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Surrender (Swing Out Sister song)

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"Surrender"
Single by Swing Out Sister
from the album It's Better to Travel
B-side"Who's to Blame"
Released2 January 1987
Recorded1986
GenreSynth-pop[1]
LabelMercury Records
Songwriter(s)Andy Connell / Corinne Drewery / Martin Jackson
Producer(s)Paul Staveley O'Duffy
Swing Out Sister singles chronology
"Breakout"
(1986) 		"Surrender"
(1987) 		"Twilight World"
(1987)

"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.[2]

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.[3]

The song features a trumpet solo performed by John Thirkell and features Drewery laughing at the beginning of the song.

Remixes

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UK 7" Single

  1. "Surrender" (7" Version)
    As featured on the UK Best Of CD Album Breakout.
  2. "Who's To Blame"

UK 12" Single

  1. "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

  1. "Surrender" (Roadrunner Mix)
    As featured on the Japanese CD Album Another Non-Stop Sister.

US 12" Promo Single

  1. "Surrender" (Pop Stand Mix)
    As featured on the "US 12" Single".

Other Version

  1. "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

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  1. ^ Phares, Heather. Swing Out Sister - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Swing Out Sister (2001) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974 - 2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 252.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Swing Out Sister – Surrender" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  6. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Swing Out Sister". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 12, 1987" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Swing Out Sister – Surrender" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Swing Out Sister – Surrender". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Swing Out Sister: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Swing Out Sister – Surrender" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 February 2022.


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