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On a Rennes gateway, a love padlock where is written Soldier of Love

Soldier of Love is a single of the English group Sade. It is broadcast for the first time the December 8, 2009 and it comes out numerically on iTunes the January 12, 2010 . It is also the first new disc of the group in almost ten years which precedes their highly anticipated sixth studio album of the same name which was released worldwide February 8, 2010 . The song ranked first in Billboard Adult R’n’B ^{[ first ]} . The song begins at the 58 ^{It is} place du Billboard Hot 100 and becomes the best start of a single in the group in the ranking ^{[ 2 ]} . He finally took the 52 ^{It is} place which makes it the single of the group best classified since No Ordinary Love in 1992. The song appeared in the compilation Now That’s What I Call the Modern Songbook .

The track wins the Grammy Award for the best R’n’B performance for a duo or a group with songs during the 53 ^{It is} Grammy Awards ceremony.

The song is written by Sade Adu with the other members of the group and is recorded at the end of summer 2009. The Remix includes Mc Israel The Illa Real on two verses. The song begins at the 49 ^{It is} place in the R’n’B rankings of the Billboard December 9 Less than a day after presenting the song on the Sade website. The song was also used to promote the sixth and last season of the television series Lost which was broadcast for the first time in the United States the February 2, 2010 .

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For Pitchfork, singer Sade Adu has a “Incomparable voice” .

Soldier of Love Was favorably welcomed by musical criticism that salutes the group comeback. Pitchfork greets the “Incomparable voice” singer “Who sounds as posed with passion as on Diamond Life 1984 ^{[ 3 ]} . » The Hollywood Reporter also gives a positive opinion by saying that “It may be that a taste of what is to come, but the last of Sade certainly has the attention of what he listens ^{[ 4 ]} . » . Digital Spy notes the song with four in five stars and described it as “A little revelation – a rich symphony of atmospheric pop ^{[ 5 ]} . » Rolling Stone calls him a “A great ballad of total emotional devastation” as it is a “Sade classic – a cool and calm song ^{[ 6 ]} . » .

The single is broadcast on radio from Tuesday December 8, 2009 And after only a day of broadcasting, the song returns to the 49 ^{It is} place of the classification of December 19, 2009 of Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs American ^{[ 7 ]} .

The track begins at the 11 ^{It is} position of the Urban Hot AC ranking which makes it their best start of the decade and their third best start of all time in this ranking ^{[ 8 ]} .
It also starts at the 58 ^{It is} Place du Billboard Hot 100 but does not enter the top 50 and stays in the ranking for eleven weeks ^{[ 9 ]} . Since then, the song has taken sixth place in Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs which officially makes their first appearance in the top ten of the ranking since 1992 where their song No Ordinary Love had taken ninth place. The song also becomes the first number one in the group in the American classification Adult R&B. The song goes from the third to first place in its sixth week which makes it the fastest acsension in first place since Anita Baker who had taken first place in five weeks with her song You’re My Everything in 2004 ^{[ first ]} . The song also takes fourth place in the digital iTunes ranking in Greece. Soldier of Love Also becomes the first vocal song to take first place in the Smooth Jazz Top 20 ranking since each of the 45 previous leaders in the ranking were instrumental.

The video clip of Soldier of Love is seen for the first time online on Amazon.com the January 10, 2010 . He is directed by the English director Sophie Muller and choreographed by Fatima Robinson. The video, which is rich in strange symbols, has left many viewers who wonder what it means. He has a desert landscape and contains soldiers who dance and walked with the rhythm of the song, with Sade in a rodeo style like she rides a white stallion, with explosions of fire with slow combustion behind. Sade says that soldiers in the video represent his emotions “In the battlefield of life ^{[ ten ]} » .

The song is the end of the film The Lady De Luc Besson Sur La Vie D’Aung San Suu Kyi.