Surrender (Billy Talent song)

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"Surrender"
Billy Talent - Surrender.JPG
Single by Billy Talent
from the album Billy Talent II
ReleasedApril 2, 2007
Genre Alternative rock, emo
Length4:07
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Billy Talent
Producer(s) Gavin Brown
Billy Talent singles chronology
"Fallen Leaves"
(2006)
"Surrender"
(2007)
"This Suffering"
(2007)

"Surrender" is the fourth single from Canadian music group Billy Talent off their triple platinum selling album, Billy Talent II . The single was released on April 2, 2007.

Contents

The music video for it was shot in early February by Phil Harder.

Track listing

UK 5" Single

  1. "Surrender" (Radio Version)
  2. "This Suffering" (Live at The Orange Lounge Toronto)
  3. "Devil in a Midnight Mass" (Live at The Orange Lounge Toronto)

Music video

The video, directed by Phil Harder, is simple in concept; it is a performance piece with the band playing in an apartment while lead singer Ben Kowalewicz sings to the camera. However, the frames run at a slower pace, implementing slow motion for dramatic effect. As the video progresses, things in the apartment (i.e.: dolls, glass containers, picture frames, windows) begin to explode, matching the tone and intensity of the song. Things continue to explode until the end of the video, when Kowalewicz falls to the floor of the ravaged apartment. Kowalewicz's collapse is due to the uncut version, in which he gets shot through the head (explaining the random explosions as gunshots).

Chart performance

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [1] 45
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [2] 10
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [3] 68
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [4] 22
Canada CHR/Top 40 ( Billboard ) [5] 32
Canada Hot AC ( Billboard ) [6] 48
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [7] 9
Germany (Official German Charts) [8] 46

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [9] Platinum80,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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