Tender Heart (Lionel Richie song)

2001 single by Lionel Richie
"Tender Heart"
Single by Lionel Richie
from the album Renaissance
Released2001
Length4:28
LabelIsland Def Jam
Songwriter(s)
  • Lionel Richie
  • Paul Barry
  • Billy Lawrie
Producer(s)
  • Brian Rawling
  • Mark Taylor
Lionel Richie singles chronology
"Don't Stop the Music"
(2000) 		"Tender Heart"
(2001) 		"I Forgot"
(2001)

"Tender Heart" is a song by American singer Lionel Richie. It was written by Richie along with Paul Barry and Billy Lawrie for his sixth studio album Renaissance (2001), while production was helmed by Brian Rawling and Mark Taylor. In the United Kingdom, the song was released as the album's third single in 2001 and reached number 29 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

Track listing

CD maxi single
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Tender Heart"
  • Lionel Richie
  • Paul Barry
  • Billy Lawrie
  • Brian Rawling
  • Mark Taylor
4:05
2."Don't Stop the Music" (Joey Negro Revival Mix Radio Edit)
  • Richie
  • Barry
  • Taylor
  • Rawling
  • Taylor
  • Joey Negro[a]
3:47
3."All Night Long" (Hustlers Convention DMC Mix)Richie
  • Richie
  • James Anthony Carmichael
  • Hustlers Convention[a]
6:21

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[2]

  • Chris Anderson – assistant engineer
  • Paul Barry – acoustic guitar, writer
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – additional guitar
  • L.M.O. Studio Orchestra – strings
  • Billy Lawrie – writer
  • Adam Phillips – electric guitar
  • Brian Rawling – producer
  • Lionel Richie – fender rhodes, vocals, writer
  • Mark Taylor – arranger, mixing, producer, recording
  • Lionel Richie – vocals, writer
  • Robyn Smith – strings arranger
  • Dirk Vanoucek – additional recording
  • Jong uk Yoon – assistant engineer

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[1] 29

References

  1. ^ a b "Lionel Richie: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  2. ^ Renaissance (booklet). Island Def Jam. 2000.
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Studio albums
  • Lionel Richie (1982)
  • Can't Slow Down (1983)
  • Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
  • Louder Than Words (1996)
  • Time (1998)
  • Renaissance (2000)
  • Just for You (2004)
  • Coming Home (2006)
  • Sounds of the Season (2006)
  • Just Go (2009)
  • Tuskegee (2012)
Live albums
  • Encore (2002)
Compilation albums
  • Back to Front (1992)
  • Truly: The Love Songs (1997)
  • The Definitive Collection (2003)
  • Gold (2006)
Singles
Songwriting
Tours
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