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"Surrender"
#1 weeks: 2
weeks: 1961-03-20, 1961-03-27
artist: Elvis Presley
writers: Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman and ???
formats: 7", 45rpm
lengths: 1:52

"Surrender" is a rearrangement by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman of a 1902 Neapolitan ballad by Giambattista and Ernesto de Curtis entitled "Torna a Surriento" ("Come Back to Sorrento"). It became a UK and US #1 hit for Elvis Presley in 1961 and has also been recorded by many other artists. This was one of the 25 songs Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman wrote for Presley.