"Surrender Your Love" is a song recorded by British house music group Nightcrawlers, released as the second single from their only album, Lets Push It (1995). Produced by American DJ and record producer MK, it is co-written by him with John Reid and was released in July 1995, shortly after the previous single, "Push the Feeling On" (in France, it entered the top-50 only three weeks after "Push the Feeling On"). It became a hit in various countries, such as the UK, Finland, France and the Netherlands, where it reached the top 10. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it peaked at number 19. Outside Europe, the song was successful in Israel, peaking at number eight.

"Surrender Your Love"
Single by Nightcrawlers featuring John Reid
from the album Lets Push It
B-side	"Remix"
Released	15 May 1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	House UK garage
Length	3:48
Songwriter(s)	John Reid Marc Kinchen
Producer(s)	John Reid Marc Kinchen
Nightcrawlers featuring John Reid singles chronology
"Push the Feeling On" (1992) "Surrender Your Love" (1995) "Don't Let the Feeling Go" (1995)
Music video
"Surrender Your Love" on YouTube

Composition

It is very similar in sound to "Push the Feeling On" (structure, house music sonorities, vocals), and sees singer Reid returning to a more traditional verse-chorus construction. The chorus is made out of editing syllables from the actual verses, and goes like "(Sa)-ying We Have Got/Feeling/..ying We Have/Wanna Stay". This is the typical remixing style of MK.

Critical reception

John Bush from AllMusic described "Surrender Your Love" as a deep-house hit.[1] Music writer James Masterton wrote in his weekly UK chart commentary, "The new single has more of a song structure than the last hit, owing to the presence of vocalist John Reid on the track. Another Top 3 hit could well be on the cards."[2] Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "The beat goes on, but no longer on ffrr. On their Arista label debut, the inventors of the "canned vibraphone" effect as further perfected by Robin S push the feeling a little further on."[3]

A reviewer from Music Week gave the track three out of five, adding that it "retains the familiar elements of its predecessor though this is a less striking re-invention."[4] Brad Beatnik from the magazine's RM Dance Update rated it four out of five, writing, "Just when we've worked out the lyrics for the last hit, along comes another brainteaser. This is very much in the same mould with MK on hand again to cut up the vocal and add the inimitably simple keyboard stabs and rumbling organ and bass. This one-sided promo is equally catchy and there's no reason why it shouldn't go the same way as 'Push The Feeling On'."[5] Another editor, James Hamilton noted the "more coherently whined than 'Push The Feeling On' but similarly nagged, honked and burbled striding 122.5bpm MK Club and Dub Mixes, co-created right from scratch by Marc Kinchen this time".[6]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single. It was later published on YouTube on September 1, 2014. The video has amassed more than 1.5 million views as of September 2021.[7]

Track listings

• CD single

1. "Surrender Your Love" (MK radio edit) — 3:51
2. "Surrender Your Love" (MK dub mix) — 6:06

• CD maxi

1. "Surrender Your Love" (MK radio edit) — 3:48
2. "Surrender Your Love" (MK club mix) — 8:24
3. "Surrender Your Love" (Wand's Crunchy nut mix) — 8:52
4. "Surrender Your Love" (MK dub mix) — 6:04
5. "Surrender Your Love" (Wand's Sugar puff mix) — 4:17

Charts

References