the album version of "surrender" and a longer dance version were released together as a cd single but did not have any appearances on "billboard"'s hot 100 or adult contemporary charts. of the album version, reddy writes, "andrew lloyd webber is very rigid about his songs being sung exactly as written. i gave him his due in the first pass at this song from "sunset boulevard" (originally sung over the body of a dead monkey). however, my need for self-expression found its voice in the second half."