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
Writer(s) Chantal Kreviazuk
Producer(s) Peter Asher, Matt Wallace
Chantal Kreviazuk singles chronology
"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 sates, 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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