Surrounded (Chantal Kreviazuk song)

"Surrounded"
Single by Chantal Kreviazuk
from the album Under These Rocks and Stones
Released September 22, 1997
Format CD single
Genre Adult alternative
Length 5:18
3:58 (Radio Edit)
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Chantal Kreviazuk
Producer(s) Peter Asher, Matt Wallace
Chantal Kreviazuk singles chronology
"Wayne"
(1997)		 "Surrounded"
(1997)		 "Hands"
(1998)

"Wayne"
(1997)		 "Surrounded"
(1997)		 "Hands"
(1998)

"Surrounded" is the fourth single from Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk's debut studio album, Under These Rocks and Stones. It was Kreviazuk's first song to chart in the United States. The single achieved Platinum status in Canada.[1]

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[2] 9
Canadian RPM Alternative 30[3] 14
Chart (1998) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[4] 9
Billboard Adult Top 40[5] 19

Composition

Kreviazuk revealed that the song was about the suicide of a former partner when she was 18 years old. She states, as of 2011, that she still has difficulties performing the song live.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Canadian Chanteuse Eyes U.S. Charts". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 66, No. 13, Dec 01, 1997". RPM. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 66, No. 14, Dec 08, 1997". RPM. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Adult Contemporary - Volume 66, No. 21, Feb 16, 1998". RPM. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Chantal Kreviazuk - Chart history: Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  6. ↑ Ouzounian, Richard (23 September 2011). "Listen: The Big Interview: Chantal Kreviazuk, from darkness to light | Toronto Star". thestar.com. The Star. Retrieved 21 September 2016.


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