"Tenderoni" | ||||||||
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Single by Kele | ||||||||
from the album The Boxer | ||||||||
Released | 11 June 2010 (Australia) 13 June 2010 (U.K.) 14 June 2010 (CD Single) |
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Format | CD single, digital download, 7", 12" | |||||||
Recorded | 2010 | |||||||
Genre | Electro house, new rave | |||||||
Length |
4:30 (Album Version) 3:40 (Radio Edit) |
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Label | Wichita Recordings, Glassnote Records | |||||||
Songwriter(s) | Kele Okereke | |||||||
Producer(s) | XXXChange | |||||||
Kele singles chronology | ||||||||
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"Tenderoni" is the first single by Kele Okereke from his debut album, The Boxer. It was released as a download from iTunes on 13 June 2010 in the UK and 11 June in Australia, and was released in a CD format on 14 June 2010. The song has similarities with "Wearing My Rolex" by Wiley. It was also used in the videogame Gran Turismo 5 and was featured in trailers for the video game Sonic Generations.
Hayden Woolley of Drowned in Sound commented that "it's clear that he's not just wearing Wiley's Rolex, rather he's nicked off with it altogether and is parading it round as his own".The Guardian's music section commented that it liked Kele's new direction, "even if it does stray close to other electro anthems" such as Wiley's "Wearing My Rolex". Writing for Pitchfork, Ryan Dombal gave the song an overall positive review, commenting that after listening to the song, he "suddenly felt the urge to go to the gym".
The song reached a peak position of #31 on the UK Singles Chart of 20 June 2010. The following week, the single fell 7 places, despite help from the release of album: "The Boxer". The single did however manage to reach a current peak of number 6 on the UK Dance Chart.
The music video for "Tenderoni" was uploaded to YouTube on 5 May 2010. It was directed by Greko Sklavounos.
Andrew Winistorfer of Prefix Magazine described the music video as "pretty cool," but "in the way an advertisement for Brita water filters looks pretty cool."
"Tenderoni" was first remixed by Larry Tee and Beckwith and was put on Kele's website as a free download for a short period of time. The song has also been remixed by Jungle Fiction, XXXChange (the song's producer), Punches, Zdar, Dam Mantle and Kris Menace.