Surrendering (song)

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"Surrendering"

Promotional single by Alanis Morissette

from the album Under Rug Swept

Released

September 2002 (Canada)

Genre

Folk rock

Length

4:35

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette singles chronology

"21 Things I Want in a Lover"
(2002)

"Surrendering"
(2002)

"Everything"
(2004)

"Surrendering" is a song written by Alanis Morissette, and produced by her for her fifth album, Under Rug Swept (2002).

The song was the last Morissette wrote for the album. According to her, it is "about the gratitude that I feel for someone tapping into the courage that it takes to allow themselves to be loved and to ... listen to [their fears] and still move through them. And how thrilling it is for me to be able to be let in in that kind of way. And how healing it is ultimately for both the person I'm singing about and myself." She has described it as "a very peaceful, joyful song".^[1] The subject of "Surrendering" is a man Morissette was dating as of March 2002.^[2]

Release and reception

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Entertainment Weekly cited the line "I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces that I represent" as an example of "some of the clumsiest lyrics to be heard on a pop record in years ... [it] may be an appropriate assessment of a relationship, but it's not a chorus."^[3] The Village Voice named it the best song on Under Rug Swept, saying it shows Morissette's "gift for the all-time pop melody".^[4] NME wrote that "Surrendering" and "Hands Clean", another track on the album, were "overwrought folk-rock [that is] destined for a thousand organic juice bars."^[5]

"Surrendering" was released to radio as the album's third single in Canada in September 2002 (see 2002 in music). By March 2003 it had reached the top ten on the playlists of radio stations such as Mix 96 and Énergie.^[6]^[7] No music video was released.

Notes

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^ "Alanis Morissette talks about songs from 'Under Rug Swept'" Archived 2009-01-24 at the Wayback Machine. MSO. Retrieved April 5, 2007.
^ "Alanis Morissette - Swept Up" Archived 2009-01-25 at the Wayback Machine. Chart. March 2002, no. 134. Retrieved April 5, 2007.
^ Browne, David. "Review Under Rug Swept (2002)". Entertainment Weekly. February 25, 2002. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
^ Dellio, Phil. "Thesaurus in My Pocket". The Village Voice. March 13 – March 19, 2002. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
^ Segal, Victoria. "Morissette, Alanis : Under Rug Swept". NME. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
^ "Top 20 Anglophone". Énergie. March 16, 2003. Retrieved April 7, 2007 from the Wayback Machine.
^ "Mix Hit List - Montreal's Top 20". March 28, 2003. Retrieved April 7, 2007 from the Wayback Machine.

v t e Alanis Morissette
Awards and nominations Discography Songs
Studio albums	Alanis Now Is the Time Jagged Little Pill Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie Under Rug Swept So-Called Chaos Flavors of Entanglement Havoc and Bright Lights Such Pretty Forks in the Road The Storm Before the Calm
Compilation albums	Feast on Scraps iTunes Originals The Collection
Other releases	Space Cakes The Singles Box
Live releases	Jagged Little Pill, Live MTV Unplugged Live in the Navajo Nation Feast on Scraps Jagged Little Pill Acoustic Live at Montreux 2012
Concert tours	Junkie Tour 5 ½ Weeks Tour One Tour Au Naturale Tour The Diamond Wink Tour Flavors of Entanglement Tour Guardian Angel Tour Intimate and Acoustic
Musicals	Jagged Little Pill
Related articles	Wade Morissette (brother) Jagged (documentary film)

v t e Alanis Morissette songs
Discography
Alanis	"Feel Your Love" "Too Hot" "Walk Away"
Now Is the Time	"An Emotion Away" "No Apologies"
Jagged Little Pill	"All I Really Want" "You Oughta Know" "Hand in My Pocket" "You Learn" "Head over Feet" "Ironic"
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	"Thank U" "That I Would Be Good" "Unsent" "So Pure" "Joining You"
MTV Unplugged	"King of Pain"
Under Rug Swept	"21 Things I Want in a Lover" "Hands Clean" "Flinch" "So Unsexy" "Precious Illusions" "Surrendering" "Utopia"
So-Called Chaos	"Eight Easy Steps" "Out Is Through" "Everything"
The Collection	"Crazy"
Flavors of Entanglement	"Underneath" "Not as We" "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man"
Havoc and Bright Lights	"Guardian" "Lens" "Receive"
Such Pretty Forks in the Road	"Reasons I Drink" "Smiling"
Soundtrack songs	"Still" "Uninvited" "Wunderkind"
Other songs	"My Humps"

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