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“Surrender” is the ninth song from U2’s third album War. This song is notable for U2’s guitarist The Edge’s use of a German-made Epiphone lap steel.

The song was played live at 118 shows on the War and Unforgettable Fire Tours. It was one of three songs played a few months before the release of the album, making its live debut on December 1, 1982, along with “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “New Year’s Day”.

“Surrender” serves as the opening song on U2’s first home video release, Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky. However, the 25th anniversary DVD release of the concert shows that the song was actually the fifth song played on the evening of June 5, 1983; editing of the video footage made it appear to be the opening song.

The female backing vocals were provided by Kid Creole’s Coconuts.
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  • Heart Beat
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  • Welcome to Boston
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  • U2 1982 U.K. Tour
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  • 1984-10-23: Nantes, France (disc 1)
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  • Colin_in_Mexico

    Great song.

    October 2011

  • j-play2

    Oh, the city's afire A passionate flame It knows me by name Oh, the city's desire To take me for more and more It's in the street, getting under my feet It's in the air, it's everywhere I look for you It's in the things I do and say If I wanna live I gotta Die to myself someday

    April 2011

  • Otacons_Nachos

    The vocal melody is sweet.

    November 2010

  • Lisa_Louise

    man did I fancy the pants off Bono !!!!

    July 2010

  • unfunkybeat

    This song is beautifully textured and it reminds me of Blade Runner's urban cityscape a lot, which is a very good thing. They should do more stuff like this. NLOTH was a turd compared to this masterpiece of a song and the album it's on. Every album from Pop on has been decent at best and horrible at worst.(hint hint Horizon)

    December 2009

  • Profilus

    U2 were, and still are an incredibly versatile band. They might not have got there first [see Talking Heads], but were 'indie-dance' about a decade before the phrase got coined. This is a funky disco classic, but with philosophical weight, and of course some glorious 'woh-oh-wohing' to rival Lou Reed's Satellite Of Love. Beautiful. One of their very best songs.

    December 2009

  • drabtin

    u2 rocks!!!

    November 2009

  • tommyti

    very old song of U2

    November 2009

  • BuzzKillTroy

    Back when U2 was good...

    September 2009

  • elusivEuphoria

    Ahhhh, early U2 is the only U2.

    July 2009

  • AliBono74

    bono...surrender to me!!!

    June 2009

  • chuy_anubis

    Correction - U2 WERE really awesome, i bet nowadays they cant even get a little close to their early sound

    April 2009

  • naphthalenamine

    U2 is still great, popular opinion has changed.

    April 2009

  • niki5773

    When U2 were great - love it

    March 2009

  • fhg82

    Y ESTOS QUIENES SON??? JEJEJEJEJE

    February 2009

  • Lanegan81

    Bono is God!!!

    November 2008

  • cremepuff

    bring back this one live, i say!

    September 2008

  • HMSTerror

    Yeah this my favorite tune on "War".

    September 2008

  • alisenr

    amazing

    September 2008

  • spankymcsp00ge

    Ah...the good ole days

    September 2008
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