Quote Originally Posted by sup_fan View Post
If i was sitting in QC, it'd probably do with Surrender simply because it's, overall, a more powerful record. Remember is beautiful with the ups and downs throughout but Surrender has the aural power of mountain but doesn't simply copy it. it's different enough IMO. now i don't know that it would have gone #1. but i think top ten
I'm going to have to agree here. My vote would probably be "Surrender". Definitely top 10, possible number one. "Surrender" is certainly a better song than a fourth of the songs that managed to hit the top spot in 1971.