Surrender was a 1971

1971 in music

-Events:*February 1 – after months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.*February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music...

 album by singer Diana Ross

Diana Ross

Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...

, 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

Touch Me in the Morning (album)

Touch Me in the Morning is a 1973 album released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown Records.-Reception:The album spawned the hit title track, which became her second #1 single on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and helped the album peak at #5 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart...

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

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing...

 biopic Lady Sings the Blues.

Following the massive success of the #1 single "I'm Still Waiting

I'm Still Waiting

"I'm Still Waiting" is a popular song by Diana Ross which first appeared on her 1970 album Everything Is Everything.Written and produced by Deke Richards,"I'm Still Waiting" continued the vein of sophisticated soul as heard on her breakthrough solo hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." Despite this,...

" 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

Remember Me (Diana Ross song)

"Remember Me" is a 1970 single recorded and released by singer Diana Ross on the Motown label. The song was Ross' third top forty pop hit within a year peaking at number sixteen on the US pop singles chart, number ten on the US soul chart, and reaching the top ten in the UK, where it peaked at...

", 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
   Surrender (Diana Ross song)
   "Surrender" is a song composed by Ashford & Simpson and released as the first single off singer Diana Ross' album off the same name in 1971 on the Motown label....
   
   " – 2:53
2. "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You" – 3:16
3. "Remember Me
   Remember Me (Diana Ross song)
   "Remember Me" is a 1970 single recorded and released by singer Diana Ross on the Motown label. The song was Ross' third top forty pop hit within a year peaking at number sixteen on the US pop singles chart, number ten on the US soul chart, and reaching the top ten in the UK, where it peaked at...
   
   " – 3:16
4. "And If You See Him" – 2:50
5. "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" (Lamont Dozier
   Lamont Dozier
   Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
   
   , Brian Holland
   Brian Holland
   Brian Holland is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland. That songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops,...
   
   , 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
   Ross (1978 album)
   Ross is a 1978 studio album/compilation released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown label. The album was a mixture of older tunes Ross recorded and newer recordings, side A consisting of four tracks recorded in 1978 and Side B of material recorded between the years 1971 and 1975, but...
   
   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.