Every 1's a Winner explained

Every 1's a Winner
Type:	studio
Artist:	Hot Chocolate
Cover:	Hot Chocolate - Every 1's a Winner.png
Studio:	RAK Recording Studios, London
Length:	39:19 56:22 (with bonus tracks)
Label:	RAK, Infinity (US)
Producer:	Mickie Most
Prev Title:	Man to Man
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Going Through the Motions
Next Year:	1979

Every 1's a Winner is the fourth studio album by British band Hot Chocolate.^[1] It was released in April 1978 on the RAK Records label in the UK and the Infinity Records label in the U.S. The album peaked at number 30 on the UK Albums Chart and number 31 on the US Billboard 200.^{[2] [3]}

The original release included nine songs. "So You Win Again", the album's first single, was the band's first number-one single in the UK and charted at number thirty-one in the US. The second single, "Put Your Love in Me", reached number 10 in the UK but failed to chart in the US. The title track and third single reached number six in the US, making it the band's second-highest charting single in the US behind "You Sexy Thing", and number twelve in the UK.^{[2] [3]} The album sold more than a million copies in the U.S.^[4]

The album was re-released on CD in 2009 with five bonus tracks.^[5]

Production

The title track was inspired by noises made by Errol Brown's baby daughter. It was originally going to be a tribute to her, before Brown decided to change the lyrics to describe a romantic relationship between adults.^[6]

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times determined that, "in its best moments, the Chocolate ... mixes the sensuality and tension of Al Green soul music with the firmness and punch of a Boz Scaggs rocker."^[7]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Every 1's a Winner" – 4:49
2. "Confetti Day" – 4:39
3. "Love Is the Answer One More Time" – 2:57
4. "Sometimes It Hurts to Be a Friend" – 5:24

Side two

5. "So You Win Again" (Russ Ballard) – 4:31
6. "Stay with Me" (Tony Connor, Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive) – 4:07
7. "Run Away Girl" – 3:25
8. "I'm Going to Make You Feel Like a Woman" – 3:41
9. "Put Your Love in Me" – 5:46

CD bonus tracks (2009)

10. "A Part of Being with You" – 2:56
11. "Let Them Be the Judge" – 3:26
12. "The Power of Love" (Connor, Hinsley, Olive) – 3:19
13. "I'll Put You Together Again" – 3:52
14. "West End of Park Lane" – 3:30

Personnel

Hot Chocolate

• Errol Brown – lead vocals
• Harvey Hinsley – guitars, backing vocals
• Larry Ferguson – keyboards, Moog synthesizer
• Patrick Olive – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Tony Connor – drums

Production

• Mickie Most – producer
• Phil Hendriks – liner notes

Charts

Chart (1978)!scope="col"

Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[8]	31
UK Albums (OCC)	30

Notes and References

1. Book: The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 . 2002 . Taylor & Francis Group . 64.
2. Web site: Hot Chocolate . . 10 November 2018.
3. Web site: Hot Chocolate Chart History . . 10 November 2018.
4. Book: Davis . Sharon . Every Chart Topper Tells a Story: The Seventies . 2012 . Random House.
5. Web site: Hot Chocolate: Every 1's a Winner . . 10 November 2018.
6. News: Campbell . Mary . Hot Chocolate Brings 'Winner' to U.S. . Asbury Park Press . AP . 18 Apr 1979 . B7.
7. News: Hilburn . Robert . 'Chocolate' Hot Entry in Disc Derby . Los Angeles Times . 28 Jan 1979 . Calendar . 78.
8. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 142.