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Sade — No Ordinary Love
Album: Love Deluxe
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Released: 1992
Length: 7:14
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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 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
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 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 And I'm falling
And I'm falling

Keep trying for you
Keep crying for you
Keep flying for you
Keep flying for you and I'm falling
and I'm falling

I keep trying for you
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this is the kind of song that reaches across time and genre.  Even though it's not at all my kind of music, I can't help but find it entrancing 
 arserocket wrote:

respect - very talented and keeps working and doesn't seem to spend time being a celebrity ( so very very tired of spoilt celebs ) ... enough said


A good friend was project manager when she recently moved house and did some renovations.  From what he told me, she's incredibly normal, friendly and easy-going.
 itsme_bygolly wrote:

This is no secret. Sade singing leads to fantastic sex.




Haha, I was a teenage metal fan when I bought Diamond Life just in case a normie girl came home with me.
 TheGolfster wrote:

Sade is the full package: Her name, her looks, body, moves, lyrics, and music. She takes me into my dreamstate.



I'd agree, but I'd list your last as first! *music
respect - very talented and keeps working and doesn't seem to spend time being a celebrity ( so very very tired of spoilt celebs ) ... enough said
Sade is the full package: Her name, her looks, body, moves, lyrics, and music. She takes me into my dreamstate.
This is no secret. Sade singing leads to fantastic sex.
sexy woman, sexy voice
the guitar in this song or the layers of guitars are incredible. Amazing production
 spinoza15 wrote:

So much class.


Best comment. 
Perfection.
Why is Bulletproof soul not in here?
Takes me back to my freshman year of college, which was transformative.  Haunting to hear it, every time. 
 Greenman wrote:

I've not found a person to be middle of the road on Sade.  I personally love the sound.  Always puts me in a martini mood.



Martini...and then...
 LuvsMusic wrote:

I've always said this is the soundtrack to your best love affair.  Which makes me wonder what Sade listens to while making love...



banjo music
her love is king
 On_The_Beach wrote:




best 
I've not found a person to be middle of the road on Sade.  I personally love the sound.  Always puts me in a martini mood.
 aspicer wrote:
Really a great question - I'm VERY curious...

I was married to a musician for a while. She couldn't listen to any music during lovemaking. It was too distracting.
a feast for the ears and eyes...
 LuvsMusic wrote:

I've always said this is the soundtrack to your best love affair.  Which makes me wonder what Sade listens to while making love...



Really a great question - I'm VERY curious...
Not many songs sound this fresh after 30 years.   
 AbileneTexas wrote:

I remember being blown away by this song and album when it was released.  Still love it.  




I agree!
Back in 2011 I knew about Sade of course, and liked her music but was not a huge fan. But I bought a ticket to one of her concerts in Rotterdam anyway. That show was just incredible and is still one of the very best live performances I have ever seen. It was simple mesmerising from start to finish. The music, the stage, the band, the projections, and of course the wonderful, sensual Sade. It could not have been done any better!
 LuvsMusic wrote:

I've always said this is the soundtrack to your best love affair.  Which makes me wonder what Sade listens to while making love...




Early Psychedelic Furs - "Into You Like a Train"?
Mike Patton, one of the most talented singers alive, cites Sade as a key influence.
So excited that her newly-released box set has a placeholder piece of foam in it for an as-yet-unannounced album. But Love Deluxe will always be my favorite recording of hers, every track perfect. Few artists have ever managed to sound as simultaneously powerful and vulnerable as Sade. 
I remember being blown away by this song and album when it was released.  Still love it.  
I have this poster, double matted, in an ornate ebony frame above my matrimonial bed. This is an indicator of how I respect the Feminine Divine in the aspect of the goddess, Helen Folesade Adu.
She is only 6mths older than me yet she looks and sounds so much better than me, but that's not hard to do. I have always loved her voice.
Not one of her best, but still worth a solid 9.
 unclelonghair wrote:
I've never liked Sade.  Is that ok to say?  Just sounds like muzak to me.
 
This particular song has no bite and the lyrics are trite. Not in the same league as her best stuff.  (But no denying that she was/is totally gorgeous and classy!)
You should play the Deftones version of this Bill!
gorgeous woman. gorgeous voice
Who am I trying to fool?

10 
with a chance of a tear
Still beautiful!
So much class.
I've always said this is the soundtrack to your best love affair.  Which makes me wonder what Sade listens to while making love...
 Carl wrote:

Helen Folasade Adu (a.k.a. Sade). Always welcome here!

 
....and she's FOR SURE welcome at my house!! 

