Surrender (Diana Ross album)


Surrender is a 1971 album by Diana Ross. It was her third solo LP for the Motown label and saw her reuniting with writer-producer team Ashford & Simpson who had overseen her 1970 debut. It reached #56 in the USA and sold over 200,000 copies.
Some of the tracks had previously been recorded by other Motown artists including Gladys Knight & The Pips, Rita Wright "I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You" and the Four Tops.
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 reached the top 20 in the US as well as the top ten in the UK. The album charted at #56 in America and #10 in the UK, earning a silver disc for UK sales in excess of 60,000 copies.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, except where indicated.
All arrangements by Paul Riser.

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 " – 4:50

    Side B

  6. "Didn't You Know ?" – 2:56
  7. "A Simple Thing Like Cry" – 2:56
  8. "Did You Read the Morning Paper?" – 3:53
  9. "I'll Settle for You" – 2:58
  10. "I'm a Winner" – 3:05
  11. "All the Befores" – 4:35
For the only US CD release, the 1985 Motown two-for-one Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Surrender, 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 " – 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 was released on December 2008 and included these additional songs:
  1. "I'm Still Waiting"
  2. "Baby I'll Come"
  3. "Remember Me"
  4. "Reach Out I'll Be There"
  5. "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You"
  6. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
  7. "Remember Me"
  8. "Surrender"
  9. "Remember Me"