Cheap Trick - Surrender

Published: July 28, 2021, 5 p.m.

The song "Surrender" by Cheap Trick was released in 1978. Rolling Stone called it the ultimate 70s teen anthem, and included it in their list of the greatest songs of all time. It\u2019s been in a bunch of movies and tv shows\u2014including South Park, Scrubs, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, New Girl, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Cheap Trick formed in Rockford, Illinois in 1973. They\u2019ve released 20 studio albums, they\u2019ve sold over 20 million records, and in 2016 they were inducted into the\xa0Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rick Nielsen is the guitarist in the band. He wrote \u201cSurrender,\u201d and for this episode, I talked to him about how the song was made.

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