Surrender

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"Surrender" is a popular mid-20th-century song, best known in the hit version recorded by Elvis Presley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
A-sideOrB-side A-side
adaptationOf Neapolitan song
associatedAct Elvis Presley NERFINISHED
B-side Lonely Man NERFINISHED
backingVocalsBy The Jordanaires NERFINISHED
basedOn Torna a Surriento NERFINISHED
chartPosition number 1 on Billboard Hot 100
number 1 on UK Singles Chart
composer Doc Pomus NERFINISHED
Mort Shuman NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1960s
format 7-inch single
genre pop
rock and roll
hasISRC US-RC1-61-00001
hasMusicalKey key of G minor (commonly cited)
hasNotableCoverVersion various artists
hasPerformer The Jordanaires NERFINISHED
hasTheme romantic surrender
hasType love song
includedIn Elvis Presley live setlists in the early 1960s
various Elvis Presley compilation albums
language English
length about 1 minute 52 seconds
lyricist Doc Pomus NERFINISHED
Mort Shuman NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of Elvis Presley’s early 1960s number-one hits
originalComposerOfSource Ernesto De Curtis NERFINISHED
originalLanguageOfWork English
originalLyricistOfSource Giambattista De Curtis NERFINISHED
originalWork Torna a Surriento by Ernesto De Curtis NERFINISHED
partOf Elvis Presley discography NERFINISHED
performer Elvis Presley NERFINISHED
producer Steve Sholes NERFINISHED
recordedBy Elvis Presley NERFINISHED
recordedIn RCA Studio B, Nashville NERFINISHED
recordingLocation Nashville, Tennessee NERFINISHED
recordLabel RCA Victor NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1961
tempo slow to moderate ballad
title Surrender
vocalist Elvis Presley NERFINISHED
yearOfPeakChartPosition 1961

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George David Weiss coWrote Surrender
Don Black notableWork Surrender