Tenderness (song)
"Tenderness" is a song by General Public from their 1984 album All the Rage, produced by I.R.S. Records.
| "Tenderness" | ||||
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| Single by General Public | ||||
| from the album All the Rage | ||||
| Released | May 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | New wave[1] | |||
| Length | 3:35 | |||
| Label | I.R.S. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mickey Billingham, Ranking Roger, Dave Wakeling | |||
| General Public singles chronology | ||||
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| 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".
In popular culture
- 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
- "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"
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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