I love this song! Both Sade and Basia have made CD's that I've paid my hard earned money for. Given the chance, I'd gladly go to a live performance of both of those talented women!
I LOVE BASIA♥♥ I met Her in 1994 at the Starplex in Dallas. I did a sketch portrait of Her and she really liked it. I got to meet Her at the gate since I was not able to get a backstage pass. She is a Very nice person. I fact, I have a large color sketch portrait that looks like the above picture. I think that I made this picture thinking of what BASIA would look like today. She IS my favorite singer. I am also studying the Polish language. Dzien Dobry BASIA .Piekna Kobieta
Hi, When I heard "Time and Tide" I became an Basia fan immediately..She came to Raleigh, N.C. about 1990 and I was at the Show..When she came back to the USA three years ago, I saw her again in Virginia.. The Venue in VA was small, I don't think she had all of her band.. I enjoyed both shows.. I saw Sade in Greensboro, N.C. two years ago.. John Legend was also there..It was the best Concert that I have ever attended..Venue much bigger than Basia's in Virginia..I enjoy both of their work.
This is a trip to hear Basia doing a Sade song, but somehow it is really right. I am a serious Sade fan...and Sade would be proud. Great cover, from another amazing voice that I am a serious fan of...and yes I have most of her cd's too (like Sade). Go Basia.
wow ~ best of both worlds ...Love Sade...Love Basia...Done for a Nissan commercial in Japan...saids a lot about Sade's WONDERFUL character ...LOVE you both ~ a lot
Lisa - you hit it right on the head. Basia has a whole boatload of substance and talent, whereas Sade tends to repeat herself a little too often. Considering her age, Ms. Trzetrzelewska still has her own beauty and she seems to be a charming friend to many people, particularly the people in the bands she has put together. I would like to hear her play live, I'm sure it's a good show. Keep on listening to her, and I'll do the same!
This a really cute take on a cut from another of my fav goddesses. Nice job! She always puts her own spin on a cut. I really want to see her Next week.
SMOOTH OPERATOR pieseň speváčky BASIA, ktorá je smoot jazzovou cover verziou piesne Sade vl.m. Helen Folasade Adu nar. 16. januara 1959 v Ibadane v Nigerii, ktorá ako jej trestí hit bola v UK rebríčku desať týždňov od 15. septembra 1984 a skončila na 19.m. Skladba pochádzala z albumu DIAMOND LIFE, ktorý v roku 1984 obsadil 2.m. a od BPI získal 4 platinové platne.
This version is passable but is done without the soul, passion, style and grace that Sade performs it with. Sade really draws you into the music and words with a solid conviction that, so far, no other singer has been able to duplicate.
Hi Lisa - Upon further investigation, [no, I'm not a cop!...] I notice you've listened to Gilberto playing in a band w/ Stan Getz - who happens to be one of my favorites, and that was recorded, well, let's say a while ago. And, I am into Bossa beats as well. Through the years my musical tastes have changed and now I listen to big band jazz almost all the time - partially because we have an Educational FM that plays nothing but mainstream jazz. It's great!
@2003Brad I met her in the 90s. She's a very charming lady with a golden voice. I'd like to see her do some traditional jazz, but who can blame her for wanting to make a decent living.
Lisa - It seems as though you have very sophisticated tastes in music, which takes a lifetime of listening to achieve. I find that to be very attractive in an intellectual way, 'cause it's actually hard work! Even though I am a 'jazz snob' most of the time, I do like other musical styles or 'fashions'. Now I might be riding on thin ice with this one...how about [the late] Frank Zappa and his son, Dweezil? They're hard to categorize, but I'm sure that's intentional. I love their creativity.
Do not compare Basia and Sade or any singers.. We singers have our freedom to sing so you too ordinary people. We don't limit ourselves to millions of songs that we could sing especially with our own versions. Basia and Sade are incomparable. Just like male and female.
