Is It a Crime? peaked at #49 on the U.K. Singles chart and #55 on Billboard’s R&B chart, staying on the chart for 7 weeks in 1985.
[Verse 1]
This may come, this may come as some surprise
But I miss you
I could see through all of your lies
But still I miss you
He takes her love, but it doesn't feel like mine
He tastes her kiss, her kisses are not mine, they're not mine
He takes, but surely she can't give what I'm feeling now
She takes, but surely she doesn't know how
[Chorus]
Is it a crime?
Is it a crime?
That I still want you
And I want you to want me, too
[Verse 2]
My love is wider, wider than Victoria Lake
My love is taller, taller than the Empire State
It dives and it jumps and it ripples like the deepest ocean
I can't give you more than that, surely you want me back
[Chorus]
Is it a crime?
Is it a crime?
I still want you
And I want you to want me, too
[Verse 3]
My love is wider than Victoria Lake
Taller than the Empire State
It dives, it jumps
I can't give you more than that, surely you want me back
[Chorus]
Is it a crime?
Is it a crime?
That I still want you
And I want you to want me, too
[Bridge]
It dives, it jumps and it ripples like the deepest ocean
I can't give you more than that; surely you want it back
[Outro]
Tell me, is it a crime?
Is It a Crime? was written by Sade Adu & Andrew Hale & Stuart Matthewman.
Is It a Crime? was produced by Robin Millar.
Sade released Is It a Crime? on Mon Nov 04 1985.