar 8, 1986 | 7 | 119 |
| 17 | Mar 15, 1986 | 13 | 113 |
| 18 | Mar 22, 1986 | 21 | 105 |
| 19 | Mar 29, 1986 | 41 | 85 |
| 20 | Apr 5, 1986 | 52 | 74 |
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