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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, and No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart. The song also charted in the Netherlands and New Zealand, peaking at numbers 26 and 22, respectively. In France, it peaked at No. 78. 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".

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

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.

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