Peak
28
Weeks
27
Score
1,998
Chart Year
1993
A music video produced to promote the single, directed by English music video director Sophie Muller,[20] features Sade as a mermaid and a bride. At the beginning, Sade sits on the bottom of the ocean as a mermaid. Flashbacks reveal a young sailor, who has fallen into the water, meeting the mermaid in a kiss and embrace. Back in the present, the mermaid browses in an old weekly magazine and sews a white wedding dress. She swims up to shore in the finished dress with human legs, reaching land and throwing rice on herself like a newlywed bride. Obviously looking for the young man, she walks into a bar and drinks water with salt for survival. Devastated at not finding the sailor, she runs through the busy city streets, with a bottle of water, down to the quay. Again there are flashbacks of the mermaid with her sailor on the sea floor. As the video ends, she sits alone on the dock in her wedding dress looking down and waiting for her tail to reappear
This was another single from Sade about an improbable and unusual romance, which is a recurring theme of their songs. It was their last single to crack the Top 40 in the United States, though they've had several other hits since overseas. >> This was featured in the movie Indecent Proposal, starring Robert Redford and Demi Moore. In the Sophie Muller-directed music video, Sade Adu is a mermaid who makes a wedding dress and searches for love on dry land.
I gave you all the love I got I gave you more than I could give I gave you love I gave you all that I have inside And you took my love You took my love Didn't I tell you What I believe? Did somebody say that A love like that won't last? Didn't I give you All that I've got to give, baby? I gave you all the love I got I gave you more than I could give I gave you love I gave you all that I have inside And you took my love You took my love I keep crying (I keep crying) I keep trying for you There's nothing like you and I, baby This is no ordinary love No ordinary love This is no ordinary love No ordinary love When you came my way (my way) You brightened every day With your sweet smile Didn't I tell you What I believe? Did somebody say that A love like that won't last? Didn't I give you All that I've got to give, baby? This is no ordinary love No ordinary love This is no ordinary love No ordinary love I keep crying (I keep crying) I keep trying for you There's nothing like you and I, baby This is no ordinary love No ordinary love This is no ordinary love No ordinary love Keep trying for you Keep crying for you Keep flying for you Keep flying, I'm falling (falling, falling, falling) Keep trying for you Keep crying for you Keep flying for you Keep flying, I'm falling (falling, falling, falling) And I'm falling (falling, falling)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 7, 1992 | 87 | 39 |
| 2 | Nov 14, 1992 | 81 | 45 |
| 3 | Nov 21, 1992 | 87 | 39 |
| 4 | Nov 28, 1992 | 71 | 55 |
| 5 | Dec 5, 1992 | 62 | 64 |
| 6 | Dec 12, 1992 | 61 | 65 |
| 7 | Dec 19, 1992 | 51 | 75 |
| 8 | Dec 26, 1992 | 49 | 77 |
| 9 | Jan 2, 1993 | 49 | 77 |
| 10 | Jan 9, 1993 | 49 | 77 |
| 11 | Jan 16, 1993 | 41 | 85 |
| 12 | Jan 23, 1993 | 28 | 98 |
| 13 | Jan 30, 1993 | 28 | 98 |
| 14 | Feb 6, 1993 | 31 | 95 |
| 15 | Feb 13, 1993 | 38 | 88 |
| 16 | Feb 20, 1993 | 44 | 82 |
| 17 | Feb 27, 1993 | 56 | 70 |
| 18 | Mar 6, 1993 | 74 | 52 |
| 19 | Mar 13, 1993 | 82 | 44 |
| 20 | Mar 20, 1993 | 95 | 31 |