Hot Chocolate discography explained

Artist:Hot Chocolate
Studio:8
Compilation:14
Singles:50

The discography of Hot Chocolate, a British disco and soul band.

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
NL
[3]
NZ
[4]
US
[5]
Cicero Park
Emma (in Australia)
73 55
Hot Chocolate
  • Released: November 1975
  • Label: Rak, Big Tree
34 27 41
Man to Man
  • Released: August 1976
  • Label: Rak, Big Tree
32 70 172
  • BPI: Silver
Every 1's a Winner
  • Released: April 1978
  • Label: Rak, Infinity
30 31 14 23 31
  • BPI: Silver
Going Through the Motions
  • Released: July 1979
  • Label: Rak, Infinity
97 112
Class
  • Released: November 1980
  • Label: Rak
Mystery 24 92 28 27
Love Shot
  • Released: October 1983
  • Label: Rak
41
Strictly Dance
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
NL
NZ
XIV Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1976
6 62
  • BPI: Gold
20 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1979
3
20 Hottest Hits
  • Released: December 1979
3 25 10
  • BPI: Platinum
Hot Chocolate's Hottest Hits
  • Released: October 1982
4
  • ARIA: Platinum[6]
Countdown 16
  • Released: 1985
79
The Very Best of Hot Chocolate
  • Released: February 1987
1 22
  • BPI: Platinum
2001
  • Released: 1987
Their Greatest Hits
  • Released: March 1993
1 3
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
Platinum (The Very Best Of)
  • Released: October 1993
9
The Most of Hot Chocolate
  • Released: March 1996
Greatest Hits Part Two
  • Released: January 1999
  • BPI: Gold
Best of the 70s
  • Released: 2000
Brother Louie
  • Released: 2002
The Essential Collection
  • Released: 2004
A's B's & Rarities
  • Released: 2004
Hottest Hits
  • Released: 2009
An Introduction To : Hot Chocolate
  • Released: 2017
Remixes and Rarities
  • Released: 2020
The RAK Singles
  • Released: 2021
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
AUS
[7]
BEL
[8]
GER
[9]
IRE
[10]
NL
NZ
US
1969"Give Peace a Chance"
(as Hot Chocolate Band)
rowspan="8"
1970"Love Is Life"6 13
1971"You Could Have Been a Lady"22
"I Believe (In Love)"8
1972"Mary-Anne"
"You'll Always Be a Friend" 23
1973"Brother Louie" 7 36 19
"Rumours" 44
1974"Emma"3 6 2 19 7 2 8 Cicero Park
"Changing World" 58
"Cheri Babe" 31 68 26 10 rowspan="2"
1975"Blue Night"
"Disco Queen" 11 48 16 28Cicero Park
"A Child's Prayer" 7 92 6 Hot Chocolate
"You Sexy Thing"2 4 15 8 4 5 2 3
1976"Don't Stop It Now" 11 18 12 42Man to Man
"Man to Man" 14 13 17
"Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac"25 32 28 19
1977"So You Win Again"1 12 6 6 2 5 8 31
  • BPI: Silver
Every 1's a Winner
"Put Your Love In Me" 10 90 29 7 19 20
  • BPI: Silver
1978"Every 1's a Winner" 12 12 29 14 11 10 7 6
  • RIAA: Gold
"I'll Put You Together Again" 13 12 20 15 8 14 31
  • BPI: Silver
1979"Mindless Boogie" 46 48 21 46 Going Through the Motions
"Going Through the Motions"53 43 49 33 53
1980"No Doubt About It" 2 56 3 2 9
  • BPI: Silver
"Are You Getting Enough of What Makes You Happy" 17 25 15 Class
"Love Me to Sleep" 50 42
1981"Gotta Give Up Your Love" 21 42
"I'm Losing You"/"Children of Spacemen"
"You'll Never Be So Wrong" 52 73 15 Mystery
1982"Girl Crazy" 7 9 2 13 11 4
"It Started with a Kiss" 5 15 1 11 5 7 2
  • BPI: Silver
"Chances" 32 85 42 8
"Are You Getting Enough Happiness"
(re-recorded version)
65
1983"What Kinda Boy You're Lookin' For (Girl)" 10 12 23 4 17
"Tears on the Telephone" 37 6 21 22 18 Love Shot
"I'm Sorry" 89 57
1984"I Gave You My Heart (Didn't I)"13 12
1986"Heartache No. 9" 76 52 The Very Best of Hot Chocolate
1987"You Sexy Thing"
(Ben Liebrand Remix)
10 20 5 8 56
"Every 1's a Winner"
(Groove Mix)
69 59 2001
"No Doubt About It (Tequila-Mix)"
1988"Heaven Is in the Backseat of My Cadillac"
(D.D. Mix)
"Never Pretend" 50 rowspan="4"
1989"What About You"
"Get It Right"
1993"It Started with a Kiss"
(re-issue)
31
"Kiss to Mean Goodbye"Strictly Dance
"Cry Little Girl"
1997"You Sexy Thing"
(Ben Liebrand Remix) (re-issue)
6 80 19 rowspan="2"
1998"It Started with a Kiss"
(second re-issue)
18
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hot Chocolate | Artist. Official Charts. 30 December 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110217203641/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/hot%20chocolate/. 17 February 2011 .
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

    . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 142.

  3. Web site: Steffen. Hung. Discografie Hot Chocolate. dutchcharts.nl. 30 December 2011.
  4. Web site: Steffen. Hung. Discography Hot Chocolate. charts.nz. 30 December 2011.
  5. Web site: Hot Chocolate. AllMusic. 30 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130215112530/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hot-chocolate-mn0000267814/awards. 15 February 2013.
  6. Web site: Platinum and Gold Albums 1982 . . 453 . . 28 February 1983 . 26 December 2022 .
  7. 132.
  8. Web site: Discography Hot Chocolate. ultratop.be. 18 May 2015.
  9. Web site: Chartverfolgung / Hot Chocolate / Single. MusicLine.de. 18 May 2015.
  10. Web site: Search Hot Chocolate. Irish Charts-all there is to know. 15 March 2012.
  11. United Kingdom. Hot Chocolate. 20 April 2022.
  12. Web site: Searchable Database. Recording Industry Association of America. 30 December 2011. Note: User must define 'Artist' search parameter as "Hot Chocolate".