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|song name                = My Tender Heart
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|song name                = My Tender Heart
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|single image              = [[File:Closerthanclose album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Closer Than Close]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]]</small>
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|album image              = [[File:Closerthanclose album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Closer Than Close]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]]</small> <br><br>[[Image:D&P_SDE.jpg|100px|left|link=Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe]] <br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]</small>
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|performer                = [[Rosie Gaines]]
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|single image            = [[File:Closerthanclose20th album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Closer Than Close]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]] 20th Anniversary Edition</small>
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|performer                = [[Rosie Gaines]]; [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]])
 
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 13|13 June 1995]] - [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]] album
 
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 13|13 June 1995]] - [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]] album
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]]
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]]<br>[[Album: Concrete Jungle|Concrete Jungle]]
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[[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]] 20th Anniversary Edition<br>
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[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Rosie Gaines]] and [[Prince]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Rosie Gaines]] and [[Prince]]
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|producer(s)              = [[Ricky Peterson]]
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|producer(s)              = [[Ricky Peterson]]; [[Prince]]
 
|previous song            = [[My Summertime Thang]]
 
|previous song            = [[My Summertime Thang]]
 
|next song                = [[My Tree]]
 
|next song                = [[My Tree]]
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|introduction              = '''My Tender Heart''' is the sixth track on [[Rosie Gaines]]' third album [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]] (seventh track on the international version). Two and a half years earlier, however, the song was performed on [[TV Special: The Ryde Dyvine|The Ryde Dyvine]] TV special of [[Prince]] and related artists performing at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. '''My Tender Heart''' was written by [[Rosie Gaines]] and [[Prince]] and produced by [[Ricky Peterson]]. In 2010, the original recording with [[Prince]] on background vocals was included as the fourth track on her iTunes exclusive album [[Album: Concrete Jungle|Concrete Jungle]].
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|introduction              = '''My Tender Heart''' is the sixth track on [[Rosie Gaines]]’ third album [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]] (seventh track on the international version). Two and a half years earlier, however, the song was performed on [[TV Film: The Ryde Dyvine|The Ryde Dyvine]] TV special of [[Prince]] and related artists performing at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota.  
  
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While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in June 1990 in London, England (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Daddy Pop]], [[Schoolyard]] and [[Walk Don't Walk]], but mostly focused on [[Rosie Gaines]]' first solo album, recording [[Hold Me]], [[Pain]], [[Streetwalker]], [[In The Name Of Love]] and [[Turn Your Lights Down Low]]); [[Prince]] worked in three different London studios, [[Olympic Studio]], [[Townhouse]] and [[Metropolis]] and it is not known which studio was used for this song. [[Ricky Peterson]] is listed as the producer on the album, however, and it is likely he provided additional production in 1992 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA.  
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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 [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 6|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 [[Album: Closer Than Close|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 [[Album: Concrete Jungle|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, [[Single: My Tender Heart|My Tender Heart]] was planned as a single release also, but the single was not released, despite artwork being printed.
  
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This version was included as the fifth track on one 1993 configuration of [[Rosie Gaines]]' planned [[Paisley Park Records]] album [[Album: Concrete Jungle|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 2010. In 1993, [[Single: My Tender Heart|My Tender Heart]] was planned as a single release also, but the single was not released, despite artwork being printed.
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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 ([[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]]) in 1995; [[I Want U]], while appearing on the final release, was originally intended for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pointer_Sisters The Pointer Sisters].
  
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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 ([[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]]); [[I Want U]], while appearing on the final release, was originally intended for The Pointer Sisters.
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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 [[Album: Concrete Jungle|Concrete Jungle]].
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[[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 [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]. The song was mixed by [[Chris James]] in 2022 for use on that collection.
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = June 1990
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 6|6 July 1990]]|
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|studio                    = [[Olympic Studio]], [[Townhouse]] or [[Metropolis]], London, England
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studio                    = [[Metropolis Studios]],<br>London, England
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|additional info          = Initial tracking
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|additional info          = Tracking as '''My Tender Love'''
 
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}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = 1992
 
|date                      = 1992
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|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Additional recording (produced by [[Ricky Peterson]])
 
|additional info          = Additional recording (produced by [[Ricky Peterson]])
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = 2022
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|studio                    = Unknown studio
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|additional info          = Mix by [[Chris James]]
 
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}}
 
|recording personnel      =  
 
|recording personnel      =  
 
'''Closer Than Close version'''
 