This album came out in my freshman year of HS, and I don't think I've outgrown my crush on her, yet....such a sophisticated sultriness....me likes!!  This ones rated 10 by me.  And RP rates a 10 too - so I say Long Live RP!!

 On_The_Beach wrote:
https://raycornelius.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/05m.jpg

 
Helen Folasade Adu (a.k.a. Sade). Always welcome here!
very nice song!!
Gosh, this one moves me to tears every time, reminding me of ... too much to talk about. Thanks Bill and happy new year. {#Smile}
EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN!   : )
 TerryS wrote:
Senor, L
I actually find myself agreeing with you.
PS Damn fine music.
 
Everybody in my hotel room loves this groovy song...  we love Radio Paradise...  hope life is grand for you these days, TerryS...
I'm having an opening in my gallery today so there's cleaning up and lighting to adjust on each painting, all the crazy chores before we start popping corks on the chilled rose' and admiring the wicked artwork, and here I'm on a ladder tweeking spotlights, had to psd something bleh and got this delicious mood enhancer! well in walks a tall sister in T I G H T white jeans, with a fantastically clinging faded denim shirt, the little pearl snaps half undone and her ample breasts ready for sliding out into the showroom " Mmmmmmm Sade ... " she lightly exhales as our eyes meet, oh lord above I'm floating ...    Sade is awesome
 unclelonghair wrote:
I've never liked Sade.  Is that ok to say?  Just sounds like muzak to me.
 
Well, it is mellow, but that's not always a bad thing. It's a great addition to one's Chill Set.
So beautiful...  so relaxing.
Mmmmm. Always extra-ordinary. There's so much in there -- headphones required.
I've never liked Sade.  Is that ok to say?  Just sounds like muzak to me.
A true test for a nice set of speakers  
best make out music?
eezy peezy
Bryan Ferry and Sade 
Almost reminds me a little of Everything But The Girl.
beautiful
Soo cool and so hot
This album was the greatest new thing from that same sultry voice that melted us in the '80s. It came out when I was just a newlywed and my head was like, floating in the breeze, man. My ex- and I took it with us to Ishikawa and played it in heavy rotation '93-2000...
So they became best friends.
cause this ain't no ordinary song.

laughingdog wrote:
This song does not sound 23 years old / so fresh and vibrant and sexy

Sade where are you now? 
 


This song is beautiful I love Sade
That cover photo... dayum...
 Virtualearthman wrote:
Great production. Had lunch with Robin yesterday   Still full of ideas.
 
I don't think Robin Pillar was still working with Sade by this time.
Love is always extra-ordinary
Great production. Had lunch with Robin yesterday   Still full of ideas.
Great production. Had lunch with Robin yesterday   Still full of ideas. 
More human feeling than 99.9999% of the little girls who sing over electronica.
This song does not sound 23 years old / so fresh and vibrant and sexy

Sade where are you now? 
{#Hearteyes}This has inspired me to fire up the tube amp and listen to the whole album! Thank you!
 Lazarus wrote:

Everybody in my alien space craft loves this sexy song...  we be dancing cross-eyed like Willy Shakes...

oldfart48, you sound like those folks who are "blazed on pot and searching the Internet for any 'factoids' that they believe fit their highly de-historicized and decontextualized ideologies."

 
Senor, L
I actually find myself agreeing with you.
PS Damn fine music. 
 2020sk wrote:
Even as background music, this tune awakens my deep-brain gremlins, who in turn ask me if the record is not stuck and could I nudge it forward.

 
Focus on the vocals and it all works out fine.
A voice as smooth as a warm summer evening. Beautiful.
Sweet and H-O-T 

{#Kiss}

No emoticon here does it justice. 
 
so perfectly sleek, work stops, attention is arrested and focused on this delicious voice from Heaven, oh my this woman is fabulous!
as well as delicious!  : ) 
Even as background music, this tune awakens my deep-brain gremlins, who in turn ask me if the record is not stuck and could I nudge it forward.
 hayduke2 wrote:
Delicious

 
many hours of bliss with this album as the vibe!

thanks Bill!

{#Hearteyes}
Delicious

No ordinary chanteuse.
 oldfart48 wrote:

I have no idea what this post has to do with music....however anyone who believes G.H.W.Bush was not the planner and instigator of 9/11,  has no clue what the real world is about. it was to get the patriot act passed ending freedom and what was left of democracy in America. Hitler is proud.
 
