Released: May 22, 1980
Songwriter: Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards
Producer: Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards
[Chorus]
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, I confess
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, nothin' less
[Verse 1]
Love me with a tender touch
Kindness, I need very much
It is so hard for me to trust
But deep inside I know I must
[Pre-Chorus]
Love me all through the night
Hug me 'til the first rays of sunlight
Be sweet, make me unafraid
'Cause tonight, I'll play with you
Please be gentle
[Chorus]
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, I confess
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, nothin' less
[Verse 2]
Love me
Try to be understanding
Tenderness is all that I'm asking
Don't feel like I'm making conditions
I wanna to overcome my inhibitions
[Pre-Chorus]
Love me all through the night
Hug me 'til the first rays of sunlight
Be sweet, make me unafraid
'Cause tonight, I'll play with you
Please be gentle
[Chorus]
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, I confess
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, nothin' less
[Verse 1]
Love me with a tender touch
Kindness, I need very much
It is so hard for me to trust
But deep inside I know I must
[Pre-Chorus]
Love me all through the night
Hug me 'til the first rays of sunlight
Be sweet, make me unafraid
'Cause tonight, I'll play with you
Please be gentle
[Bridge]
Love me
Kindness
Love me
Hug me
Please be gentle
[Chorus]
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, I confess
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, nothin' less
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, I confess
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, nothin' less
[Outro]
Try to be understanding
Try to be understanding
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, I confess
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, nothin' less
[Verse 1]
Love me with a tender touch
Kindness, I need very much
It is so hard for me to trust
But deep inside I know I must
[Pre-Chorus]
Love me all through the night
Hug me 'til the first rays of sunlight
Be sweet, make me unafraid
'Cause tonight, I'll play with you
Please be gentle
[Chorus]
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, I confess
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, nothin' less
[Verse 2]
Love me
Try to be understanding
Tenderness is all that I'm asking
Don't feel like I'm making conditions
I wanna to overcome my inhibitions
[Pre-Chorus]
Love me all through the night
Hug me 'til the first rays of sunlight
Be sweet, make me unafraid
'Cause tonight, I'll play with you
Please be gentle
[Chorus]
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, I confess
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, nothin' less
[Verse 1]
Love me with a tender touch
Kindness, I need very much
It is so hard for me to trust
But deep inside I know I must
[Pre-Chorus]
Love me all through the night
Hug me 'til the first rays of sunlight
Be sweet, make me unafraid
'Cause tonight, I'll play with you
Please be gentle
[Bridge]
Love me
Kindness
Love me
Hug me
Please be gentle
[Chorus]
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, I confess
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, nothin' less
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, I confess
Tenderness is the best
Tenderness, nothin' less
[Outro]
Try to be understanding
Try to be understanding
Diana
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- Upside Down (Unreleased Chic mix)
- I’m Coming Out (Unreleased Chic mix)
- I Ain’t Been Licked (12" mix)
- My Old Piano
- Give Up (Unreleased Chic mix)
- Have Fun (Again) (Unreleased Chic mix)
- What You Gave Me (12" mix)
- Now That You’re Gone
- Your Love Is So Good for Me (12" mix)
- Top of the World
- Lovin’, Livin’ & Givin’
- No One Gets the Prize (12-inch mix)
- You Were the One
- Sweet Summertime Livin’
- Love Hangover
- Fire Don’t Burn
- Have Fun (Again)
- Tenderness
- Friend to Friend
- Upside Down
- Friend to Friend (Unreleased Chic mix)
- Now That You’re Gone (Unreleased Chic mix)
- Give Up
- My Old Piano (Unreleased Chic mix)
- Tenderness (Unreleased Chic mix)
- We Can Never Light That Old Flame Again
- Diana (1980)
- I’m Coming Out
- Upside Down
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
- Ease on Down the Road #1
- It’s Your Move
- If We Hold On Together
- The Boss
- Missing You
- Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)
- When You Tell Me That You Love Me
- Chain Reaction
- He Lives in You
- Love Hangover
- Touch Me in the Morning
- Do You Know Where Youre Going To
- It’s My House
- I’m Still Waiting
- A Brand New Day
- Always and Forever
- If You’re Not Gonna Love Me Right (Crenshaw Records version)
- Once in the Morning
- That’s How You Start Over
- Love Me (Japanese quadraphonic edition)
- Ain’t Nothin’ But a Maybe