Surrender (Diana Ross album)

Surrender
Studio album by Diana Ross
Released	June 1971
Recorded	1970–1971
Genre	Soul
Length	37:28 (USA)
Label	Motown MS 723
Producer	Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
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Diana Ross chronology
Diana! (1971) Surrender (1971) Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Singles from Surrender
"Remember Me / How About You" Released: December 8, 1970 "Reach Out (I'll Be There) / (They Long to Be) Close to You" Released: April 24, 1971 "Surrender / I'm a Winner" Released: July 6, 1971

Surrender was a 1971 album by singer Diana Ross, her third solo LP for the Motown label.

Ross' previous album, Everything is Everything, failed to generate interest due to Motown's rush and hurried efforts to further Ross' solo career, and did not chart as highly as expected. Surrender, however, was a commercial and critical success. The album would be Ross' final studio album until the Touch Me in the Morning LP two years later. In the interim between the albums, Ross achieved Motown's goal of becoming a star thanks to her starring role in the 1972 Billie Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues.

Following the massive success of the #1 single "I'm Still Waiting" in the UK, Surrender was reissued under that title, and the hit single was added to the track listing. Another hit on the album was "Remember Me", which became an international hit, reaching the top twenty in the States (where it sold over 500,000 copies) as well as the top ten in the UK.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson; except where indicated

Side A

1. "Surrender" – 2:53
2. "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You" – 3:16
3. "Remember Me" – 3:16
4. "And If You See Him" – 2:50
5. "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland) – 4:50

Side B

1. "Didn't You Know You've Got to Cry" – 2:56
2. "Simple Thing Like Cry" – 2:56
3. "Did You Read the Morning Paper" – 3:53
4. "I'll Settle for You" – 2:58
5. "I'm a Winner" – 3:05
6. "All the Befores" – 4:35

For the only U.S. CD release—the 1985 Motown 2-for-1 Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Surrender (ASIN: B000008K86)—includes very different time lengths for a number of listed tracks, especially the additional 40 seconds on "Reach Out".

1. "Surrender" – 2:53
2. "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You" – 3:20
3. "Remember Me" – 3:32
4. "And If You See Him" – 2:53
5. "Reach Out, I'll Be There" – 5:30
6. "Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime)" – 3:05
7. "A Simple Thing Like Cry" – 3:05
8. "Did You Read the Morning Paper?" – 3:52
9. "I'll Settle for You" – 3:08
10. "I'm a Winner" – 3:12
11. "All the Befores" – 4:44

A new, expanded edition of Surrender is available since December 2008 with the additional songs:

1. I'm Still Waiting"

Previously unreleased tracks

1. "Baby I'll Come"
2. "Remember Me" (Diana vocal/undubbed stereo mix)
3. "Reach Out I'll Be There" (alternate vocal)
4. "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You" (alternate vocal)
5. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (alternate vocal and mix)
6. "Remember Me" (alternate vocal and mix) (prev. unreleased)
7. "Surrender" (alternate stereo mix) (prev. unreleased)
8. "Remember Me" (Valerie Simpson demo vocal)

On this edition, "Reach Out, I'll Be There" (5:35) and "Did You Read the Morning Paper?" (4:11) are not the same versions as issued on the 1986 CD.

"Reach Out (I'll Be There)": The different versions available on Diana Ross' albums

1. The Surrender version with a hi-hat intro and a sung finale; this version is also available on the British double vinyl set Anthology from 1983.
2. The 1978 Ross album version: same length but an almost a cappella intro and instrumental ending.
3. On the 1986 CD Anthology and the 2001 CD The Motown Anthology: the almost a cappella intro is coupled with the sung finale.
4. On the 1993 Forever Diana box set the original version is available, but with an early fading (minus 5 seconds compared to the original version).
5. An additional version was available on the 2008 expanded edition of Surrender with an alternate vocal take.