| Leave a Tender Moment Alone | |
| Cover: | Leave a Tender Moment Alone.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Billy Joel |
| Album: | An Innocent Man |
| B-Side: | This Night |
| Released: | June 1984[1] |
| Genre: | Pop[2] |
| Length: | 3:56 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Phil Ramone |
| Prev Title: | The Longest Time |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | This Night |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
"Leave a Tender Moment Alone" is a song performed by Billy Joel and the fifth single from his album An Innocent Man. Toots Thielemans makes a guest appearance on harmonica. The song reached number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts and spent two weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.[3]
"Leave a Tender Moment Alone" was the only single from the album released there not to reach the top 20 of the chart, and, along with the title track, was the second single not to have a video made for it.
Cash Box called the song "a tender country-tinged cut that is highlighted by the veteran songster’s effortless vocalizing."[4]
A 'special souvenir 5 track 12 inch' vinyl was also available.
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 76 |
| Canadian Singles Chart[6] | 58 |
| French Singles Chart[7] | 66 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 16 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 21 |
| UK Singles Chart[8] | 29 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] | 27 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[10] | 1 |