who wrote smooth operator

“Smooth Operator” was written by Sade Adu (Helen Folasade Adu) and Ray(mond) St. John.

They first came up with the song in the early 1980s, before it was released on Sade’s debut album Diamond Life in 1984, where it became the band’s international breakthrough hit.

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