Taboo (Glamma Kid song)
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Released5 April 1999
| "Taboo" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Glamma Kid featuring Shola Ama | ||||
| from the album Kidology | ||||
| Released | 5 April 1999 | |||
| Genre | Dancehall | |||
| Label | WEA, FutureFlex | |||
| Songwriters | Iyael Constable, Sade Adu, Martin Ditcham | |||
| Producer | Karl Gordon | |||
| Glamma Kid singles chronology | ||||
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"Taboo" is a song by British dancehall musician Glamma Kid featuring English singer Shola Ama. It was released on 5 April 1999 as the third single from the debut album Kidology. A top 10 hit, the song peaked at No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart,[1] and No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart.[2] The song also charted in the Netherlands and New Zealand, peaking at numbers 26[3] and 22,[4] respectively. In France, it peaked at No. 78.[5] The song interpolates the 1985 Sade hit "The Sweetest Taboo".
The 'MJ Cole Full Vocal Mix', a garage remix by MJ Cole, proved popular in the UK garage scene in 1999. Mixmag included this remix in their list of "16 of the Best Uplifting Vocal Garage Tracks".[6]
