| "Tenderness" | ||||
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| Single by General Public | ||||
| from the album All the Rage | ||||
| Released | May 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
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| Length | 3:35 | |||
| Label | I.R.S. | |||
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| "Tenderness" on YouTube | ||||
"Tenderness" is a song by English new wave band General Public, released as a single in May 1984 from their debut studio album All the Rage (1984) by I.R.S. Records.
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".
| Chart (1984–1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] | 50 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 11 |
| UK Singles Chart [4] | 95 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [5] | 27 |
| US Billboard Dance/Disco [6] | 15 |
| US Billboard Top Rock Tracks | 39 |
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