Tenderness (General Public song) explained

Tenderness
Cover:	GeneralTenderness.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	General Public
Album:	All the Rage
Released:	May 1984
Recorded:	1983
Genre:	New wave^[1] rock^[2]
Length:	3:35
Label:	I.R.S.
Prev Title:	Dishwasher
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Never You Done That
Next Year:	1984

"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.

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".

Charts

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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"
2. Rolling Stone Staff. September 17, 2014. 100 Best Singles of 1984: Pop's Greatest Year. August 30, 2023. Rolling Stone. ...the track not only laid out the funny-cry-happy appeal of early modern rock, it set the table for similarly quasi-triumphant tracks....
3. Book: Kent, David . . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book . . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6.
4. Web site: officialcharts.com. officialcharts.com. February 9, 2022.
5. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 333.

6. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 109.