| "Sweet Surrender" | ||||
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| Single by Bread | ||||
| from the album Guitar Man | ||||
| B-side | "Make It By Yourself" | |||
| Released | November 1972 | |||
| Genre | Rock, soft rock[1] | |||
| Length | 2:38 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Songwriter(s) | David Gates | |||
| Producer(s) | David Gates | |||
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"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.[2]
"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."[3]
- ^ Soft Rock Music - What is Soft Rock? - Oldies Music Songs and Artists
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 39.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. October 28, 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-29.