A Glass of Champagne

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"A Glass of Champagne"
Single by Sailor
A-side "A Glass of Champagne"
B-side "Panama"
ReleasedDecember 1975
Genre Glam rock, pop
Length2:40
Label Epic
Songwriter Georg Kajanus
Producers Jeffrey Lesser, Rupert Holmes
Sailor singles chronology
"Sailor"
(1975)		"A Glass of Champagne"
(1975)		"Girls, Girls, Girls"
(1976)

"A Glass of Champagne" is a song written by Georg Kajanus. A recording of the song by the band Sailor, of which Kajanus was a member, was released in December 1975 and reached number 2 in the UK in January 1976. [1] [2] The single was produced by Jeffrey Lesser and Rupert Holmes.

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Reception

Only "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen prevented "A Glass of Champagne" reaching the top of the UK Singles Chart in January 1976. [3] [4] [5] The song reached number one in Ireland, as well as number three in Germany, the Netherlands top 100 and Switzerland, number four in Australia, number five in the Netherlands top 40, number eight in Austria and Norway, number eleven in Belgium, number fifteen in Sweden, and number twenty-three in Finland. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Australia Kent Music Report [13] 4
Austria Ö3 Austria Top 40 [12] 8
Belgium Ultrapop [15] 11
Finland Official Finnish Charts [17] 23
Germany GfK Entertainment charts [7] 3
Ireland Singles Chart [6] 1
Netherlands Dutch Single Top 100 [8] 3
Netherlands Dutch Top 40 [11] 5
Norway VG-lista [14] 8
Sweden Sverigetopplistan [16] 15
Switzerland Swiss Hitparade [9] 3
UK Official Singles Chart [3] 2

References

  1. ↑ "Sailor – A Glass Of Champagne". www.sailor-music.com. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  2. ↑ "Original versions of A Glass of Champagne written by Georg Kajanus | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  3. 1 2 "GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE". Official Charts. 1975-12-06. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  4. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 11/1/1976". Official Charts. 2020-03-26. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  5. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 18/1/1976". Official Charts. 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  6. 1 2 "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  7. 1 2 "Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  8. 1 2 "Dutch Charts – dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  9. 1 2 "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade – hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  10. ↑ Grant. "AMR Top Singles of 1976" . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  11. 1 2 Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Sailor | Top 40-artiesten". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. 1 2 "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  13. 1 2 Grant. "Every AMR Top 100 Single in 1976" . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  14. 1 2 "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  15. 1 2 "ultratop.be – ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  16. 1 2 "swedishcharts.com – Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  17. 1 2 Timo (12 August 2015). "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit S – SAP". Sisältää hitin. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
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