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Surrender (Elvis Presley song)

"Surrender"
Elvis Surrender Single cover.jpg
Single by Elvis Presley
B-side "Lonely Man"
Released 7 February 1961
Format 7", 45rpm
Recorded 30 October 1960
Genre Pop
Length 1:52
Writer(s) Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman, Ernesto De Curtis
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
(US, 1960)
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"Wooden Heart"
(UK, 1961)
"Surrender" / "Lonely Man"
(1961)
"I Feel So Bad" /
"Wild in the Country"
(1961)

"Surrender" is a #1 song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1961. It is an adaptation by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman of the music of a 1902 Neapolitan ballad by Giambattista and Ernesto de Curtis entitled "Torna a Surriento" ("Come Back to Sorrento"). It hit number one in the US and UK in 1961 and eventually became one of the best selling singles of all time. This was one of 25 songs Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman wrote for Presley. It has been recorded by many other artists.



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