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Sade

Sade is a group from the UK, active since 1982.

Group GB since 1982 smooth jazz jazz pop female singer
TOTAL PLAYS
1,655
SONGS PLAYED
121
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2006-04-28 05:03 · Radio 2 — "Smooth Operator"
LAST PLAYED
3 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Paradise"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
300 225 150 75 0
'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,003 61%
6 Music 313 19%
1Xtra 252 15%
Radio 1 87 5%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 02:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Smooth Operator 330 2026-08-19
2 The Sweetest Taboo 224 2026-08-16
3 Your Love Is King 211 2026-05-11
4 No Ordinary Love 136 2026-08-22
5 Paradise 113 2026-08-23
6 By Your Side 86 2026-08-17
7 Hang On to Your Love 71 2026-08-06
8 Soldier Of Love 40 2011-02-25
9 Young Lion 38 2025-01-02
10 Still In Love With You 31 2026-01-25
11 Cherish the Day 24 2025-06-01
12 Kiss Of Life 23 2026-08-21
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-23 16:08 Paradise 6 Music
2026-08-22 21:35 All About Our Love 6 Music
2026-08-22 18:19 Nothing Can Come Between Us 6 Music
2026-08-22 14:10 No Ordinary Love 1Xtra
2026-08-21 18:48 Kiss Of Life 6 Music
2026-08-20 10:56 It's Only Love That Gets You Through 6 Music
2026-08-19 04:48 Smooth Operator Radio 2
2026-08-17 02:14 By Your Side Radio 1
2026-08-16 17:00 The Sweetest Taboo 6 Music
2026-08-16 00:49 Smooth Operator 6 Music
2026-08-14 06:10 Feel No Pain 6 Music
2026-08-10 21:51 Smooth Operator Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

