Surrender (Cheap Trick song)
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| “Surrender” | ||
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| Single by Cheap Trick from the album Heaven Tonight |
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| Released | January 30, 1978 | |
| Recorded | CBS / Epic Records | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 4:12 | |
| Producer | Tom Werman | |
"Surrender" is a Cheap Trick song originally released on January 30, 1978 on the album Heaven Tonight. It is also featured on the live album At Budokan. It is a late 1970s teen anthem, describing the relations between the baby boomer narrator and his G.I. generation parents. The narrator describes how his parents are weirder and hipper than many children would believe. For example, the narrator describes how he discovers his parents "rolling on the couch" and listening to his Kiss records late at night.[1] It is ranked #465 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
Cheap Trick still performs this song, and Rick Nielsen often actually throws vinyl Kiss records to the audience in live performances at the moment Kiss is mentioned in the song.
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[edit] Cover versions and references
- The song has been covered by many bands and artists. Notable covers include those by Paw, Pegboy, Hootie & the Blowfish, The Get Up Kids, The Posies, Green Day, Less Than Jake, Bob Mould, Propagandhi, Dead Artist Syndrome, Zebrahead, Ghost of the Robot, Gluecifer, Camp Freddy, Velvet Revolver, Ten and Them, Rock Lab I, The Misfit Toys, Big Drill Car, Marilyn Manson, Simple Plan, and Terrorvision.
- Rick Nielsen performed "Surrender" with Camp Freddy one night on Jay Leno.
- "Jimmy James" by the Beastie Boys is opened by Robin Zander's speech that opened the Budokan version of "Surrender".
- "Losers of the Year" by the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder is opened by the "whatever happened to all the season's losers of the year" line.
- Cheap Trick's cover of "In the Street" by Big Star (aka "That 70's Song") has "We're All Alright" shouted twice after the chorus, a reference to the song.
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes version of "Tomorrow" (from the musical Annie) has lyrics from Surrender during the last chorus. (Your mommy's alright, your daddy's alright,....)
- The subtitle of Chapter 1 of I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert is a direct reference to Surrender, "'Mama's all right, Daddy's all right...' -Rick Nielsen, Dream Policeman and father of the five-necked guitar."
[edit] In popular culture
Many movies feature this song, notably Up the Academy, Over the Edge, Small Soldiers, Daddy Day Care, Fantastic Four, Employee of the Month, and Detroit Rock City. Daddy Day Care actually featured Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander (which were their only movie roles to date, excluding the animated Rock and Rule.)
In 2004, "Surrender" was used in an ad campaign for the Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida.
This song was played in certain episodes of the shows Scrubs and Halfway Home. In film, it was featured in 1979's Over the Edge in the scene where Matt Dillon's character and his three teen friends were playing with a handgun in an abandoned home. It also figured into the iconic 80s high school classic, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, where it is mentioned by ticket scalper Mike Damone while he is attempting to hustle a girl.
The song is featured in the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 video game Guitar Hero II, the Nintendo DS game Jam Sessions, and the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game skate.
Surrender is sung by Storm Large on season 2 of Rockstar; Rockstar:Supernova
In the TV Show Californication, the song was performed by Becca's band Kill Jill in a scene where her parents along with her soon-to-be Step Dad arrive back home from New York. In the previous episode, her parents had in fact "rolled around", not that she knew.
"Surrender" was also featured in the 11th season of South Park episode, titled "Guitar Queer-o".
In 2006, a shortened version of the song was used as the opening theme of Sons & Daughters (U.S. TV series)
In 2007, the song was featured in an Xbox 360 game, Skate., and had been converted to a makeshift 'Elevator' style version for a loading screen, as well as being selectable from the game's music playlist. Skate. was later released on the Playstation 3.
