It Started with a Kiss (song)

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"It Started with a Kiss"
Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss (single cover).png
7" vinyl single cover
Single by Hot Chocolate
from the album Mystery
B-side "Emotion Explosion"
Released1982
Genre Soul, pop
Label RAK, EMI Electrola
Songwriter(s) Errol Brown
Hot Chocolate singles chronology
"Girl Crazy"
(1982)		"It Started with a Kiss"
(1982)		"Chances"
(1982)

"It Started with a Kiss" is a 1982 song by Hot Chocolate, from their seventh studio album Mystery. It reached number 5 in the UK, making it their fifth-highest-charting single.

Contents

Track listings

1982 release

7" single (worldwide) / 12" single (DE)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Started with a Kiss" Errol Brown 4:00
2."Emotion Explosion"Errol Brown4:03

1993 re-release

UK 7" single / cassette
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Started with a Kiss"Errol Brown4:00
2."You Sexy Thing"Errol Brown, Tony Wilson 3:42
UK CD maxi-single (Part 1)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Started with a Kiss"Errol Brown4:00
2."You Sexy Thing"Errol Brown, Tony Wilson3:42
3."Every 1's a Winner"Errol Brown3:55
UK CD maxi-single (Part 2)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Started with a Kiss"Errol Brown4:00
2."Medley" ("Emma" / "So You Win Again" / "You Sexy Thing" / "Every 1's a Winner" / "You Could Have Been a Lady")Errol Brown, Tony Wilson, Russ Ballard 6:49
3."Emma"Errol Brown, Tony Wilson3:46

1998 re-release (Hot Chocolate featuring Errol Brown)

UK CD maxi-single / cassette
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Started with a Kiss"Errol Brown4:00
2."Heavens Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac"Errol Brown3:55
3."You Sexy Thing"Errol Brown, Tony Wilson3:42

Album appearances

YearTrack No.Album
19826Mystery
19871The Very Best of Hot Chocolate
198752001
19932Their Greatest Hits
19961The Most of Hot Chocolate
199610Premium Gold Collection
19991Greatest Hits Part Two (1977–1987)
20092Hottest Hits
201220 (overall)

1 (on CD 2)

You Sexy Thing: The Best of Hot Chocolate

The song was re-released as a single in 1993 and 1998.

Charts

Original 1982 release

Chart (1982)Peak position
Australia (ARIA) [1] 15
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [1] 18
Belgium (Ultratop) [1] 1
Germany (GfK Entertainment) [1] 11
Ireland (Irish Singles Chart) [2] 5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [1] 7
New Zealand (Official New Zealand Music Chart) [1] 2
United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart) [3] 5

Re-releases

Year of re-releasePeak position

(UK)

199331
199818

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [4] Gold15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [5] Silver250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  2. ↑ "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  3. ↑ "HOT CHOCOLATE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Hot Chocolate – It Started with a Kiss". Radioscope. Retrieved 12 August 2025.Type It Started with a Kiss in the "Search:" field.
  5. ↑ "British single certifications – Hot Chocolate – It Started with a Kiss". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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