Sweet Surrender (Sarah McLachlan song)

"Sweet Surrender"
Single by Sarah McLachlan
from the album Surfacing
Released March 10, 1998
Format CD single
Genre Rock
Length 4:00
Label Nettwerk (Canada)
Arista (US)
Writer(s) Sarah McLachlan
Producer(s) Pierre Marchand
Sarah McLachlan singles chronology
"Building a Mystery"
(1997)
"Sweet Surrender"
(1998)
"Adia"
(1998)
Music sample
"Sweet Surrender"

"Sweet Surrender" is a song by Canadian artist Sarah McLachlan. It was released in March 1998 as the second single from her multi-platinum album Surfacing.

The music video was directed by Floria Sigismondi (as Allen Smithee[1]). A maxi-single with remixes by DJ Tiesto was released in 2001 making the single to peak at number 6 on the Hot Dance Club Play charts three years after its original release. In 1998, the song peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The radio mix of the song was used in its official music video. The song was also featured in the film Wildflowers starring Daryl Hannah.

Track listing

Canadian Maxi Single [2]
  1. Sweet Surrender (DJ Tiesto Remix Edit) — 3:50
  2. Sweet Surrender (DJ Tiesto Remix) — 7:04
  3. Sweet Surrender (Boilerhouse Remix) — 3:58
  4. I Love You (BT Remix) — 9:02

Chart performance

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 3
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 28
US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[4] 15
US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks[5] 10
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[6] 14
Chart (2001) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[7] 6

References

  1. Thigpen, David (1998-02-13). "Hear and Now: Feb. 13, 1998". Entertainment Weekly.
  2. ""Sweet Surrender" on Billboard.com". Retrieved 2001-05-01.
  3. ""The Billboard Hot 100" on Billboard.com". Archived from the original on March 30, 2013. Retrieved 1998-05-16. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ""Top 40 Mainstream " on Billboard.com". Retrieved 1997-08-23. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ""Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks " on Billboard.com". Retrieved 1998-04-25. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. ""Hot Modern Rock Tracks" on Billboard.com". Retrieved 1998-03-21. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  7. ""Hot Dance Club Play" on Billboard.com". Retrieved 2001-08-18.

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