Surrounded | |
Cover: | Chantal_Kreviazuk_Surrounded.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Chantal Kreviazuk |
Album: | Under These Rocks and Stones |
Released: | September 22, 1997 |
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Label: | Columbia |
Producer: | |
Prev Title: | Wayne |
Prev Year: | 1997 |
Next Title: | Hands |
Next Year: | 1998 |
"Surrounded" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk. It was released as the fourth single from Kreviazuk's debut studio album, Under These Rocks and Stones, in Canada on September 22, 1997, and peaked at number nine on the country's singles chart. It was Kreviazuk's first song to chart in the United States, where it was released in December the same year. The single achieved Platinum status in Canada for shipping over 100,000 units.
Kreviazuk revealed that the song was about the suicide of a former partner when she was 18 years old. She states, as of 2011, that she still has difficulties performing the song live.[1]
European CD single[2]
European maxi-CD single[3]
Chart (1998) | Position | |
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Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] | 71 | |
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[5] | 47 | |
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[6] | 60 |
Region | Date | Label(s) | |
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Canada | September 22, 1997 | Columbia | [7] |
United States | December 1997 |