Every 1's a Winner (song)

"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 #12 on the UK Singles Chart and #6 on the US Billboard Hot 100; it was the band's second-highest charting single in the US, behind "You Sexy Thing".[1][2]

"Every 1's a Winner"
Single by Hot Chocolate
from the album Every 1's a Winner
B-side"Power of Love"
ReleasedMarch 4, 1978 (1978-03-04)
Length4:49 (album version)
4:04 (single version)
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)

Chart history

Remixes, covers and sampling

Hot Chocolate released a remixed version of the song on their 1987 album 2001; the remix reached #67 in the UK. A 1999 version of the song by Electrotheque reached #85 in the UK.[14]

The rap group Insane Clown Posse sampled "Every 1's a Winner" on their song "The Mighty Death Pop!".[15]

References
  1. "Hot Chocolate". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  2. "Hot Chocolate Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-03-10. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  5. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Every 1's a Winner". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  6. "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  7. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  8. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 261.
  9. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 29, 1979". Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  10. "australian-charts.com - Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  11. "1979 Top 200 Singles". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 13. Library and Archives Canada. December 22, 1979. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  12. "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  13. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1979". Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  14. "Electrotheque". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  15. "Samples of Every 1's a Winner by Hot Chocolate". WhoSampled. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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