I met Basia in august of 1994. I did a poster-size sketch of HER. She really liked it. I met HER at the gate where they pull in for their concert in dallas. This song sounds like a song that would be used in an intro to a movie while on a 747 landing in Brazil. I Love BASIA but she does too much of this samba music. She should do a symphony classical slow song with an opera like intro. ♥♥♥♥
I think everything Basia sings is beautiful and brilliant and although I feel she is a better singer than Sade, I have to say Sade is perfect on this song. Her delivery is so laid back that the words float on air to your ears. It could also be that the instrumentation of Basia's version gives the song a feeling of a gallop and doesn't glide as Sade's does. Sometimes it even comes down to which version you heard first.
james dreck I'm sorry but I'm disagree tbh if that was the case shed cover basis not the other way around and plus sade has a much stronger voice that hits you she's very crisp with her words and took yrs to make her songs cause she wanted them perfect you don't beat her really especially with her own stuff
If you appreciate the Samba and Bosa Nova, then you can appreciate this rendition of an impressionistic Sade's Smooth Operator. Before we judge a song, comprehend other styles and appreciate someone else's artistic impression and vision before you"shoot it down".
Jesus Tabera gracias el original es de :sade inglesa de origen nigeriano. si no la conoces dimelo y te busco. calidad. da gusto saber que por el mundo hay gente que no tiene el oido sordo...o roto..
I am not a fan of Sade, so I don't care for this song. Basia, I LOVE♥♥♥♥ I met Her at the STARPLEX in dallas back in 1994. I did a big sketch portraiat of Her. Although I did not get a backstage pass, I still got to meet Her and she really the sketch that I did of Her, I am also studying the Polish language. I LOVE BASIA♥♥♥♥♥ My favorite female singer, I guess that I wil keep listenig to "HER" smooth operartor song.
IN RESPONSE TO LUIGOCELO ........ OF COURSE SADE'S VERSION IS THE ORIGINAL BUT BASIA HAS HER OWN STYLE AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH LIKING IT TOO ....
I don't appreciate commercial, corporate radio in the least. Whenever I find a jazz station I like, the FCC makes sure it gets yanked off the air as fast as it arrived. I have no interest in what others deem as classics in ANY genre in the least. i find my own classics and that's that.
I am not a fan of Sade, so I don't care for this song. Basia, I LOVE♥♥♥♥ I met Her at the STARPLEX in dallas back in 1994. I did a big sketch portraiat of Her. Although I did not get a backstage pass, I still got to meet Her and she really the sketch that I did of Her, I am also studying the Polish language. I LOVE BASIA♥♥♥♥♥ My favorite female singer, I guess that I wil keep listenig to "HER" smooth operartor song. I could care less for mokey and sexless
Mis respetos para Basia... Pero ésta versión no me gustó... No se puede mejorar lo que es perfecto... Igual que el sabor de la musica de Basia es solo de ella; insuperable en su genialidad.
+Ewa-Elzbieta Deoniziak ...........posting the ignorance......take a few moments of youtube searching and listening and then figure out how to delete your post.
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Basia takes this song to another level. I have to agree the samba beat adds a different twist. Excellent.
I love this song! Both Sade and Basia have made CD's that I've paid my hard earned money for. Given the chance, I'd gladly go to a live performance of both of those talented women!
I LOVE BASIA♥♥ I met Her in 1994 at the Starplex in Dallas. I did a sketch portrait of Her and she really liked it. I got to meet Her at the gate since I was not able to get a backstage pass. She is a Very nice person. I fact, I have a large color sketch portrait that looks like the above picture. I think that I made this picture thinking of what BASIA would look like today. She IS my favorite singer. I am also studying the Polish language. Dzien Dobry BASIA .Piekna Kobieta
I've been a fan since 1987, and she hasn't been a disappointment once in all these years. You can't say that about too many other artists.
Wonderful, I would love to see and hear both of them doing this song together . That would really be special.
