Talk:Smooth Operator

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Sades Smooth Operator and Iran-Contra

What evidence is there linking Sade's "Smooth Operator" with the Iran-Contra affair?

It is a fascinating claim, but I would like to see some sources.

cojoco 11:10, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:44, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sade... a person, not a group?

I've never seen Sade referred to as a group anywhere else before, and believe it to be the name of a single female singer, not a group. Any comments? REVOL (talk) 21:58, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I did a search in rolling stone magazine, and it sure looks like you're absolutely correct. cojoco (talk) 06:42, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've since noticed the same discussion on the Sade page, and it turns out the reference here is fine. It seems to be confirmed that indeed Sade was the name of the band; named after their lead singer. (http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Talk:Sade_(band)) REVOL (talk) 19:04, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So it is: see their official homepage, there click on BIOG(raphy - of the band) - where it currently starts:

Soldier of Love is only the sixth studio album the band Sade have released ...

194.145.176.133 (talk) 00:23, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Prodigy? What Prodigy? Who? When?

This is really puzzling: the 2nd paragraph mentions a band named Prodigy, claiming the song had been written shortly after Sade Adu had joined and just before Ray St. John left that group.

But there is no such hint in the Wikipedia article on St. John, and also neither in the Sade Adu article, nor on Sade's (band) website (whereas Pride is being mentioned there - though less famous, having been a college band touring the UK but not abroad). And the Prodigy article mentions neither of them. (Though the band's name is not linked: due to the lack of any differing remark, the one formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 is the only one the author logically must have thought of.)

I suspect the mentioning of Prodigy is simply wrong, based on some misunderstanding (or lack of sleep when writing?), and the referring remarks in fact relate to the college band Pride, as Sade Adu apparently was a member there from 1981 to 1984 - which seems to add up well with the statement

St. John left Prodigy (actually: Pride?) shortly after Sade joined.

- 194.145.176.133 (talk) 01:07, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]