Everybody in my alien space craft loves this sexy song...  we be dancing cross-eyed like Willy Shakes...

oldfart48, you sound like those folks who are "blazed on pot and searching the Internet for any 'factoids' that they believe fit their highly de-historicized and decontextualized ideologies."
 Poacher wrote:

I'm with Mr Oldfart48. Maybe no one is objecting to his post Mr rdo, because they agree with him? I certainly do. And I'd be a tad more careful who you accuse of being crazy.

On a fluffier note. . . Ms Sade is one of the coolest singers on this planet and has every right to airplay here. Yum. 
 
You folks are cordially invited over to the forum.
Sade, classic '90's/\.
I'm not sure what it is about her … just not my cup of tea.  This song has always made me cringe.  It's smooth yes, but so smooth it lacks interest, in my opinion.  



A '90s classic - nice Bill!
 rdo wrote:
 oldfart48 wrote:

I have no idea what this post has to do with music....however anyone who believes G.H.W.Bush was not the planner and instigator of 9/11,  has no clue what the real world is about. it was to get the patriot act passed ending freedom and what was left of democracy in America. Hitler is proud.

Are you not, by the fact you post these things and no one objects to that, proving the opposite of what you claim?  I always think the strength of our democracy is exhibited by the fact that we allow crazy people have the floor and voice their opinions.  I love it.
 
I'm with Mr Oldfart48. Maybe no one is objecting to his post Mr rdo, because they agree with him? I certainly do. And I'd be a tad more careful who you accuse of being crazy.

On a fluffier note. . . Ms Sade is one of the coolest singers on this planet and has every right to airplay here. Yum. 

 
 PockettVenus wrote:
Not really my thing. A bit too eighties overproduced slick smooth jazz for me. On the other hand, right now it's a sunny summer morning. Perhaps if it was a hazy boozy evening with a cute boy (or girl) I might feel differently. 
 
Grew up in the eighties cant help it being my thing smooth it is
 
Not really my thing. A bit too eighties overproduced slick smooth jazz for me. On the other hand, right now it's a sunny summer morning. Perhaps if it was a hazy boozy evening with a cute boy (or girl) I might feel differently. 
 ziakut wrote:
Smooth, slick and dull.

 
I agree 

I bought this album when it came out, and I never get tired of hearing this.

{#Music}


 KevinM wrote:
I hear this crap at the Dentist office on the "Smooth Jazz" station, don't need to listen to it on RP

 
That comment sounds like, "I don't like it so it's crap!" Now that's not an intelligent and well thought out proposition.
One could go elsewhere and try listening to something different.
work stops, attention is arrested and focused on this delicious voice from Heaven, oh my this woman is fabulous
 leonswiatek wrote:
These people that complain about Bill's choice of music that is what they call crap should just make up their own playlist , put it on a mp3 and listen to the same old shit instead of a wide selection of music geared to broaden one's musical knowledge and appreciation of many genres.

  Couldn't agree more...Bill covers a great range of genres and tho I don't always like what he plays I always appreciate being exposed to tunage I haven't heard in a while or at all.

 

Once upon a time, in a land far-far away...

This is nighttime music... Daylight just seems wrong...

I wonder who's kissing her now-?


Gawd luv, you do go on a bit!
a - There is no such thing as a guilty pleasure.  You like it or you don't.
b - This is an ord-in-ary song 
 oldfart48 wrote:

I have no idea what this post has to do with music....however anyone who believes G.H.W.Bush was not the planner and instigator of 9/11,  has no clue what the real world is about. it was to get the patriot act passed ending freedom and what was left of democracy in America. Hitler is proud.

 
Are you not, by the fact you post these things and no one objects to that, proving the opposite of what you claim?  I always think the strength of our democracy is exhibited by the fact that we allow crazy people have the floor and voice their opinions.  I love it.
Sade is one of my guilty pleasures. This one is great! 
Masterpiece
{#Kiss} luv Sade a lot - great song, great album.  It's O U T S T A N D I N G for me.

 
 leonswiatek wrote:
These people that complain about Bill's choice of music that is what they call crap should just make up their own playlist , put it on a mp3 and listen to the same old shit instead of a wide selection of music geared to broaden one's musical knowledge and appreciation of many genres.

 
Wholeheartedly agree, for us in the UK this station provides a whole genre of music we don't get on BBC radio, awesome. Thank you RP
Sexy voice, sexy lady, smokin'... do I need to add anything else? Sent from a storm battered island and no, we're not in the Americas, we're in the English Channel, the only true Channel Island.
Seriously:  I am unaware of a sexier voice.
These people that complain about Bill's choice of music that is what they call crap should just make up their own playlist , put it on a mp3 and listen to the same old shit instead of a wide selection of music geared to broaden one's musical knowledge and appreciation of many genres.
 Tippster wrote:
She makes me want to take my pajamas off...

