"Time, Love and Tenderness" is a song written by

Diane Warren Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956) is an American songwriter. She has won an Academy Honorary Award, Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and three consecutive ''Billboard'' Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year from 19 ...

and performed by American recording artist

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. Released by Columbia as a

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from his seventh album of the same title (1991), the song reached number seven on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, becoming Bolton's fifth top-ten single in the United States. It was also the singer's fourth song to top the ''Billboard''

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chart. Worldwide the song reached number four in Canada, number 27 in Sweden and number 28 in the United Kingdom.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "this ear-grabbing semi-ballad ..will absolutely invoke a positive reaction from your audience."

Personnel

*Michael Bolton – vocals *

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– synthesized bass, keyboards, synthesizers, drums, percussion *

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– electric guitar * Gary Cirimelli –

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programming *

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– Akai AX60 and

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programming * Greg "Gigi" Gonaway – timbales * Kitty Beethoven, Larry Batiste, Sandy Griffith, Chris Hawkins, Jeanie Tracy, Michael Bolton – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

* Whitburn, Joel (1996). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 6th Edition (Billboard Publications) 1991 singles 1991 songs Michael Bolton songs Songs written by Diane Warren Song recordings produced by Walter Afanasieff Columbia Records singles {{1990s-pop-song-stub