121 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Side Couldnt Love (Matrixxman & Vin Sol Remix) — 1 ▶
After All This Time — 1 ▶
All About Our Love — 5 ▶
Baby Father — 1 ▶
Baby Father (Bovell mix) — 1 ▶
Baby Father (Dub Vocal Mix) — 1 ▶
Babyfather — 19 ▶
Be That Easy — 3 ▶
Bring Me Home — 1 ▶
Bulletproof Soul — 1 ▶
By Your Side — 86 ▶
By Your Side (Cottonbelly's Fola mix-edit) — 1 ▶
By Your Side (Jay Denes Naked Remix) — 6 ▶
By Your Side (Neptunes Remix) — 5 ▶
By Your Side (The Neptunes Remix) — 6 ▶
Cherish the Day — 24 ▶
Cherish The Day (Alex Nut Jungle Remix) — 1 ▶
Cherish The Day (Alexander Nut Jungle Remix) — 1 ▶
Cherish The Day (Sade Remix Radio Edit) — 1 ▶
Cherry Pie — 10 ▶
Couldn't Love You More (Florian Kupfer Edit) — 3 ▶
Every Word — 1 ▶
Feel No Pain — 1 ▶
Feel No Pain (Nellee Hooper remix) — 1 ▶
Flow — 3 ▶
Flower Of The Universe — 6 ▶
Flower Of The Universe (NO ID Remix) — 2 ▶
Frankie's First Affair — 3 ▶
Give It — 1 ▶
Give it Up — 4 ▶
Hang On to Your Love — 71 ▶
Hang On To Your Love — 10 ▶
Haunt Me — 1 ▶
I Couldn't Love You More — 2 ▶
I Love Luv You More (Tall Black Guy Donny Hathaway Edit) — 1 ▶
I Never Thought I'd See The Day — 1 ▶
I Never Thought I'd See the Day (HR & SKI Edit) — 1 ▶
I Will Be Your Friend — 3 ▶
Is It a Crime — 11 ▶
Is it a Crime (S!RENE Edit) — 1 ▶
Is It Love (feat. Soulection) — 1 ▶
It's Only Love That Gets You Through — 4 ▶
Jezebel — 4 ▶
Keep Looking — 4 ▶
Killer Blow — 2 ▶
King of Sorrow — 7 ▶
King of Sorrow (Fun Lovin' Criminals remix) — 1 ▶
King Of Sorrow (Guru / Fun Lovin' Criminals Remix) — 1 ▶
Kiss Of Doom (Jim Sharp Mix) — 2 ▶
Kiss Of Life — 23 ▶
Kiss of Life (Coastal Conversion) — 1 ▶
Kiss of Life (Edit) — 1 ▶
Kiss Of Life (Kaytranada Edit) — 1 ▶
Kiss of Life (Kaytranda Edit) — 1 ▶
Kiss Of Life (WATTO Rework) — 1 ▶
Like a Tattoo — 5 ▶
Like A Tattoo (SKEPTIC Jungle Edit) — 1 ▶
Long Hard Road — 3 ▶
Love Affair With Life — 5 ▶
Love Is A Stronger Than Pride (Mad Professor Remix) — 1 ▶
Love Is Stronger Than Fear (KAYTRANDA Edit) — 1 ▶
Love Is Stronger Than Pride — 19 ▶
Love is stronger than pride (Kaytranada Edit) — 1 ▶
Love You More (Blanco Club Edit) — 1 ▶
Lovers Rock — 9 ▶
Maureen — 3 ▶
Mermaid — 1 ▶
Music Will Explain — 1 ▶
Never as Good as the First Time — 8 ▶
No Ordinary Love — 136 ▶
No Ordinary Love (D&B Mix) — 1 ▶
No Ordinary Love (Maestro uk & DJ Supa D remix) — 1 ▶
No ordinary Love (Maestro x DJ Supa D Remix) — 6 ▶
No ordinary Love Maestro x DJ Supa D remix — 3 ▶
Nothing Can Come Between Us — 4 ▶
Nothing Can Come Between Us (Mr. K & Pomo Edit) — 1 ▶
Nothing Can Come Between Us (Pomo Edit) — 9 ▶
Paradise — 113 ▶
Paradise (Drums & Sade / Original) — 1 ▶
Paradise (Extended Remix) — 1 ▶
Pearls — 5 ▶
Sally — 3 ▶
Sally - BBC Session 23/02/1984 — 1 ▶
Skin — 2 ▶
Slave Song — 1 ▶
Smooth Operator — 330 ▶
Smooth Operator (Ampiano Remix) — 1 ▶
Smooth Operator (Enzo Is Burning Edit) — 1 ▶
Smooth Operator (Gean Brazy Remix) — 3 ▶
Smooth Operator (Goodfellas Re-Drum Edit) — 1 ▶
Smooth Operator (Live) — 1 ▶
Smooth Operator - BBC Session 23/02/1984 — 1 ▶
Snake Bite — 3 ▶
Soilder Of Love (Live) — 1 ▶
Soldier of Love — 3 ▶
Soldier Of Love — 40 ▶
Soldier of Love (Album Version) — 1 ▶
Spirit — 1 ▶
Still In Love With You — 31 ▶
Surrender Your Love (kenny Larkin & Stacey Pullen Remix) — 1 ▶
Surrender Your Love (Kenny Larkin Mix) — 1 ▶
Surrender Your Love (Kenny Larkin Remix) — 1 ▶
Sweetest Taboo (afro edit) — 1 ▶
Sweetest Taboo (Bootleg) — 2 ▶
Sweetest Taboo (Live) — 1 ▶
The Big Unknown — 1 ▶
The Moon and the Sky — 2 ▶
The Moon and The Sky — 2 ▶
The Sweetest Taboo — 224 ▶
The Sweetest Taboo (Album Version) — 1 ▶
Turn My Back — 1 ▶
VIP — 1 ▶
War (DJ Spinna Refreak) — 1 ▶
When Am I Going to Make a Living — 20 ▶
When Am I Going To Make A Living — 4 ▶
When Am I Going To Make A Living - BBC Session 23/02/19874 — 3 ▶
Why Can't We Live Together — 15 ▶
You're Not the Man — 1 ▶
Young Lion — 38 ▶
Your Love Is King — 211 ▶
Your Love Is King (Live Aid, 13 Jul 1985) — 2 ▶