Surrendering (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Surrendering


Caption = Japanese "Under Rug Swept" promo CD
Artist = Alanis Morissette
from Album = Under Rug Swept
A-side =
B-side =
Released = September 2002 (Canada)
Format = Radio single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop/Rock
Length = 4:35
Label = Maverick
Writer = Alanis Morissette
Producer = Alanis Morissette
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "21 Things I Want in a Lover"
(2002)
This single = "Surrendering"
(2002)
Next single = "Everything"
(2004)
Misc =

"Surrendering" is a pop rock song written by Alanis Morissette, and produced by her for her sixth album, "Under Rug Swept" (2002).

The song was the last Morissette wrote for the album. According to her, it is "about the gratitude that I feel for someone tapping into the courage that it takes to allow themselves to be loved and to ... listen to [their fears] and still move through them. And how thrilling it is for me to be able to be let in in that kind of way. And how healing it is ultimately for both the person I'm singing about and myself." She has described it as "a very peaceful, joyful song". [http://www.msopr.com/mso/morissette-cutbycut.html "Alanis Morissette talks about songs from 'Under Rug Swept'"] . MSO. Retrieved April 5 2007.] The subject of "Surrendering" is a man Morissette was dating as of March 2002. [http://www.istnet.net.au/~cawdor/article39.html "Alanis Morissette - Swept Up"] . "Chart". March 2002, no. 134. Retrieved April 5 2007.]

Release and reception

"Entertainment Weekly" cited the line "I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces that I represent" as an example of "some of the clumsiest lyrics to be heard on a pop record in years ... [it] may be an appropriate assessment of a relationship, but it's not a chorus." [Browne, David. [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,212552~4~0~underrugswept,00.html "ReviewUnder Rug Swept (2002)"] . "Entertainment Weekly". February 25 2002. Retrieved January 28 2007.] "The Village Voice" named it the best song on "Under Rug Swept", saying it shows Morissette's "gift for the all-time pop melody". [Dellio, Phil. [http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0211,dellio,33009,22.html "Thesaurus in My Pocket"] . "The Village Voice". March 13 – March 19 2002. Retrieved January 28 2007.] "NME" wrote that "Surrendering" and "Hands Clean", another track on the album, were "overwrought folk-rock [that is] destined for a thousand
organic juice bars." [Segal, Victoria. [http://www.nme.com/reviews/alanis-morissette/6125 "Morissette, Alanis : Under Rug Swept"] . "NME". Retrieved January 28 2007.]

"Surrendering" was released to radio as the album's third single in Canada in September 2002 (see 2002 in music). By March 2003 it had reached the top ten on the playlists of radio stations such as Mix 96 and Énergie. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20030402234637/www.radioenergie.com/default.aspx?eventID=227 "Top 20 Anglophone"] . Énergie. March 16 2003. Retrieved April 7 2007 from the Wayback Machine.] [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20030416141300/http://www.themix.com/www/main.cfm?section=20&itemID=1 "Mix Hit List - Montreal's Top 20"] . March 28 2003. Retrieved April 7 2007 from the Wayback Machine.] No music video was released.

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