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".

Chart history

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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.
Insane Clown Posse sampled sections of "Every 1's A Winner" for their song "The Mighty Death Pop!", as did Girl Talk, on his song "Give Me a Beat".
Scottish rock band Gun recorded a cover of the song in 2015, as part of the re-release of their album Frantic. The song was later included on their best-of compilation R3L0ADED in 2019.