'''Closer Than Close version'''
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*[[Rosie Gaines]] - vocals, keyboards, background vocals
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*[[Rosie Gaines]] - lead vocals, keyboards, background vocals
 
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
 
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
 
*[[Ricky Peterson]] - synth bass, organ & keyboards
 
*[[Ricky Peterson]] - synth bass, organ & keyboards
 
*Michael Barry - guitar
 
*Michael Barry - guitar
 
*[[The Steeles]] - background vocals
 
*[[The Steeles]] - background vocals
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*[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] - background vocals
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*[[Prince]] (credited as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - background vocals
 
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'''Concrete Jungle version'''
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'''Concrete Jungle version''' / '''Original version'''
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*[[Rosie Gaines]] - vocals, keyboards
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*[[Rosie Gaines]] - lead vocals, keyboards
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*[[Michael B.]] - drums
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*[[Dr. Fink]] keyboards
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*[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar
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*[[Michael B.]] - drums
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*[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - guitar
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*[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - bass guitar
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*[[Tommy Barbarella]] - keyboards
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*[[Prince]] - background vocals
 
*[[Prince]] - background vocals
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'''Prince version'''
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*[[Prince]] – lead vocals
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*[[Rosie Gaines]] - vocals, keyboards
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*[[Dr. Fink]] - keyboards
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*[[Michael B.]] - drums
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*[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - bass guitar
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|released versions        =
 
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|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
 
|5= Original 1990 recording
 
|5= Original 1990 recording
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''My Tender Love'''
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|2= 5:06
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|3= [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]] (20th Anniversary Edition)
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|4= Studio
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|5= Original demo recording
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''My Tender Heart'''
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|2= 5:06
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|3= [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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|4= Studio
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|5= [[Prince]]’s version
 
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{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''My Tender Heart'''
 
|1= '''My Tender Heart'''
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|2= ?:??
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|2= 5:05
 
|3= Delayed concert TV broadcast
 
|3= Delayed concert TV broadcast
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
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|5= [[TV Film: The Ryde Dyvine|December 1992, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]; see [[TV Film: The Ryde Dyvine|The Ryde Dyvine]] for details
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|5= [[17 December 1992|December 1992 : Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]; see [[TV Film: The Ryde Dyvine| The Ryde Dyvine]] for details
 
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|3= Promotional release only
 
|3= Promotional release only
 
|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
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|5= Uses edit of the track; see [[Video: My Tender Heart|My Tender Heart]] video for details
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|5= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac6IBdr6z_E Official music video]
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|1= '''My Tender Heart (Edit)'''
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|3= Planned for [[Single: My Tender Heart|My Tender Heart]] unreleased single
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|1= '''My Tender Heart '''
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|2= Studio
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|3= [[Prince]] vox version before 2022 mix
 
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|sampled in                =
 
|sampled in                =
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|first live appearance    = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]]
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|first live appearance    = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 17|17 December 1992 : Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <small>(performed by [[Rosie Gaines]] and her band, without [[Prince]])</small>.
 
|performed regularly on    = none
 
|performed regularly on    = none
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|performed occasionally in = none
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|performed occasionally in = This track is not known to have been performed by [[Prince]].
 
|trivia                    =  
 
|trivia                    =  
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]]
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]]
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*[[Single: My Tender Heart|My Tender Heart]] unreleased single
 
*[[Single: My Tender Heart|My Tender Heart]] unreleased single
 
*[[Rosie Gaines]]
 
*[[Rosie Gaines]]
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*[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
 
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
 
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
 
* <b>Copyright(s):</b>
 
* <b>Copyright(s):</b>
 
:[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office / PAu001477948 / 1991-02-22], [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First PAu001706687 / 1993-01-08], [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First PA0000767575 / 1995-12-18] and [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First PA0000780128 / 1996-03-15]
 
:[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office / PAu001477948 / 1991-02-22], [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First PAu001706687 / 1993-01-08], [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First PA0000767575 / 1995-12-18] and [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First PA0000780128 / 1996-03-15]
 
:[http://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx ASCAP Work ID: 430729296 ISWC: T9031243240]
 
:[http://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx ASCAP Work ID: 430729296 ISWC: T9031243240]
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|categories                = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1990]]
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|categories                = [[Category:1995]] [[Category:2023]] [[Category:Recorded 1990]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]] [[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the New Power Generation)‏‎]]
 
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Latest revision as of 12:31, 10 November 2023

My Summertime Thang   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   My Tree
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 		Closerthanclose20th album.jpg
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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