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1 Chart performance  



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"Sweet Surrender"
SinglebyBread
from the album Guitar Man
B-side"Make It By Yourself"
ReleasedNovember 1972
GenreRock, soft rock[1]
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.[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]

Chart performance[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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