Surround Yourself with Sorrow
| "Surround Yourself with Sorrow" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Surround Yourself with Sorrow UK single side-A.png Side A of UK single | ||||
| Single by Cilla Black | ||||
| from the album Surround Yourself with Cilla | ||||
| B-side | "London Bridge" | |||
| Released | 16 Feb 1969 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:34 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bill Martin & Phil Coulter | |||
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
| Cilla Black singles chronology | ||||
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"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,[2] No. 5 on the New Zealand Listener chart,[3] No. 5 in Poland,[4] No. 6 in Singapore,[5] and No. 22 on Australia's Go-Set chart.[6]
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)[6] | 22 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[2] | 5 |
| New Zealand Listener[3] | 5 |
| Poland (Polish Pathfinders)[4] | 5 |
| Singapore (Radio Singapore)[5] | 6 |
| UK Singles Chart[1] | 3 |
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Cilla Black - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- ^ 2.0 2.1 "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Surround Yourself with Sorrow". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- ^ 3.0 3.1 NZ Listener chart summary, Flavour of New Zealand. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- ^ 4.0 4.1 "Hits of the World", Billboard, May 24, 1969. p. 67. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- ^ 5.0 5.1 "Hits of the World", Billboard, May 10, 1969. p. 103. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- ^ 6.0 6.1 Nimmervoll, Ed, "GO-SET National Top 40 Archived 2018-03-31 at the Wayback Machine", May 17, 1969. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
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