Sweet Surrender (Wet Wet Wet song)

"Sweet Surrender"
Single by Wet Wet Wet
from the album Holding Back the River
B-side	"This Time" (live) "H.T.H.D.T.G.T."
Released	18 September 1989 (1989-09-18)
Length	6:01 (album version) 4:24 (single version)
Label	The Precious Organisation Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Marti Pellow Tommy Cunningham Graeme Clark Neil Mitchell
Producer(s)	Wet Wet Wet
Wet Wet Wet singles chronology
"With a Little Help from My Friends" (1988) "Sweet Surrender" (1989) "Broke Away" (1989)

"Sweet Surrender" is the first single from British band Wet Wet Wet's third studio album, Holding Back the River (1989). It was released on 18 September 1989 and reached number six on the UK Singles Chart. In Ireland, "Sweet Surrender" peaked at number one, becoming the group's second of three number-one singles there. In Australia, "Sweet Surrender" reached number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart in May 1990 and was certified gold.

Marti Pellow recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile. For that version, he changed the lyric from "Hey, little fella, now your show's together" to "Hey, little fella, now your shit's together".^{[citation needed]}