Nearly five decades after its release, Cheap Trick’s “Surrender” remains one of the band’s best-known songs and a lasting classic rock anthem.
The song, released in June 1978, first reached No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100, but its long life in movies, television, radio and live shows helped turn it into a much bigger part of rock history.
“Surrender” was the first Cheap Trick single to enter the Billboard Hot 100. It appeared on the band’s third album, Heaven Tonight, as its opening track…