Smooth Operator (arr. David Beal) by Sade Sheet Music for Concert Band at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Sade

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Helen Adu Ray St. John

Arranger David Beal

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 102

Arrangement Concert Band

Publisher Larch Music Ltd.

Level 3

Product ID 1693767

Genre Pop Rock 20th Century

Performance Group Concert Band

Product Description

COMPOSER : Ray St. John & Helen Adu
ARRANGER : David Beal

"Smooth Operator" is a song by English band Sade from their debut studio album, Diamond Life (1984), and was co-written by Sade Adu and Ray St. John. It was released as the album's third single in the United Kingdom as a 7-inch single with "Spirit" as its B-side, and as a 12-inch maxi single with "Smooth Operator" and "Red Eye" on side A and "Spirit" on side B. Released on 28 August 1984, it reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.

In the United States, "Smooth Operator" was released in February 1985, serving as the album's second US single. The song became Sade's first top-10 entry in the US, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in May 1985. It spent 13 weeks in the top 40, and also topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for two weeks.

Although "Your Love Is King" remains Sade's highest-peaking single in the UK to date, "Smooth Operator" is the band's breakthrough single on the US charts, and their most successful single internationally.

Scored For :
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
3 x Bb Clarinet
Alto Clarinet
Bass Clarinet in Bb
2 x Alto Saxophone
2 x Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
4 x Bb Trumpet
2 x Horn in F (Eb Parts included)
3 x Tenor Trombone (Bb Parts included)
Baritone (Bass Clef)
Baritone (Treble Clef)
Tuba (Eb & Bb Parts included)
Bass Guitar
Drum Kit
Percussion Tuned
Percussion x 2

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