 
I read this comment and almost spewed coffee across the cube while laughing...
Her vocals are what a Best Actress Oscar is to acting.
 Tippster wrote:
She makes me want to take my pajamas off...

Proclivities wrote:

That's probably for the best; the soles on those footies were wearing pretty thin.

 

major Guffaws!!!  (Sade is Super Delicious and a Musical Blessing)
We can hear Sade on any old crappy commercial radio station... C'mon RP! :-P 
 Egrey wrote:
Music with which to knock boots.  {#Dance}

 
Do you mean music for cobblers?
cobblers 
{#Propeller}
Smooth, slick and dull.
 zigzag wrote:

Yes.

Either that...or we're not completely nuts/paranoid.

Interestingly, I prefer your particular brand of lame, garden-variety stock repetitions to Sade's, so kudos to you.


....next.



 

 
I much prefer Sade's.
Music with which to knock boots.  {#Dance}
 oldfart48 wrote:

I have no idea what this post has to do with music....however anyone who believes G.H.W.Bush was not the planner and instigator of 9/11,  has no clue what the real world is about. it was to get the patriot act passed ending freedom and what was left of democracy in America. Hitler is proud.

 
Yes.

Either that...or we're not completely nuts/paranoid.

Interestingly, I prefer your particular brand of lame, garden-variety stock repetitions to Sade's, so kudos to you.


....next.



 
 Lazarus wrote:

love the marvelous slow-motion groove of this song...

here is something unordinary that is deeply disturbing—

Jahar's World
By JANET REITMAN
RollingStone
JULY 17, 2013

"Idk why it's hard for many of you to accept that 9/11 was an inside job, I mean I guess fuck the facts y'all are some real #patriots #gethip," Jahar tweeted. This is not an uncommon belief. Payack, who also teaches­ writing at the Berklee College of Music, says that a fair amount of his students, notably those born in other countries, believe 9/11 was an "inside job." Aaronson tells me he's shocked by the number of kids he knows who believe the Jews were behind 9/11. "The problem with this demographic is that they do not know the basic narratives of their histories – or really any narratives," he says. "They're blazed on pot and searching the Internet for any 'factoids' that they believe fit their highly de-historicized and decontextualized ideologies. And the adult world totally misunderstands them and dismisses them – and does so at our collective peril," he adds.

 

 
I have no idea what this post has to do with music....however anyone who believes G.H.W.Bush was not the planner and instigator of 9/11,  has no clue what the real world is about. it was to get the patriot act passed ending freedom and what was left of democracy in America. Hitler is proud.
i mean - her voice is very good - but WOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHH that ultra-cheezy-studio musician-on-a-casio muzak behind her .......................painful to the ears.............crikey
 publiceric wrote:
Every now and then there's a top 40 song that's really amazing. This was one of them. I appreciate that RP is music-driven, not formula-driven, so they don't automatically rule out such gems.

 

Hear hear
Every now and then there's a top 40 song that's really amazing. This was one of them. I appreciate that RP is music-driven, not formula-driven, so they don't automatically rule out such gems.

love the marvelous slow-motion groove of this song...

here is something unordinary that is deeply disturbing—

Jahar's World
By JANET REITMAN
RollingStone
JULY 17, 2013

"Idk why it's hard for many of you to accept that 9/11 was an inside job, I mean I guess fuck the facts y'all are some real #patriots #gethip," Jahar tweeted. This is not an uncommon belief. Payack, who also teaches­ writing at the Berklee College of Music, says that a fair amount of his students, notably those born in other countries, believe 9/11 was an "inside job." Aaronson tells me he's shocked by the number of kids he knows who believe the Jews were behind 9/11. "The problem with this demographic is that they do not know the basic narratives of their histories – or really any narratives," he says. "They're blazed on pot and searching the Internet for any 'factoids' that they believe fit their highly de-historicized and decontextualized ideologies. And the adult world totally misunderstands them and dismisses them – and does so at our collective peril," he adds.

 
I hear this crap at the Dentist office on the "Smooth Jazz" station, don't need to listen to it on RP
With that voice and the emotion she puts into her work, I cannot imagine her capable of Ordinary Love.

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
 Tippster wrote:
She makes me want to take my pajamas off...

 
That's probably for the best; the soles on those footies were wearing pretty thin.
sooo super sultry, smooth and luscious....hhmmmmmm
One the most extraordinary concert films you will ever see  =  Sade: Bring Me Home - Live 2011