So You Win Again

Not to be confused with The Bee Gees' You Win Again.
"So You Win Again"
Single by Hot Chocolate
from the album Every 1's a Winner
B-side"A Part of Being with You"
ReleasedJune 1977 (1977-06)
Recorded1977
GenreDisco
Length4:32 (album version)
4:21 (single version)
LabelRAK
Songwriter(s)Russ Ballard
Producer(s)Mickie Most
Hot Chocolate singles chronology
"Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac"
(1976) 		"So You Win Again"
(1977) 		"Put Your Love in Me"
(1977)
Music video
"So You Win Again" (TopPop, 1977) on YouTube

"So You Win Again" is a song by British band Hot Chocolate, released in June 1977 as the lead single from the album Every 1's a Winner.[1]

Written by Russ Ballard and produced by Mickie Most, it is the band's sole UK number one single,[1] spending three weeks at the top in July 1977,[1] and one week as an NME number-one single. The song made it to No. 3 in Australia, No. 6 in Germany, and just missed the top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, peaking at No. 31.[2]

Performances

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 12
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6] 7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 8
Norway (VG-lista)[10] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 13
UK Singles (OCC)[12] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 31
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[14] 82
West Germany (GfK)[15] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[16] 62
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[17] 24
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[18] 62
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[19] 53
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[20] 51
West Germany (Official German Charts)[21] 24

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[22] Silver 250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

  • In June 1978, South African band Copperfield entered the local charts with their slowed-down, ballad interpretation of the song, which peaked at No. 2.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 259/260. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ "Hot Chocolate: Every 1's A Winner". Cherry Red Records. Retrieved 26 March 2011. Includes the UK No.1 hit single "So You Win Again" (No. 31 in the USA, No. 6 in Germany, No. 3 in Australia).
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 142. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 32, 1977" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again". VG-lista. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Hot Chocolate: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Hot Chocolate Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Hot Chocolate Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Kent Music Report No 183 – 26 December 1977 > National Top 100 Singles for 1977". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via Imgur.com.
  17. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 1977". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1977". Ultratop. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1977". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  20. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1977". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  21. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  22. ^ "British single certifications – Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  23. ^ Brian Currin. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (C)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 28 March 2014.


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