"Sweet Surrender" is a song written by David Gates and performed by Bread. The single was the second release from their fifth album, Guitar Man, and was the last of four No.1 hits for Bread on the US Easy Listening chart. "Sweet Surrender" spent two weeks at No.1 on the chart, while on the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at No.15.
"Sweet Surrender" also did well internationally. It was a Top 10 hit in Canada (No.4) and New Zealand (No.7).
Record World called it a "David Gates beauty that is sure to please Bread lovers immensely."
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (1972–73)PeakpositionAustralia KMR 67Canada RPM Top Singles 4Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 24New Zealand (Listener) 7U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - 15U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary1U.S. Cash Box Top 100 11
Year-end charts Chart (1972)RankCanada88U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)133
Chart (1973)RankCanada122
See also List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1972 (U.S.)
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