Rainbow – I Surrender (Live)

Rainbow – I Surrender (Live At Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 1984)
“I Surrender” – Single by Rainbow from the album Difficult to Cure
B-side “Vielleicht Das Nächster Zeit (Maybe Next Time)”
Label Polydor
Songwriter Russ Ballard
Producer Roger Glover
Charted No.105 in US (HOT 100), No.19 (US Billboard Mainstream Rock), No.3 in UK, No.4 in Ireland

Running 4:10, “I Surrender” was produced by bass player Roger Glover, who along with lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore had served time in Deep Purple. It was released on the Polydor label backed by the grand instrumental “Maybe Next Time.”

Released in January 1981, the song became the band’s biggest hit in the UK. Originally, some backing vocals were recorded by Graham Bonnet, but after he quit the band, lead and backing vocals were sung by his replacement Joe Lynn Turner.