"Surrender" is a 1987 single released by British pop act Swing Out Sister

Swing Out Sister

Swing Out Sister are a British "sophisti-pop" group best known worldwide for their 1986 song "Breakout". Other hits include "Surrender", "Twilight World", "Waiting Game" and a remake of "Am I the Same Girl?" Though album sales in the U.S. and Europe have levelled off since the early 1990s, the...

 from their debut album, It's Better to Travel. It was issued as the follow-up to the successful single, "Breakout

Breakout (Swing Out Sister song)

"Breakout" is a single from British pop act Swing Out Sister's debut album It's Better to Travel.The single reached the number four position in the UK in 1986, and rose to number six pop and number one adult contemporary in the U.S. in 1987...

". The song peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in January 1987 and logged four weeks in the top ten.

Over a year after its initial release, remix

Remix

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es of "Surrender" reached the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

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 chart, peaking at #22 in May 1988.

The song features a trumpet solo performed by John Thirkell

John Thirkell

John Thirkell is a British trumpet and flugelhorn player, who has appeared on hundreds of pop, rock, and jazz recordings. Through the 1980s and early 1990s he was on at least one album in the UK Charts continuously, without a break, for over 13 years...

.

Remixes

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

   Best of Swing Out Sister

   Best of is a 1996 retrospective compilation album by Swing Out Sister, containing their successful singles spanning the years 1986 through 1996...

   
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