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Every 1's a Winner (song)

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"Every 1's a Winner"
Single by Hot Chocolate
from the album Every 1's a Winner
B-side"Power of Love"
Released17 February 1978[1]
GenreBritish soul[2]
Length4:49 (album version)
4:04 (single version)
3:38 (single edit)
LabelRAK
Songwriter(s)Errol Brown
Producer(s)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]

Track listing

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All tracks written by Errol Brown; except where indicated.

1978 release

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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

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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

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Remixes, covers and sampling

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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

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  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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