Tenderness (song)

"Tenderness"
Single by General Public
from the album All the Rage
Released	May 1984
Format	7"
Recorded	1983
Length	3:35
Label	I.R.S. Records
Writer(s)	Mickey Billingham
General Public singles chronology
"Dishwasher" (1984) "Tenderness" (1984) "Never You Done That" (1984)

"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."

In popular culture

• 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
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

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics