Is It a Crime by Sade from their second studio album, Promise. Released in December 1985 as the album’s second single by Epic Records / Portrait Records. It was written by Sade Adu, Andrew Hale and Stuart Matthewman, and produced by Robin Miller. The music video was directed by Brian Ward. The song was a moderate international chart hit for Sade, generally performing better on album-oriented and R&B charts than mainstream singles charts. No. 55 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 32 on Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. The song was an album track on the highly successful album “Promise” that was released November 1985, which itself was a number one hit on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. In the U.S. Promise went 4x platinum. #sade #fyp #foryourpage #80smusic #musician