Taboo (Glamma Kid song)

"Taboo"
Single by Glamma Kid featuring Shola Ama
from the album Kidology
Released	5 April 1999 (1999-04-05)
Genre	Dancehall
Label	WEA, 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)

"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]

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". Official Charts .
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.