Tender (song)
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| "Tender" | ||
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| Single by Blur | ||
| from the album 13 | ||
| Released | February 14, 1999 (Japan) February 22, 1999 (UK) March 1, 1999 (Europe; UK: 7") |
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| Format | 7" vinyl, cassette, 2 x CD | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 7 min 40 s (album version) | |
| Label | Food (UK) EMI |
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| Producer(s) | William Orbit | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Blur singles 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.
A remix of the song by Cornelius was released on the "No Distance Left to Run" single.
[edit] Track listing
- 7" FOOD117, Cassette TCFOOD117
- "Tender"
- "All We Want"
- CD1 CDFOODS117
- "Tender"
- "All We Want"
- "Mellow Jam"
- CD2 CDFOOD117 - Enhanced CD
- "Tender"
- "French Song"
- "Song 2"
- "Song 2" (video)
 CD2 cover |
| Blur |
| Damon Albarn | Alex James | Dave Rowntree |
| Graham Coxon | Simon Tong |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Leisure | Modern Life Is Rubbish | Parklife | The Great Escape | Blur | 13 | Think Tank |
| Compilations: The Special Collectors Edition | Live at the Budokan | Bustin' + Dronin' |
| The 10 Year Limited Edition Anniversary Box Set | Blur: The Best of |
| Singles: See Blur Singles |
| Other projects |
| The Ailerons | Fat Les | The Good, the Bad and the Queen | Gorillaz | Me Me Me | WigWam |
| Related articles |
| Food Records | Honest Jon's | Stephen Street | Transcopic |
