Tenderness (song)
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| Single by General Public | ||||
| from the album All the Rage | ||||
| Released | May 1984 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 3:35 | |||
| Label | I.R.S. Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Mickey Billingham | |||
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"Tenderness" is a song by General Public from their 1984 album All the Rage, produced by I.R.S. Records.
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 used towards the end of the films Weird Science and Clueless, and is featured on the former's soundtrack.
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 2010–2011.
Charts
| Chart (1984/1985) | Peak Position |
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| Australia ARIA Singles Chart | 50 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 11 |
| UK Singles Chart | 95 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 27 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Rock Tracks | 39 |
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