Surrender (Swing Out Sister song)
"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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"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]
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[]
UK 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[]
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 23 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] | 14 |
Germany (Official German Charts)[5] | 48 |
Ireland (IRMA)[6] | 3 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] | 15 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] | 13 |
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) | 7 |
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Swing Out Sister – Surrender" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Swing Out Sister". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Swing Out Sister – Surrender" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Swing Out Sister – Surrender". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
Categories:
- 1987 singles
- Swing Out Sister songs
- Songs written by Martin Jackson
- Songs written by Andy Connell
- Songs written by Corinne Drewery
- 1987 songs
- Mercury Records singles
- 1980s pop song stubs