1972Released
2:36

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Interesting facts and trivia about Sweet Surrender. By Songfacts®.

This typically mellow Bread song became very popular with their fans. The lyrics describe a way of surrendering, as in giving up all of your love to a person.

Bread frontman David Gates wrote and produced this song. It was released as the follow-up to "The Guitar Man" and became the last of their four #1 hits on the Adult Contemporary chart.

This was a rare song that David Gates wrote on tour. In the Billboard Book Of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits, he said, "That's just a happy song. It's not meant to be anything deep or meaningful."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Sweet Surrender.
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
167BPM

Album

The album Sweet Surrender is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Sweet Surrender.
Elektra Asylum
© 1972 Elektra Entertainment, A Division of Warner Communications Inc.
℗ 1972 Elektra Entertainment, A Division of Warner Communications Inc.

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