So You Win Again

{{Short description|1977 single by British band Hot Chocolate}}

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{{Distinguish|text=The Bee Gees' You Win Again}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = So You Win Again

| cover = So_You_Win_Again_single_cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Hot Chocolate

| album = Every 1's a Winner

| B-side = A Part of Being with You

| released = {{Start date|1977|06}}

| recorded = 1977

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Disco

| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=32}} (album version)
{{duration|m=4|s=21}} (single version)

| label = RAK

| writer = Russ Ballard

| producer = Mickie Most

| prev_title = Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = Put Your Love in Me

| next_year = 1977

| misc =

{{External music video|{{YouTube|mwJcYh20XqQ|"So You Win Again" (TopPop, 1977)}}}}

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"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.{{cite book

| first= David| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| pages= 259/260

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5}}

Written by Russ Ballard and produced by Mickie Most, it is the band's sole UK number one single, spending three weeks at the top in July 1977, 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.{{cite web| title= Hot Chocolate: Every 1's A Winner | url= http://www.cherryred.co.uk/7ts/artists/hotchocolate.php | publisher= Cherry Red Records | accessdate=26 March 2011 | quote=Includes the UK No.1 hit single "So You Win Again" (No. 31 in the USA, No. 6 in Germany, No. 3 in Australia).}}

Performances

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1977)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite Kent|page=142}}

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{{single chart|Austria|6|artist=Hot Chocolate|song=So You Win Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 December 2021}}
{{single chart|Flanders|6|artist=Hot Chocolate|song=So You Win Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 December 2021}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|7|artist=Hot Chocolate|song=So You Win Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 December 2021}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|7|year=1977|week=32|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 December 2021}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|5|artist=Hot Chocolate|song=So You Win Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 December 2021}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|8|artist=Hot Chocolate|song=So You Win Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 December 2021}}
{{single chart|Norway|6|artist=Hot Chocolate|song=So You Win Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 December 2021}}
{{single chart|Sweden|13|artist=Hot Chocolate|song=So You Win Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 December 2021}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|1|artist=Hot Chocolate|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 December 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|31|artist=Hot Chocolate|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 December 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|82|artist=Hot Chocolate|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 December 2021}}
{{single chart|West Germany|6|songid=15726|artist=Hot Chocolate|song=So You Win Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 December 2021}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1977)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/dHS3QPH.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 183 – 26 December 1977 > National Top 100 Singles for 1977|publisher=Kent Music Report|via=Imgur.com|accessdate=13 June 2021}}

| 62

scope="row"| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=1977|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 1977|website=austriancharts.at|accessdate=11 December 2021}}

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scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1977|title=Jaaroverzichten 1977|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=11 December 2021}}

| 62

scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1977|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1977|publisher=Dutch Top 40|accessdate=11 December 2021}}

| 53

scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1977&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1977|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=11 December 2021}}

| 51

scope="row"| West Germany (Official German Charts){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1977|title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts|language=German|work=GfK Entertainment|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|accessdate=11 December 2021}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Hot Chocolate|title=So You Win Again|award=Silver|relyear=1977|certyear=1977|id=6044-2261-1|access-date=19 April 2022}}

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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.{{cite web|author=Brian Currin |url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(C).html |title=South African Rock Lists Website – SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (C) |publisher=Rock.co.za |accessdate=28 March 2014}}

Popular culture

References

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