Tender (song)
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| "Tender" | ||
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| Single by Blur | ||
| From the album 13 | ||
| Single Released | 22 February 1999 | |
| Single Format | vinyl record (blue 7"), Cassette tape and 2 CDs | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Indie rock | |
| Song Length | 7:40 | |
| Record label | Food / EMI | |
| Producer | William Orbit | |
| Chart positions | 2 (UK) 3 (Italy) | |
| Blur single chronology | ||
| "M.O.R." 1997 | "Tender" 1999 | "Coffee & TV" 1999 |
"Tender" is a song by the band Blur. It is the first track on their sixth album 13 and was also released as a single. The single reached #2 in the UK singles chart - kept off #1 by Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time".
The song was written by both Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon and the vocals are shared on the track. Despite Coxon's departure from the group, Blur still perform this song live with Albarn asking the audience to sing Coxon's lines; "Oh my baby/Oh my baby/Oh why?/Oh my". At Blur's headline appearance at Reading Festival in 2003 he introduced the song by saying "I don't want, for one moment, to be a sentimental but... Graham wrote this song as well... you know the bits he sings and I want you to sing them as loudly as you possibly can. Everyone needs to sing this song."
The video for the song is a live studio performance with the band and a group of backing singers.
| Contents |
Single track listing
7" / Cassette
- "Tender"
- "All We Want"
CD1
- "Tender"
- "All We Want"
- "Mellow Jam"
CD2
Enhanced CD
- "Tender"
- "French Song"
- "Song 2"
- "Song 2" (video)
| Band members: Damon Albarn | (Graham Coxon) | Alex James | Dave Rowntree
Albums: Leisure | Modern Life Is Rubbish | Parklife | The Great Escape | Blur | 13 | Think Tank Compilations:The Special Collectors Edition | Bustin' + Dronin' | Blur: The Best Of See also: Britpop | Gorillaz | Fat Les | Stephen Street |
