Every 1's a Winner (song)

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"Every 1's a Winner"
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Single by Hot Chocolate
from the album Every 1's a Winner
B-side "Power of Love"
Released17 February 1978 [1]
Genre British soul [2]
Length4:49 (album version)
4:04 (UK single version)
3:38 (US single edit)
7:17 (12-inch version)
Label RAK
Songwriter Errol Brown
Producer Mickie Most
Hot Chocolate singles chronology
"Put Your Love In Me"
(1977)		"Every 1's a Winner"
(1978)		"I'll Put You Together Again"
(1978)

"Every 1's a Winner" is the third single from the 1978 Hot Chocolate album of the same name. The single was released on 4 March 1978 on RAK Records in the UK and Infinity Records in the US. It peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100; it was the band's second-highest-charting single in the US, behind "You Sexy Thing". [3] [4] A music video of the group performing the song (using the album version) was also made.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Errol Brown; except where indicated.

1978 release

7" vinyl

  1. "Every 1's a Winner" – 3:35
  2. "Power of Love" (Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive, Tony Connor) – 3:19

12" vinyl (Infinity Records, US)

  1. "Every 1's a Winner" – 7:17
  2. "Put Your Love in Me" – 5:48

1988 remix

7" single

  1. "Every 1's a Winner (Groove Mix)" – 3:54
  2. "So You Win Again" (Russ Ballard) – 4:29

12" single 1

  1. "Every 1's a Winner" (Sexy Remix) – 6:28
  2. "Every 1's a Winner" (Bonus Beats) – 2:32
  3. "Every 1's a Winner" (7" Groove Mix) – 3:53
  4. "So You Win Again" (Ballard) – 4:29

12" single 2

  1. "Every 1's a Winner" (Extended Groove Remix) – 6:40
  2. "Every 1's a Winner" (Groove Mix Bonus Beats) – 3:05
  3. "Every 1's a Winner" (7" Groove Mix) – 3:53
  4. "So You Win Again" (Ballard) – 4:29

Chart history

Remixes, covers and sampling

Hot Chocolate released a remixed version of the song on their 1987 album 2001; the remix reached number 67 in the UK. A 1999 version of the song by Electrotheque reached number 85 in the UK. [17]

References

  1. ↑ "Music Week" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "This Is How You Disappear: Bristol, Shoegazing, and a New Psychedelia". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 681. ISBN   978-0-571-28198-5.
  3. ↑ "Hot Chocolate". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  4. ↑ "Hot Chocolate Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  5. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  6. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-03-10. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  7. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Every 1's a Winner". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  9. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  10. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 261.
  11. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 29, 1979". Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 8 January 2022– via Imgur.com.
  13. ↑ "australian-charts.com - Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "1979 Top 200 Singles". RPM . Vol. 32, no. 13. Library and Archives Canada. December 22, 1979. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  16. ↑ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1979". Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Electrotheque". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2018-11-10.
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