{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox song | name = Be Tender with Me Baby | cover = Tina_turner-be_tender_with_me_baby_s-1-.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Tina Turner]] | album = [[Foreign Affair (Tina Turner album)|Foreign Affair]] | B-side = "You Know Who (Is Doing You Know What)" | released = {{start date|1990|10|1}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=31|date=September 29, 1990}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | length = 4:18 | label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] | writer = * [[Albert Hammond]] * [[Holly Knight]] | producer = [[Dan Hartman]] | prev_title = [[Foreign Affair (Tina Turner song)|Foreign Affair]] | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = [[It Takes Two (Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston song)#Rod Stewart and Tina Turner version|It Takes Two]] | next_year = 1990 | misc = {{External music video|type=single|{{YouTube|l__zi3OtrQ0|"Be Tender With Me Baby" (live)}}}} }} "'''Be Tender with Me Baby'''" is a song by recording artist [[Tina Turner]]. Written by [[Albert Hammond]] and [[Holly Knight]] and produced by [[Dan Hartman]], it was released as a single from Turner's seventh solo studio album, ''[[Foreign Affair (Tina Turner album)|Foreign Affair]]'' (1989), in October 1990. Released as a single in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and continental Europe only, it reached number four in Portugal, number 18 in Ireland, number 28 in the UK, and number 35 in the Netherlands. The accompanying [[music video]] depicts Turner performing the track at a 1990 concert at [[Woburn Abbey]] during her [[Foreign Affair Tour]] as an encore, and the seven-minute live version was also included on the single.
==Critical reception== [[Greg Kot]] from ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' felt that Turner adopts the "pleading style of '60s [[Soul music|soul]] greats" like [[Sam Cooke]] and [[Percy Sledge]] on the song.<ref>[[Greg Kot|Kot, Greg]] (September 17, 1989). "'Foreign Affair' lets Turner head home". ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''.</ref> In a retrospective review, Pop Rescue stated that "Be Tender with Me Baby" "gives Tina a bit of a [[rock ballad]] to play with", adding that she "gets plenty of time and space to show off her vocals, which she really does – from a softer vocal near the start, to winning the battle with the soaring strings and electric guitar." The reviewer also noted the "heartfelt ending" of the song.<ref>{{cite web|title= Review: 'Foreign Affair' by Tina Turner (CD, 1989) |url= https://poprescue.com/2015/09/30/pop-rescue-foreign-affair-by-tina-turner-cd-1989/ |publisher= Pop Rescue |date= September 30, 2015 |access-date= November 24, 2020}}</ref>
==Track listings== * '''UK 7-inch and cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Be Tender with Me Baby|others=[[Tina Turner]]|year=1990|type=UK 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=[[Capitol Records]]|id=CL 593, 20 4075 7}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Be Tender with Me Baby|others=Tina Turner|year=1990|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Capitol Records|id=TCCL 593, 20 4075 4}}</ref> # "Be Tender with Me Baby" (LP version) – 4:18 # "Be Tender with Me Baby" (live edit) – 4:03
* '''UK 12-inch single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Be Tender with Me Baby|others=Tina Turner|year=1990|type=UK 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Capitol Records|id=12CL 593}}</ref> # "Be Tender with Me Baby" (LP version) – 4:18 # "You Know Who (Is Doing You Know What)" (LP version) – 3:45 # "Be Tender with Me Baby" (live) – 7:04
* '''UK CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Be Tender with Me Baby|others=Tina Turner|year=1990|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Capitol Records|id=CDCL 593, 20 4075 2}}</ref> # "Be Tender with Me Baby" (LP version) – 4:18 # "Be Tender with Me Baby" (live) – 7:04 # "You Know Who (Is Doing You Know What)" (LP version) – 3:45
==Charts== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1990) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=7|issue=43|page=IV|date=October 27, 1990}}</ref> | 75 |- !scope="row" {{single chart|Ireland2|18|song=Be Tender with Me|access-date=October 1, 2015}} |- !scope="row"|Netherlands ([[Dutch Top 40|Dutch Top 40 Tipparade]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/1990/week-46|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 46, 1990|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]|language=nl|access-date=April 1, 2023}}</ref> |10 |- !scope="row" {{single chart|Dutch100|35|artist=Tina Turner|song=Be Tender with Me Baby|access-date=October 1, 2015}} |- !scope="row"|Portugal ([[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|AFP]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-03-02.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=8|issue=9|page=25|date=March 2, 1991|access-date=October 30, 2020}}</ref> | 4 |- !scope="row" {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|28|artist=Tina Turner|artistid=21088|access-date=October 30, 2020}} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Tina Turner singles}} {{Albert Hammond}} {{Authority control}}
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