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Surrender Studio album by Diana Ross Released June 1971 Recorded 1970–1971 Genre Soul Length 37:28 (USA) Label Motown
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(1971)Surrender
(1971)Lady Sings the Blues
(1972)Singles from Surrender - "Remember Me / How About You"
Released: December 8, 1970 - "Reach Out (I'll Be There) / (They Long to Be) Close to You"
Released: April 24, 1971 - "Surrender / I'm a Winner"
Released: July 6, 1971
Surrender was a 1971 album by singer Diana Ross, her third solo LP for the Motown label.
Ross' previous album, Everything is Everything, failed to generate interest due to Motown's rush and hurried efforts to further Ross' solo career, and did not chart as highly as expected. Surrender, however, was a commercial and critical success. The album would be Ross' final studio album until the Touch Me in the Morning LP two years later. In the interim between the albums, Ross achieved Motown's goal of becoming a star thanks to her starring role in the 1972 Billie Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues.
Following the massive success of the #1 single "I'm Still Waiting" in the UK, Surrender was reissued under that title, and the hit single was added to the track listing. Another hit on the album was "Remember Me", which became an international hit, reaching the top twenty in the States (where it sold over 500,000 copies) as well as the top ten in the UK.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson; except where indicated
- Side A
- "Surrender" – 2:53
- "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You" – 3:16
- "Remember Me" – 3:16
- "And If You See Him" – 2:50
- "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland) – 4:50
- Side B
- "Didn't You Know You've Got to Cry" – 2:56
- "Simple Thing Like Cry" – 2:56
- "Did You Read the Morning Paper" – 3:53
- "I'll Settle for You" – 2:58
- "I'm a Winner" – 3:05
- "All the Befores" – 4:35
For the only U.S. CD release—the 1985 Motown 2-for-1 Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Surrender (ASIN: B000008K86)—includes very different time lengths for a number of listed tracks, especially the additional 40 seconds on "Reach Out".
- "Surrender" – 2:53
- "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You" – 3:20
- "Remember Me" – 3:32
- "And If You See Him" – 2:53
- "Reach Out, I'll Be There" – 5:30
- "Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime)" – 3:05
- "A Simple Thing Like Cry" – 3:05
- "Did You Read the Morning Paper?" – 3:52
- "I'll Settle for You" – 3:08
- "I'm a Winner" – 3:12
- "All the Befores" – 4:44
A new, expanded edition of Surrender is available since December 2008 with the additional songs:
- I'm Still Waiting"
- Previously unreleased tracks
- "Baby I'll Come"
- "Remember Me" (Diana vocal/undubbed stereo mix)
- "Reach Out I'll Be There" (alternate vocal)
- "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You" (alternate vocal)
- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (alternate vocal and mix)
- "Remember Me" (alternate vocal and mix) (prev. unreleased)
- "Surrender" (alternate stereo mix) (prev. unreleased)
- "Remember Me" (Valerie Simpson demo vocal)
On this edition, "Reach Out, I'll Be There" (5:35) and "Did You Read the Morning Paper?" (4:11) are not the same versions as issued on the 1986 CD.
"Reach Out (I'll Be There)": The different versions available on Diana Ross' albums
- The Surrender version with a hi-hat intro and a sung finale; this version is also available on the British double vinyl set Anthology from 1983.
- The 1978 Ross album version: same length but an almost a cappella intro and instrumental ending.
- On the 1986 CD Anthology and the 2001 CD The Motown Anthology: the almost a cappella intro is coupled with the sung finale.
- On the 1993 Forever Diana box set the original version is available, but with an early fading (minus 5 seconds compared to the original version).
- An additional version was available on the 2008 expanded edition of Surrender with an alternate vocal take.
Diana Ross Studio albums Diana Ross (1970) · Everything Is Everything (1970) · Surrender (1971) · Touch Me in the Morning (1973) · Last Time I Saw Him (1973) · Diana Ross (1976) · Baby It's Me (1977) · Ross (1978) · The Boss (1979) · diana (1980) · Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1981) · Silk Electric (1982) · Ross (1983) · Swept Away (1984) · Eaten Alive (1985) · Red Hot Rhythm & Blues (1987) · Workin' Overtime (1989) · The Force Behind the Power (1991) · Take Me Higher (1995) · Every Day Is a New Day (1999) · Blue (2006) · I Love You (2006)Compilations Greatest Hits (1972) · Diana Ross' Greatest Hits (1976) · 20 Golden Greats (1979) · To Love Again (1981) · All the Great Hits (1981) · Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs (1993) · One Woman: The Ultimate Collection (1993) · Diana Extended: The Remixes (1994) · Voice of Love (1996) · Love & Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross (2001) · The Definitive Collection (2006)Live albums Live at Caesars Palace (1974) · An Evening with Diana Ross (1977) · Greatest Hits Live (1989) · Live: Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues (1992)Soundtrack albums Diana! (1971) · Lady Sings the Blues (1972) · The Wiz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978) · Endless Love (1981)Other albums Diana & Marvin · (1973) Christmas in Vienna (with Plácido Domingo and José Carreras) (1993) · A Very Special Season (1994)Singles
(US/UK Top Ten singles)"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" · "Remember Me" · "Surrender" · "I'm Still Waiting" · "Touch Me in the Morning" · "All of My Life" · "You Are Everything" · "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" · "Love Hangover" · "Upside Down" · "I'm Coming Out" · "My Old Piano" · "It's My Turn" · "Endless Love" · "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" · "Mirror, Mirror" · "Work That Body" · "Muscles" · "Missing You" · "Chain Reaction" · "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" · "One Shining Moment" · "Not Over You Yet"
Films Lady Sings the Blues (1972) · Mahogany (1975) · The Wiz (1978) · Out of Darkness (1994) · Double Platinum (1999)
Tours Return to Love Tour (2000) · I Love You Tour (2007-08) · More Today Than Yesterday (2010-11)
Related topics Discography · The Supremes · Berry Gordy · Rhonda Ross Kendrick · Tracee Ellis Ross · Chudney Ross · Ross Næss · Evan Ross · Arne Næss, Jr. · List of awards and nominations received by Diana Ross · Diana Ross Playground
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- Diana Ross albums
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- Motown albums
- "Remember Me / How About You"
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