The repetitive sax fills in this song were not really representative of the message, which is: in order to be happy, the singer needs to cheat on his relationship with someone spontaneous and different. Points for the duet though – that was unique.

According to the rubric I’ve already been working with, the length and frequency of sax really hurts the grade here. Even for this long clip (2:39!): I cut out many sax parts. But damn, I pretty much love this solo. If you’re going to have this much sax, definitely do it like this guy.

Sade is one of the few 80s artists who actually deserves the sax accompaniment.

A bit shocking – it starts so suddenly and then scales down to about the level of the vocals. I’m glad they left it at this though.

Seriously, whoever was controlling the reverb knob got a bit out of control after awhile. Totally ruined a perfectly fine solo.

Pretty solid.

Not only did this actually add something meaningful to the song, it also gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it. True story.

When the knowledge that Roseanne was coming on wasn’t enough to compel me to turn off the TV, this theme song certainly helped.