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Sweet Surrender (Wet Wet Wet song)

{{Short description|1989 single by Wet Wet Wet}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Sweet Surrender

| cover = Sweet surrender.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Wet Wet Wet

| album = Holding Back the River

| B-side =

  • "This Time" (live)
  • "H.T.H.D.T.G.T."

| released = {{start date|1989|9|18|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length =

  • 6:01 (album version)
  • 4:24 (single version)

| label =

  • The Precious Organisation
  • Mercury

| writer =

| producer = Wet Wet Wet

| prev_title = With a Little Help from My Friends

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Broke Away

| next_year = 1989

}}

"Sweet Surrender" is the first single from British band Wet Wet Wet's third studio album, Holding Back the River (1989). It was released on 18 September 1989 and reached number six on the UK Singles Chart. In Ireland, "Sweet Surrender" peaked at number one, becoming the group's second of three number-one singles there. In Australia, "Sweet Surrender" reached number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart in May 1990 and was certified gold.

Marti Pellow recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile. For that version, he changed the lyric from "Hey, little fella, now your show's together" to "Hey, little fella, now your shit's together".{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Music video

The music video features the band performing in a dark blue background with a smiling Marti Pellow singing the song and various women dressed in red Arabian clothing swimming in midair.

Track listings

  • 7-inch, cassette, and mini-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Sweet Surrender|others=Wet Wet Wet|year=1989|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=The Precious Organisation, Mercury Records|id=JEWEL 9, 876 134-7}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Sweet Surrender|others=Wet Wet Wet|year=1989|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=The Precious Organisation, Mercury Records|id=JWLMC 9, 876 134-4}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Sweet Surrender|others=Wet Wet Wet|year=1989|type=Japanese mini-CD single liner notes|publisher=Mercury Records|id=PPDS-21}}
  1. "Sweet Surrender" 4:22
  2. "This Time" (live at the Govan Town Hall, Glasgow, 15 November 1988) 5:30
  • 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Sweet Surrender|others=Wet Wet Wet|year=1989|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=The Precious Organisation, Mercury Records|id=JEWEL 912, 876 135-1}}

:A1. "Sweet Surrender" (extended mix) 6:55

:B1. "This Time" (live at the Govan Town Hall, Glasgow, 15 November 1988) 5:13

:B2. "H.T.H.D.T.G.T." 3:43

  • CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Sweet Surrender|others=Wet Wet Wet|year=1989|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=The Precious Organisation, Mercury Records|id=JWLCD 9, 876 135-2}}
  1. "Sweet Surrender" 4:26
  2. "This Time" (live at the Govan Town Hall, Glasgow, 15 November 1988) 4:56
  3. "H.T.H.D.T.G.T." 3:44
  4. "Sweet Surrender" (extended version) 6:48

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1989–1990)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|7|artist=Wet Wet Wet|song=Sweet Surrender|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2022}}
{{single chart|Austria|24|artist=Wet Wet Wet|song=Sweet Surrender|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2022}}
{{single chart|Flanders|19|artist=Wet Wet Wet|song=Sweet Surrender|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2022}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=6|issue=41|page=V|date=14 October 1989}}

|20

{{single chart|Ireland2|1|artist=Wet Wet Wet|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2022}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|8|year=1989|week=47|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2022}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|10|artist=Wet Wet Wet|song=Sweet Surrender|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2022}}
{{single chart|UK|6|date=19891007|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2022}}
{{single chart|West Germany|37|artist=Wet Wet Wet|song=Sweet Surrender|songid=25451|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2022}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1989)

!Position

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1989|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1989|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|access-date=20 February 2022}}

|71

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title=Year End Singles|magazine=Record Mirror|page=44|date=January 27, 1990}}

|82

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!Chart (1990)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/vc5Ooqg.png|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart 1990 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report No. 50)|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur|access-date=20 February 2022}}

|63

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1989|certyear=1990|certref=|access-date=20 February 2022}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

Release history

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scope="row" rowspan="2"|United Kingdom

|18 September 1989

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}

|rowspan="3"|{{hlist|The Precious Organisation|Mercury}}

|{{cite magazine|title=New Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=36|date=16 September 1989}}

25 September 1989

|7-inch vinyl (poster bag)

|{{cite magazine|title=New Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=44|date=23 September 1989}}

scope="row"|Japan

|21 December 1989

|Mini-CD

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/25948/products/205522/1/|title=スイート・サレンダー {{!}} Wet Wet Wet|trans-title=Sweet Surrender {{!}} Wet Wet Wet|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=16 March 2024}}

References

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{{Wet Wet Wet}}

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Category:Wet Wet Wet songs

Category:1989 singles

Category:1989 songs

Category:Mercury Records singles

Category:Songs written by Graeme Clark (musician)

Category:Songs written by Marti Pellow

Category:Songs written by Neil Mitchell (musician)

Category:Songs written by Tommy Cunningham