What is "smooth operator"

n. 1 (&lit smooth operator English) 2 (context idiomatic English) A person who accomplishes tasks with efficiency and grace, especially one with verbal skills who is persuasive in interpersonal relationships, negotiation, etc. 3 (context idiomatic English) A skillful, manipulative person, con artist, or clever scoundrel.

" Smooth Operator" is a 1984 song by Sade. Smooth operator or smoothing operator may also refer to:

• "Smooth Operator", a song by Big Daddy Kane from It's a Big Daddy Thing
• "Smooth Operator", a song by Dorothy Dandridge
  • Smooth Operator, an album recorded by Dorothy Dandridge in 1958, unreleased until 1999
• A smoothing operator, used to remove noise from data
• A mathematical operator that is a smooth function, i.e., infinitely differentiable

"Smooth Operator" is a song by English band Sade from their debut studio album Diamond Life (1984). It was released as the fourth and final single from Diamond Life (in both the United States and the United Kingdom) as a 7-inch single with "Spirit" as its B-side, and as a 12-inch maxi single with "Smooth Operator" and "Red Eye" on side A and "Spirit" on side B.

"Smooth Operator" became Sade's first Top Ten hit in the US, peaking at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks in May 1985. The song spent 13 weeks in the Top 40, and also topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for two weeks. Although " Your Love Is King" remains Sade's biggest hit in the UK to date, "Smooth Operator" is the band's breakthrough hit on the US charts, and their most successful single internationally.

"Smooth Operator" is the lead single released from Big Daddy Kane's second album, It's a Big Daddy Thing. Arguably one of Big Daddy Kane's most popular songs, the song topped the newly formed Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart and was a hit on the R&B and dance charts, peaking at number 11 and 17 on the charts respectively. The song samples "All Night Long" by Mary Jane Girls. Actor and comedian Chris Rock appears in the music video getting his hair cut. He appears 2 minutes, and 23 seconds into the video.