Surrender (Electric Light Orchestra song)

Infobox Single
Name = Surrender


Artist = Electric Light Orchestra
from Album = A New World Record
B-side =
Released = September 4, 2006
Format = Promo CD, download
Recorded = Early 1980's Musicland Studios,
Munich 2006
Genre = Rock music
Length = 2:34
Label = Epic Records
Writer = Jeff Lynne
Producer = Jeff Lynne
Certification =
Chart position = * #81 (UK Singles Chart)
Last single = "Getting to the Point""
(1986)
This single = "Surrender" (2006)
Next single = "Latitude 88 North"
(2007)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = A New World Record
Type = studio
prev_track = "Telephone Line" (different vocal)
prev_no = 10
this_track = "Surrender"
track_no = 11
next_track = "Tightrope" (instrumental early rough mix)
next_no = 12

"Surrender" is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra, and was released as a bonus track on the 2006 remastered version of their 1976 studio album "A New World Record".

Originally the track was written in '76 for a film that was eventually cancelledcite web| last = Lynne| first = Jeff| authorlink=Jeff Lynne| title = ftmusic.com| url=http://ftmusic.com/anewworldrecord/lyrics.html| accessdate=2007-07-29] . In 2006 Jeff Lynne finished the song and included it in the remastered version of the album A New World Record. The song became the band's first new single release in twenty years and the first download from the band available on the iTunes Store. Eventually charting at #81 in the UK Singles Chart, "Surrender" was the band's first song to chart since "Getting to the Point".

References

External links

* [http://www.ftmusic.com/reissues/promo_surrender.html Reissue Promo - Surrender] - information page at ftmusic.com about CD promo's and digital artwork.