Sweet Surrender (David Gates song)

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"Sweet Surrender"
Sweet Surrender - Bread.jpg
Single by Bread
from the album Guitar Man
B-side"Make It By Yourself"
ReleasedNovember 1972
GenreRock, soft rock[1]
Length2:38
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)David Gates
Producer(s)David Gates
Bread singles chronology
"The Guitar Man"
(1972) 		"Sweet Surrender"
(1972) 		"Aubrey"
(1973)

"Sweet Surrender" is a song written by David Gates and performed by Bread. The single was the second release from their fifth album, Guitar Man, and was the last of four number ones for Bread on the US Easy Listening chart. "Sweet Surrender" spent two weeks at number one on the chart, while on the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at number 15.[2]

"Sweet Surrender" also did well internationally. It was a Top 10 hit in Canada (#4) and New Zealand (#7).

Chart performance[]

See also[]

  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1972 (U.S.)

References[]

  1. ^ Soft Rock Music - What is Soft Rock? - Oldies Music Songs and Artists
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 39.
  3. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 380. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  7. ^ "Item: 9481 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-07.

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