Tenderness (song)

"Tenderness" is a song by General Public from their 1984 album All the Rage, produced by I.R.S. Records.

"Tenderness"
Single by General Public
from the album All the Rage
ReleasedMay 1984
Recorded1983
GenreNew wave[1]
Length3:35
LabelI.R.S.
Songwriter(s)Mickey Billingham, Ranking Roger, Dave Wakeling
General Public singles chronology
"Dishwasher"
(1984)		 "Tenderness"
(1984)		 "Never You Done That"
(1984)
Music video
"Tenderness" on YouTube

Content

The song's lyrics tell about a man who really needs tenderness to feel like a man. It was one of the band's first singles. The single cover of the extended versions has a sentence reading "words like conviction can turn into a sentence".

  • It was featured in the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
  • It was used towards the end of the film Weird Science.
  • It was used towards the end of the film Clueless, and is featured on the official soundtrack.
  • Used during class in a scene from Sixteen Candles (1984).
  • It also appears in the horror film Devil's Due.
  • The band Galactic recorded a cover of the song for their 2003 album Ruckus.
  • American mixed martial artist and former UFC fighter Dave Kaplan used the song as his entrance theme at TUF 8 Finale in 2008.
  • It was also used in the 2011 film Just Go with It, in the movie and in the trailer as a mash-up along with "Umbrella" by Rihanna (which was also heard in the movie).
  • A part of the instrumental was used in commercials for the Target retail chain store in 2007–2011.

Charts
Chart (1984–1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 50
Canadian Singles Chart 11
UK Singles Chart 95
US Billboard Hot 100 27
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks 39
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References
  1. "Oberhofer Talks Totally Tubular Covers of Cars, Cyndi Lauper, Wang Chung for 'Table 19' Soundtrack"."...a mixtape of classic 1980s new wave tunes from Cyndi Lauper, A Flock of Seagulls, General Public and Modern English"
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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