Like a Tattoo

~ Recording by Sade

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Like a Tattoo3:39SadeLove DeluxeSadeAlbum
  • DE1992-10-23
  • GB1992-11-11
  • FR1992
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)472626 2
1.4Like a Tattoo3:39SadeLove DeluxeSadeAlbum
  • JP1992-10-29
Epic Records (J-pop label, established 1978; use ONLY for releases by Japanese domestic artists after 2001!)ESCA 5673
1.4Like a Tattoo3:39SadeLove DeluxeSadeAlbum
  • US1992-11-21
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 53178
1.4Like a Tattoo3:39SadeLove DeluxeSadeAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)472626 2
1.4Like a Tattoo3:39SadeLove DeluxeSadeAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)472626 1
1.12Like a Tattoo3:37SadeThe Best of SadeSadeAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)01-477793-10, 477793 2
1.12Like a Tattoo3:37SadeThe Best of Sade (Club Edition, Reissue)SadeAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1994-11-08
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)912428T CEK66686
1.12Like a Tattoo3:37SadeThe Best of SadeSadeAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-11-08
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 66686
1.12Like a tattoo3:37SadeThe Best of SadeSadeAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)477793 2
1.12Like a Tattoo3:37SadeThe Best of SadeSadeAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)477793 2
1.12Like a Tattoo3:37SadeThe Best of SadeSadeAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 85287, EK85287
1.12Like a Tattoo3:37SadeThe Best Of Sade (Club Edition)SadeAlbum + Compilation
Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)912428T, CEK 66686
1.12Like a Tattoo3:37SadeThe Best of Sade (remastered)SadeAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2000-11-13
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)500594 2, 5005942000
1.4Like a Tattoo3:41SadeLove DeluxeSadeAlbum
  • US2000-11-21
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 85243
1.4Like a Tattoo3:41SadeLove DeluxeSadeAlbum
  • US2000-11-21
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 85243
1.4Like a Tattoo3:41SadeLove Deluxe (clear tray)SadeAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)500598 2, 5005982000
1.12Like a Tattoo3:37SadeThe Best of SadeSadeAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-04-03
BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Epic/Sony (logo of the Japanese company Epic/Sony Inc., Aug 1978–Mar 1988)D138933, EK 85287
1.10Like a Tattoo3:37SadeGrand CollectionSadeAlbum + Compilation
Квадро-Диск (Russia)GCR-055
1.14Like a Tattoo3:37SadeNo Stress IIIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
5312622
1.12Like a Tattoo3:41SadeThe Best of SadeSadeAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)500594 2, 5005942000, EPC 500594 5
1.4Like a Tattoo3:41SadeLove DeluxeSadeAlbum
  • JP2005-02-23
Epic Records International (2001–2006 reissue label for int’l music released in Japan, formerly a company/division of SMEJ)MHCP 606
1.12Like a Tattoo3:41SadeThe Best of SadeSadeAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2005-02-23
Epic Records International (2001–2006 reissue label for int’l music released in Japan, formerly a company/division of SMEJ)MHCP-607
1.4Like a Tattoo3:38SadeLove DeluxeSadeAlbum
  • US2007-09-25
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)
1.12Like a Tattoo3:38SadeThe Best of SadeSadeAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2008-05-20
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)
1.12Like a Tattoo3:41SadeThe Best of Sade (special edition)SadeAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2009-03-25
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EICP 1128-9
1.4Like a Tattoo3:39SadeLove DeluxeSadeAlbum
Music on Vinyl (imprint of Music on Vinyl B.V. do not use for manufacturing/distribution relationships!)MOVLP122
2.4Like a Tattoo3:36SadeThe Best of SadeSadeAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88875180591
1.4Like a Tattoo3:38SadeLove DeluxeSadeAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)
1.12Like a Tattoo3:38SadeThe Best of SadeSadeAlbum + Compilation
  • -2020-07-27
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)
4.4Like a Tattoo?:??SadeThis Far (remastered on 180g vinyl)SadeAlbum + Compilation
  • -2020-10-09
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88985456121
1.4Like a Tattoo3:40SadeLove DeluxeSadeAlbum
  • XE2024-09-20
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)196587848316, 472626 1
1.4Like a Tattoo3:41SadeLove DeluxeSadeAlbum
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)500598 0
Bootleg
1.12Like a Tattoo3:37SadeGreatest HitsSadeAlbum + Compilation
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)[none]
2.14Like a Tattoo3:37SadeForever Best!SadeAlbum + Compilation
Forever Best! (Compilations issued by Russian pirate company NSK.)[none]
1.12Like a Tattoo3:38SadeThe Best of SadeSadeAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.12Like a Tattoo3:38SadeThe Best of SadeSadeAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

engineer:Chris Lord‐Alge
Mike Pela
co-producer:Mike Pela
bass guitar:Paul S. Denman
guitar and saxophone:Stuart Matthewman
keyboard:Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer)
lead vocals:Sade Adu
vocals:Leroy Osbourne (vocalist guitarist, songwriter.)
arranger:Sade (group w/ singer of same performance name)
sampled by:live by Guzmaphobia
The Pay Back by AZ (US rapper)
recording of:Like a Tattoo

Related works

Like a Tattoo

writer:Sade Adu
Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer)
Stuart Matthewman