Yes i love her voice. No one else has her Beautiful voice.
Sade is one of a kind and Basia is also the same.
YES IN DEED DEFINTLY 👍 ZINCHO 👍😀😂😃
The smooth and smoky voice of Basia,great!
Hi, When I heard "Time and Tide" I became an Basia fan immediately..She came to Raleigh, N.C. about 1990 and I was at the Show..When she came back to the USA three years ago, I saw her again in Virginia.. The Venue in VA was small, I don't think she had all of her band.. I enjoyed both shows.. I saw Sade in Greensboro, N.C. two years ago.. John Legend was also there..It was the best Concert that I have ever attended..Venue much bigger than Basia's in Virginia..I enjoy both of their work.
Bright Cover!!!!! I love you Basia!!!
This is a trip to hear Basia doing a Sade song, but somehow it is really right. I am a serious Sade fan...and Sade would be proud. Great cover, from another amazing voice that I am a serious fan of...and yes I have most of her cd's too (like Sade). Go Basia.
This is fantastic. What a wonderful version of the song by Basia.
Great version, love Basia
Nasa Basia kochana w interpretacji utworu Shade :)
Omg Basia just shot my ass straight into paradise!!!! Yea!!! Lmao
Wow, never heard this before. This is great with a samba beat. Basia is the best, and Sade's early albums are also really great.
nie można nic dodać ni ująć, tylko słuchać.
Tomasz Korzeniecki,zgadzam sie z Toba!
wow ~ best of both worlds ...Love Sade...Love Basia...Done for a Nissan commercial in Japan...saids a lot about Sade's WONDERFUL character ...LOVE you both ~ a lot
It's nice to hear someone master this masterpiece aswell as sade a different twist when you can do it is always lovely 🎷🎹🎶
Lisa - you hit it right on the head. Basia has a whole boatload of substance and talent, whereas Sade tends to repeat herself a little too often. Considering her age, Ms. Trzetrzelewska still has her own beauty and she seems to be a charming friend to many people, particularly the people in the bands she has put together. I would like to hear her play live, I'm sure it's a good show. Keep on listening to her, and I'll do the same!
J'adoooore , elle a une voix magnifique , dommage que nous ne l'entendons plus , je l'ai vu en concert à lille , j'aimerais bien la revoir
Very beautifull version of the song.Thank you.
So good!
wow magistral version brava!!
Why are people downing Sade over this song? Sade is good, Basia is also good.
Michael Daly right
who first did the song?
Sade!
This a really cute take on a cut from another of my fav goddesses. Nice job! She always puts her own spin on a cut. I really want to see her Next week.
Very Cool, adorei Basia vem para o Brasil de mil e uma maravilhas!!!
I didn't know she covered this song. Awesome.
I have loved your music since you hit the US market. Smooth as always
sade first did this song. but basia did it good!
i love Basia all her songs....
Sade and Basia both the best!
This kinda cool, back in the day they use to refer to her as the Polish Sade lol
SMOOTH OPERATOR pieseň speváčky BASIA, ktorá je smoot jazzovou cover verziou piesne Sade vl.m. Helen Folasade Adu nar. 16. januara 1959 v Ibadane v Nigerii, ktorá ako jej trestí hit bola v UK rebríčku desať týždňov od 15. septembra 1984 a skončila na 19.m. Skladba pochádzala z albumu DIAMOND LIFE, ktorý v roku 1984 obsadil 2.m. a od BPI získal 4 platinové platne.
I like the Bossa touch on this...excellent reinterpretation. This is not just a cover of Sade's version.
This version is passable but is done without the soul, passion, style and grace that Sade performs it with. Sade really draws you into the music and words with a solid conviction that, so far, no other singer has been able to duplicate.
holywells you’re correct, we’ll put well said.
she is also very easy on the eye. nice to look at.
Thank you so much! I loved it!! ANd of course Basia!
