Every One's A Winner by Hot Chocolate

Album: Every 1's a Winner: The Very Best of Hot Chocolate (1978)

Charted: 12 6

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Frontman Errol Brown told the Mail On Sunday January 25, 2009 that the band's producer Mickie Most suggested the song's title. He added: "I was getting nowhere with it when I heard my eldest daughter crying in a particular rhythm and used that for the melody."
Californian singer-songwriter Ty Segall recorded a cover for his 2018 album Freedom is Goblin. His version is sung falsetto accompanied by chunky guitars and caveman drums. He explained to Uncut March 2018:

"We just started playing it live, and I recorded it about a year ago. I just decided to try it a couple of different ways, and that's the version I recorded at my house with Steve (Albini). I have a lot of broken gear, so to make it work, it was really fun and unique."

Comments: 4

Gary from Orlando FlaA very classy jazzy song that I have not heard for many years.
Bruce from San Jose, Calif.For the longest time, I thought this song was performed by Rick James...that deep pulsing bass and the diddling main riff were sounds very similar to Rick James’ style...it wasn’t until many years later when I saw the song being performed by hot chocolate in one of those Time-Life music hits infomercials that I realised it was NOT Rick James at all...
Barry from Sauquoit, NyLead singer
Errol Brown died on May 6th, 2015 at 71.
May he R.I.P.
Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 3rd 1979, "Every One's A Winner" by Hot Chocolate peaked at #6 (for 2 weeks) on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it had entered the chart on November 5th, 1978 and spent 18 weeks on the Top 100...
Between 1975 and 1983 the group had eight records on the Top 100; with three making the Top 10 (the other two were, "Emma" (at #8 in 1975) and "You Sexy Thing" (at #3 in 1976).

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