So You Win Again

"So 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"
Released	June 1977
Recorded	1977
Genre	Disco
Length	4:32 (album version); 4:21 (single version)
Label	RAK
Songwriter	Russ Ballard
Producer	Mickie Most
Hot Chocolate singles chronology
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]

B-side"A Part of Being with You"

ReleasedJune 1977

Recorded1977

Quick facts Single by Hot Chocolate, from the album Every 1's a Winner ...

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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]

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
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[7]	54
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[8]	7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[9]	5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[10]	8
Norway (VG-lista)^[11]	6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[12]	13
UK Singles (OCC)^[13]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[14]	31
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[15]	82
West Germany (GfK)^[16]	6

Chart (1977)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[17]	62
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[18]	24
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)^[19]	62
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[20]	53
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[21]	51
West Germany (Official German Charts)^[22]	24

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[23]	Silver	250,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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