From 1:40 to 1:58 ,God....I began to LOVE this version...MORE THAN OTHER...Love you ....L O VE FOR S A L E
To jest wspaniałe !!! :)
bravo! you made it your own!
I found it!!
Very Beautifull song!!
Circa 2005 I believe - for Nissan advert in Japan.
Hi Lisa -
Upon further investigation, [no, I'm not a cop!...] I notice you've listened to Gilberto playing in a band w/ Stan Getz - who happens to be one of my favorites, and that was recorded, well, let's say a while ago. And, I am into Bossa beats as well. Through the years my musical tastes have changed and now I listen to big band jazz almost all the time - partially because we have an Educational FM that plays nothing but mainstream jazz. It's great!
@2003Brad I met her in the 90s. She's a very charming lady with a golden voice. I'd like to see her do some traditional jazz, but who can blame her for wanting to make a decent living.
Piekne !
Lisa - It seems as though you have very sophisticated tastes in music, which takes a lifetime of listening to achieve. I find that to be very attractive in an intellectual way, 'cause it's actually hard work!
Even though I am a 'jazz snob' most of the time, I do like other musical styles or 'fashions'.
Now I might be riding on thin ice with this one...how about [the late] Frank Zappa and his son, Dweezil? They're hard to categorize, but I'm sure that's intentional. I love their creativity.
i'm feeling this, thanks.
Sade's was great but this fits much better with Basil's range and style.
I love her voice.
David Gillett UK well they are similar but sade has a rougher voice i like them both but it have sade is stronger
Basia a "pet name" from Barbara. Basil is a kind of herb or culinary spice I think.
why compare?
isn't it better to admire both?
Vey nice...
Sade and basia are both good.
Did not know she sang this tune!!
opening piano phrases from Stevie Wonder's "don't you worry about a thing"
dzięki, Basiu.
Do not compare Basia and Sade or any singers.. We singers have our freedom to sing so you too ordinary people. We don't limit ourselves to millions of songs that we could sing especially with our own versions. Basia and Sade are incomparable. Just like male and female.
never knew she covered this...I like both a lot, though the Sade's slower, smoother version is more to my liking,.
Really nice, bossa-ish take on Sade. They're both great but Sade's version sounds more personal. If that makes sense.
Anyone know when this was done? What a compliment to her one syllable contemporary. Would that it be reciprocated!
I met Basia in august of 1994. I did a poster-size sketch of HER. She really liked it. I met HER at the gate where they pull in for their concert in dallas. This song sounds like a song that would be used in an intro to a movie while on a 747 landing in Brazil. I Love BASIA but she does too much of this samba music. She should do a symphony classical slow song with an opera like intro. ♥♥♥♥
A Lovely DREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..................................:::::))))))))))))))
The Brazilian Bossa Nova. This song is a Brazilian Bossa Nova em English.
I think everything Basia sings is beautiful and brilliant and although I feel she is a better singer than Sade, I have to say Sade is perfect on this song. Her delivery is so laid back that the words float on air to your ears. It could also be that the instrumentation of Basia's version gives the song a feeling of a gallop and doesn't glide as Sade's does. Sometimes it even comes down to which version you heard first.
james dreck I'm sorry but I'm disagree tbh if that was the case shed cover basis not the other way around and plus sade has a much stronger voice that hits you she's very crisp with her words and took yrs to make her songs cause she wanted them perfect you don't beat her really especially with her own stuff
If you appreciate the Samba and Bosa Nova, then you can appreciate this rendition of an impressionistic Sade's Smooth Operator. Before we judge a song, comprehend other styles and appreciate someone else's artistic impression and vision before you"shoot it down".
@2003Brad Did you ride her cowboy?
Yeah this works!
basia, sin mas
buena, muy buena
Jesus Tabera gracias el original es de :sade inglesa de origen nigeriano. si no la conoces dimelo y te busco. calidad. da gusto saber que por el mundo hay gente que no tiene el oido sordo...o roto..
santi ramos el original es una bomba Sade tiene muchos temas conocidos ...
sade y lisa stanfield....son autenticas bombas
santi ramos SIII !!!
