Surround Yourself with Sorrow explained

Surround Yourself with Sorrow
Cover:Surround Yourself with Sorrow UK single side-A.png
Caption:Side A of UK single
Type:single
Artist:Cilla Black
Album:Surround Yourself with Cilla
B-Side:London Bridge
Released:16 Feb 1969
Genre:Pop rock
Label:Parlophone
Producer:George Martin
Prev Title:Where Is Tomorrow?
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:Conversations
Next Year:1969

"Surround Yourself with Sorrow" is a song recorded by the English pop singer Cilla Black, which was released as a single and on the album Surround Yourself with Cilla in 1969. The song spent 12 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 3,[1] while reaching No. 5 on the Irish Singles Chart, No. 5 on the New Zealand Listener chart,[2] No. 5 in Poland,[3] No. 6 in Singapore,[4] and No. 22 on Australia's Go-Set chart.[5]

A cover in Swedish, "Försök och sov på saken" was made by Anni-Frid Lyngstad in 1969 (Columbia DS 2438.

Chart performance

Chart (1969)Peak
position
Australia (Go-Set)22
New Zealand Listener5
Poland (Polish Pathfinders)5
Singapore (Radio Singapore)6
UK Singles Chart3

Notes and References

  1. http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10866/cilla-black/ Cilla Black - Full Official Chart History
  2. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=449#n_view_location NZ Listener chart summary
  3. "Hits of the World", Billboard, May 24, 1969. p. 67. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  4. "Hits of the World", Billboard, May 10, 1969. p. 103. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  5. [Ed Nimmervoll|Nimmervoll, Ed]