2000年10月Sade 推出三首不同編曲Remix的"By Your Side" 單曲CD，年底再推出了睽違8年的第6張專輯【Lovers Rock】。此一令人渴望已久的最新專輯，依然保有Sade一貫耐人尋味的氣質與特色。發行後首先得到29屆全美音樂獎─現代成人類最佳歌手殊榮，亦一舉在2002年葛萊美獎獲得最佳流行女歌手、最佳流行專輯等提名，及全英音樂獎最佳女歌手提名，同時贏得英美兩地最具權威的音樂大獎青睞。

專輯以溫柔純淨的吉他貫穿整曲、立刻喚醒樂迷對Sade美好回憶的首支單曲"By Your Side"，情感濃烈的"All About Our Love"，到牽動心弦的"Slave Song"、King Of Sorrow、恬靜的"The Sweetest Gift"，動人、哀傷及美麗的旋律交替呈現，Sade用她輕柔的嗓音低喃出她心中最私密的渴望。



2001年Sade開始踏上全美巡迴演唱的旅途，所到之處門票總在瞬間狂售一空。2002年二月Sade慶祝她的巡迴演唱成功，發行第一張現場演唱專輯及DVD【Lovers Live】。

Sade的成功並非僥倖，如同其他知名的黑人女歌手一樣，用努力和實力開拓了自己音樂的天地，成為世界超級巨星。

Billboard TOP 40
Year Title
1985 Smooth Operator - (#5)
1985 The Sweetest Taboo - (#5)
1986 Never as Good as the First Time - (#20)
1988 Paradise - (#16)
1993 No Ordinary Love - (#28)













Lyrics :
Diamond life, lover boy.
We move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.
City lights and business nights.
When you require streetcar desire for higher heights.

No place for beginners or sensitive hearts
When sentiment is left to chance.
No place to be ending but somewhere to start.

No need to ask.
He's a smooth operator,
smooth operator,
smooth operator,
smooth operator.

Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male.
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale.

Face to face, each classic case.
We shadow box and double cross,
Yet need the chase.

A license to love, insurance to hold.
Melts all your memories and change into gold.
His eyes are like angels but his heart is cold.

No need to ask.
He's a smooth operator,
smooth operator,
smooth operator,
smooth operator.

Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male.
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale.

Smooth operator,
smooth operator,
smooth operator,
smooth operator,
smooth operator...