Surround Yourself with Sorrow

"Surround Yourself with Sorrow"
Side A of UK single
Single by Cilla Black
from the album Surround Yourself with Cilla
B-side "London Bridge"
Released 16 Feb 1969
Genre Pop rock
Length 2:34
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s) Bill Martin & Phil Coulter
Producer(s) George Martin
Cilla Black singles chronology
"Where Is Tomorrow?"
(1968)
"Surround Yourself with Sorrow"
(1969)
"Conversations"
(1969)

"Surround Yourself with Sorrow" is a song recorded by the English pop singer Cilla Black, which was released as a single and on the album Surround Yourself with Cilla in 1969. The song spent 12 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 3, while reaching No. 5 on the Irish Singles Chart, No. 5 on the New Zealand Listener chart, No. 5 in Poland, No. 6 in Singapore, and No. 22 on Australia's Go-Set chart.

A cover in Swedish, "Försök och sov på saken" was made by Anni-Frid Lyngstad in 1969 (Columbia DS 2438.

Chart performance

Chart (1969) Peak
position
Australia (Go-Set) 22
Ireland (IRMA) 5
New Zealand Listener 5
Poland (Polish Pathfinders) 5
Singapore (Radio Singapore) 6
UK Singles Chart 3