Misplaced Pages

Sweet Surrender (David Gates song)

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
1972 single by Bread
"Sweet Surrender"
Single by Bread
from the album Guitar Man
B-side"Make It By Yourself"
ReleasedNovember 1972
GenreRock, soft rock
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 No.1 hits for Bread on the US Easy Listening chart. "Sweet Surrender" spent two weeks at No.1 on the chart, while on the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at No.15.

"Sweet Surrender" also did well internationally. It was a Top 10 hit in Canada (No.4) and New Zealand (No.7).

Record World called it a "David Gates beauty that is sure to please Bread lovers immensely."

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1972–73) Peak
position
Australia KMR 67
Canada RPM Top Singles 4
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 24
New Zealand 7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 15
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 11

Year-end charts

Chart (1972) Rank
Canada 88
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) 133
Chart (1973) Rank
Canada 122

See also

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. "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. October 28, 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  4. "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  5. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. "Best of 1973 songs and music, on MusicAndYears.com!". www.musicandyears.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  7. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 380. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  8. "Item: 9481 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-07.

External links

Bread
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Hit singles
Other songs


Stub icon

This 1970s pop song–related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Sweet Surrender (David Gates song) Add topic