Is this available on ANY CD?
Not that I know of. It would be great if Basia could get permission to include it on a future album release.
no because it was done for a Japanese car commercial
I am not a fan of Sade, so I don't care for this song. Basia, I LOVE♥♥♥♥ I met Her at the STARPLEX in dallas back in 1994. I did a big sketch portraiat of Her. Although I did not get a backstage pass, I still got to meet Her and she really the sketch that I did of Her, I am also studying the Polish language. I LOVE BASIA♥♥♥♥♥ My favorite female singer, I guess that I wil keep listenig to "HER" smooth operartor song.
well, if its for a car company, they sure don't want her to sing cruisin for bruisin .
bettygoodbody. that's one of the funniest things I ever heard of. lol
mmm Good cover for the Sade Version
クルマにモダンリビングの考え方。
NISSAN TEANA Ad.(2006 Jpn.)
originally Sade's song...
I love Jazz...
IN RESPONSE TO LUIGOCELO ........ OF COURSE SADE'S VERSION IS THE ORIGINAL BUT BASIA HAS HER OWN STYLE AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH LIKING IT TOO ....
I don't appreciate commercial, corporate radio in the least. Whenever I find a jazz station I like, the FCC makes sure it gets yanked off the air as fast as it arrived. I have no interest in what others deem as classics in ANY genre in the least. i find my own classics and that's that.
I love Basia but Sade version is much better for me. After all most played version in radio and MTVs
I hate to say it, and my apologies to Sade, but I like this version of her song better. I love both of them, though.
I am not a fan of Sade, so I don't care for this song. Basia, I LOVE♥♥♥♥ I met Her at the STARPLEX in dallas back in 1994. I did a big sketch portraiat of Her. Although I did not get a backstage pass, I still got to meet Her and she really the sketch that I did of Her, I am also studying the Polish language. I LOVE BASIA♥♥♥♥♥ My favorite female singer, I guess that I wil keep listenig to "HER" smooth operartor song. I could care less for mokey and sexless
Mis respetos para Basia... Pero ésta versión no me gustó...
No se puede mejorar lo que es perfecto... Igual que el sabor de la musica de Basia es solo de ella; insuperable en su genialidad.
Never listened to them much. I'm more inclined to listen to things like Prefab Sprout's Two Wheels Good or Rebecca Pidgeon.
Funny to stumble across this old comment: I'm both a massive Prefab Sprout fan and a fan of Basia (also with Matt Bianco)
hermosa versión, pero me quedo con la versión de Sade.
It is better than the original!
@themightycelestial Do you think you'll be fortunate enough to also learn to spell?
Have to agree with holywells.
If Basia enjoyed herself making this, then fine. But no point in me listening to it.
Not like this, Basia is great, but original is original.
Yeah, song is great but making cover after Sade is just pointless in my opinion.. even if I really like Basia's voice
That’s not Basia...who are you trying to kid???? It’s in her style, but the production is not quite the same...and it’s NOT her voice.
Yes it is. It was done for a Japanese car commercial
There is nothing smooth about this song, Sade's version is better by FAR
Basia you are poooooor Super Sade....from hero to zero, why, without husband nothing....
+Ewa-Elzbieta Deoniziak ...........posting the ignorance......take a few moments of youtube searching and listening and then figure out how to delete your post.
EWA ELZBIETA BASIA IS A GREAT SINGER SADE IS A GREAT SINGER POOOOOOOR AND NOTHING IS YOUR COMMENT DELETE IT
Jak zwykle wszyscy chwala, tylko nie "swoi". To taka dziwna cecha tej naszej nacji. Wstyd mi za Ciebie pani Ewo.
Basia has great artistic achievements and is a very nice person. Unpleasant comments will not change that.
Napewno nie jakas Ewa-Ela.