{{Short description|1977 single by British band Hot Chocolate}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2025}} {{Distinguish|text=The Bee Gees' You Win Again}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{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)<br/>{{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)}}}} }} "'''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''.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{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}}</ref>
Written by Russ Ballard and produced by Mickie Most, it is the band's sole UK number one single,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> spending three weeks at the top in July 1977,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> 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.<ref>{{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).}}</ref>
==Performances== *Hot Chocolate performed the song on ''Top of the Pops''.
==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1977) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="Kent">{{cite Kent|page=142}}</ref> | 12 |- {{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}} |- !scope="row" | Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5416b.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - September 10, 1977}}</ref> |align="center"|54 |- {{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)<ref name=kent77>{{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}}</ref> | 62 |- ! scope="row"| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=1977|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 1977|website=austriancharts.at|accessdate=11 December 2021}}</ref> | 24 |- ! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1977|title=Jaaroverzichten 1977|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=11 December 2021}}</ref> | 62 |- ! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{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}}</ref> | 53 |- ! scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1977&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1977|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=11 December 2021}}</ref> | 51 |- ! scope="row"| West Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{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}}</ref> | 24 |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{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}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Popular culture== *The song was included on the soundtrack for the 1997 British film, ''Metroland''.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.discogs.com/Hot-Chocolate-So-You-Win-Again/master/75728 Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again] from Discogs
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Category:1977 songs Category:1977 singles Category:Hot Chocolate (band) songs Category:Songs written by Russ Ballard Category:UK singles chart number-one singles Category:RAK Records singles Category:Big Tree Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by Mickie Most
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