My Tender Heart

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My Tender Heart

Closerthanclose album.jpg
from the album Closer Than Close

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from the album
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition
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from the album Closer Than Close 20th Anniversary Edition
Song details
Performer: Rosie Gaines; Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
First Released: 13 June 1995 - Closer Than Close album
Album(s): Closer Than Close
Concrete Jungle

Closer Than Close 20th Anniversary Edition
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition

Writer(s): Rosie Gaines and Prince
Producer(s): Ricky Peterson; Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • This track is not known to have been performed by Prince.

My Tender Heart is the sixth track on Rosie Gaines’ third album Closer Than Close (seventh track on the international version). Two and a half years earlier, however, the song was performed on The Ryde Dyvine TV special of Prince and related artists performing at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

The song was initially written as My Tender Love by Rosie Gaines and her husband Francis Jules. Prince covered it and changed the lyrics to My Tender Heart on 6 July 1990 at Metropolis Studios in London, England (on the same day as Pain and Streetwalker). Ricky Peterson is listed as the producer on the Closer Than Close album; he likely provided additional production in 1992 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. This version was included as the fifth track on one 1993 configuration of Rosie Gaines’ planned Paisley Park Records album Concrete Jungle, the fourth track on another 1993 configuration, the fourteenth track on another 1993 configuration and the eleventh track on yet another 1993 configuration, before a version of the album (now released by Dredlix Records) was released on iTunes in 2009. In 1993, My Tender Heart was planned as a single release also, but the single was not released, despite artwork being printed.

Although several songs were recorded by Prince for Rosie Gaines’ first solo album, My Tender Heart is the only track written for the album that was included on the final release (Closer Than Close) in 1995; I Want U, while appearing on the final release, was originally intended for The Pointer Sisters.

In 2009, a recording with Prince on background vocals (and before additional production by Ricky Peterson) was included as the fourth track on her iTunes exclusive album Concrete Jungle.

Prince’s solo version of My Tender Heart was released in October 2023, as the second track of Vault Tracks part 1, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition. The song was mixed by Chris James in 2022 for use on that collection.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
6 July 1990 Metropolis Studios,
London, England
Tracking as My Tender Love
1992 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Additional recording (produced by Ricky Peterson)
2022 Unknown studio Mix by Chris James
Recording Personnel

Closer Than Close version


Concrete Jungle version / Original version


Prince version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
My Tender Heart 5:10 Closer Than Close Studio
My Tender Heart 5:07 Concrete Jungle Studio Original 1990 recording
My Tender Love 5:06 Closer Than Close (20th Anniversary Edition) Studio Original demo recording
My Tender Heart 5:06 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Studio Prince’s version
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
My Tender Heart 3:45 Promotional release only Studio Official music video
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
My Tender Heart 5:05 Delayed concert TV broadcast Live December 1992 : Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; see The Ryde Dyvine for details
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
My Tender Heart (Edit) Studio Planned for My Tender Heart unreleased single
My Tender Heart Studio Prince vox version before 2022 mix
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
US Copyright Office / PAu001477948 / 1991-02-22, PAu001706687 / 1993-01-08, PA0000767575 / 1995-12-18 and PA0000780128 / 1996-03-15
ASCAP Work ID: 430729296 ISWC: T9031243240
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