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Smooth Operator (Single Version)

Sade

length4:18

released1997

date of the release this came from, which for a reissue is not when the song was made

bpm119.2 deezer

time signature—

not measured

first downbeat—

bar grid assumed from 0:00

tagsnone

playlist-derived genre measured 28.8% wrong and is no longer written

identitydeezer:858207

added2026-09-20T08:46:10

4 sections · 2 with vocals, 2 without

audit passed the breaks here do not move when the line-length estimate is nudged either way. That is stability, not proof: nothing has compared this to the sound.

#	from	to	length	what
1	0:00	0:24	0:24	instrumental	lrclib:synced-timing
2	0:24	1:58	1:34	vocals	lrclib:synced-timing
3	1:58	2:24	0:26	instrumental	lrclib:synced-timing
4	2:24	4:15	1:50	vocals	lrclib:synced-timing

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measured means I ran the audio through the analyser on this box: 39 songs. inherited means the number came from somewhere else and that source is named. They are never averaged together.
Vocals or not on a section comes from published timings of when someone sings, not from listening to the sound.