Tenderness (song)

"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".

Popular culture

 * This song was featured in the 1995 film Clueless during the bouquet-catching scene at the end of the movie.
 * It was also used in the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles
 * The song was heard in the film, Weird Science.
 * It has also been featured in the US TV show The Goldbergs.
 * The song is heard during a New Year's Eve party scene in the episode "The Camera Loves You" of The Deuce