''Every 1's a Winner'' is the fourth studio album by British band

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. It was released in April 1978 on the RAK Records label in the UK and the

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label in the US. The album peaked at number 30 on the

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and number 31 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. The original release included nine songs. "

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", the album's first single, was the band's first number-one single in the UK and charted at number thirty-one in the US. The second single, "Put Your Love in Me", reached number 10 in the UK but failed to chart in the US. The

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and third single reached number six in the US, making it the band's second-highest charting single in the US behind "

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", and number twelve in the UK. The album was re-released on CD in 2009 with five bonus tracks.

Track listing

Side one # " Every 1's a Winner" – 4:49 # "Confetti Day" – 4:39 # "Love Is the Answer One More Time" – 2:57 # "Sometimes It Hurts to Be a Friend" – 5:24 Side two #

" (

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) – 4:31 # "Stay with Me" (Tony Connor, Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive) – 4:07 # "Run Away Girl" – 3:25 # "I'm Going to Make You Feel Like a Woman" – 3:41 # "Put Your Love in Me" – 5:46 CD bonus tracks (2009) #

"A Part of Being with You" – 2:56 # "Let Them Be the Judge" – 3:26 # "The Power of Love" (Connor, Hinsley, Olive) – 3:19 # "I'll Put You Together Again" – 3:52 # "West End of Park Lane" – 3:30

Personnel

Hot Chocolate *

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– lead vocals *Harvey Hinsley – guitars, backing vocals *Larry Ferguson – keyboards,

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*Patrick Olive – bass guitar, backing vocals *Tony Connor – drums Production *

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– producer *Phil Hendriks –

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References

{{Authority control Hot Chocolate (band) albums 1978 albums Rak Records albums Infinity Records albums Albums produced by Mickie Most Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis