Taboo (Glamma Kid song)

"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".

"Taboo"
Single by Glamma Kid featuring Shola Ama
from the album Kidology
Released5 April 1999 (1999-04-05)
GenreDancehall
LabelWEA, FutureFlex
Songwriter(s)Iyael Constable, Sade Adu, Martin Ditcham
Producer(s)Karl Gordon
Glamma Kid singles chronology
"Fashion '98"
(1998)		 "Taboo"
(1999)		 "Much Love"
(1999)

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]

Track listing
CD single
  1. "Taboo" (Video Mix) - 3:28
  2. "Taboo" (Stargate R'n'B Mix) - 4:07
  3. "Taboo" (Clarkey & Blakey Mix) - 4:40
  4. "Taboo" (MJ Cole Full Vocal Mix) - 5:26
12" single
A1. "Taboo" (Original Mix) - 5:00
A2. "Taboo" (Stargate R'n'B Mix) - 4:07
B1. "Taboo" (MJ Cole Vocal Dub) - 6:13
B2. "Taboo" (Dave Kelly Mix) - 3:49

Year-end charts
Chart (1999) Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 159

References
  1. "Glamma Kid Official Charts History". Official Charts.
  2. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 - Official Charts Company".
  3. Hung, Steffen. "Glamma Kid feat. Shola Ama - Taboo". hitparade.ch.
  4. "charts.nz - Glamma Kid feat. Shola Ama - Taboo".
  5. "lescharts.com - Glamma Kid feat. Shola Ama - Taboo".
  6. "16 of the best uplifting vocal garage tracks". Mixmag.
  7. "Jaarlijsten 1999" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 11 May 2022.


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