The 100 Greatest Lost Hits of The 80’s Part 2: The New Batch

From: NewNowNext

#5 

 “Tenderness” 

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When I was compiling this second Lost Hits list, there was a list of songs I knew I couldn’t use, no matter how badly they fared on the chart. It includes such songs as The Romantics’ “What I Like About You,” (#49 on the Hot 100), Modern English’s “I Melt With You” (#78) and Yello’s “Oh Yeah” (#51). They were all chart failures, but they’ve all become such iconic, well known ’80s songs, I couldn’t include them in a “Lost” list. Hey, maybe a possible future list?

“Tenderness” was almost on that list, but not quite, so I decided it deserved a spotlight. Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger hit the top 40 just once in the ’80s, taking “Tenderness” to #27 in February 1985. They would hit the top 40 once more a decade later with a remake of ’I’ll Take You There.”