So You Win Again So You Win Again "So You Win Again" is a popular single from the Hot Chocolate album "Every 1's a Winner". The single was released in June 1977. 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 a NME number-one single. The song made it to No. 3 in Australia, No. 6 in Germany, and missed the Top 30 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in the United States, peaking at No. 31. The song was included on
So Why So Sad the second longest run in terms of singles in the UK chart by the band. "So Why So Sad" is only beaten by If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next which spent 17 weeks in the chart. In Ireland it peaked on number 16. The song did better in Finland than in the UK, spending less weeks, only 3, the single reached number 4 in the Finnish Charts. In Sweden it reached number 26, spending 5 weeks, in the Netherlands it reached position number 88, and in Germany it peaked on number 94. The CD also included versions