"Surrender" is a 1987 single released by British pop act Swing Out Sister from their debut album, It's Better to Travel. It was issued as the follow-up to the successful single, "Breakout". The song peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1987 and logged four weeks in the top ten.[1]
"Surrender" | ||||
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Single by Swing Out Sister | ||||
from the album It's Better to Travel | ||||
B-side | "Who's to Blame" | |||
Released | 2 January 1987 | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Label | Mercury Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Andy Connell / Corinne Drewery / Martin Jackson | |||
Producer(s) | Paul Staveley O'Duffy | |||
Swing Out Sister singles chronology | ||||
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Over a year after its initial release, remixes of "Surrender" reached the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, peaking at #22 in May 1988.[2]
The song features a trumpet solo performed by John Thirkell and features Drewery laughing at the beginning of the song.
Remixes
editUK 7" Single
- "Surrender" (7" Version)
- As featured on the UK Best Of CD Album Breakout.
- "Who's To Blame"
UK 12" Single
- "Surrender" (Stuff Gun Mix)
- Also available from the CD releases of It's Better to Travel & the Japanese CD Album Swing 3.
UK 12" Remix Single
- "Surrender" (Roadrunner Mix)
- As featured on the Japanese CD Album Another Non-Stop Sister.
US 12" Promo Single
- "Surrender" (Pop Stand Mix)
- As featured on the "US 12" Single".
Other Version
- "Surrender" (Album Version)
- Also available from the CD album "It's Better to Travel" & "Best of Swing Out Sister".
Charts
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References
edit- ^ Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974 - 2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 252.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 302. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Swing Out Sister – Surrender" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Swing Out Sister". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 12, 1987" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Swing Out Sister – Surrender" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Swing Out Sister – Surrender". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Swing Out Sister: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Swing Out Sister – Surrender" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 February 2022.