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

Diana Ross

Diana Ross is an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer.

She rose to fame as the lead singer of The Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motown’s most successful act and is to this day America’s most successful vocal group as well as one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time. Departing from the Supremes in 1970, Ross released her debut solo album, Diana Ross, which contained the hits “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” and the #1 hit “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”.

She released the album Touch Me in the Morning in 1973. Its title track reached #1, becoming her second solo hit.