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Hot Chocolate discography

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Hot Chocolate discography
Studio albums8
Compilation albums14
Singles50

The discography of Hot Chocolate, a British disco and soul band.

Studio albums

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Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
NL
[3]
NZ
[4]
US
[5]
Cicero Park
Emma (in Australia)
73 55
Hot Chocolate
  • Released: November 1975
  • Label: Rak, Big Tree
34 27 41
Man to Man
  • Released: August 1976
  • Label: Rak, Big Tree
32 70 172
Every 1's a Winner
  • Released: April 1978
  • Label: Rak, Infinity
30 31 14 23 31
Going Through the Motions
  • Released: July 1979
  • Label: Rak, Infinity
97 112
Class
  • Released: November 1980
  • Label: Rak
Mystery 24 92 28 27
Love Shot
  • Released: October 1983
  • Label: Rak
41
Strictly Dance
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
NL
[3]
NZ
[4]
XIV Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1976
6 62
20 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1979
3
20 Hottest Hits
  • Released: December 1979
3 25 10
  • BPI: Platinum[6]
Hot Chocolate's Hottest Hits
  • Released: October 1982
4
  • ARIA: Platinum[7]
Countdown 16
  • Released: 1985
79
The Very Best of Hot Chocolate
  • Released: February 1987
1 22
  • BPI: Platinum[6]
2001[A]
  • Released: 1987
Their Greatest Hits
  • Released: March 1993
1 3
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[6]
Platinum (The Very Best Of)
  • Released: October 1993
9
The Most of Hot Chocolate
  • Released: March 1996
Greatest Hits Part Two
  • Released: January 1999
Best of the 70s
  • Released: 2000
Brother Louie
  • Released: 2002
The Essential Collection
  • Released: 2004
A's B's & Rarities
  • Released: 2004
Hottest Hits[B]
  • Released: 2009
An Introduction To : Hot Chocolate
  • Released: 2017
Remixes and Rarities
  • Released: 2020
The RAK Singles
  • Released: 2021
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

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Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2][10]
BEL
[11]
GER
[12]
IRE
[13]
NL
[3]
NZ
[4]
US
[5]
1969 "Give Peace a Chance"
(as Hot Chocolate Band)
Non-album singles
1970 "Love Is Life" 6 13
1971 "You Could Have Been a Lady" 22
"I Believe (In Love)" 8
1972 "Mary-Anne"
"You'll Always Be a Friend" 23
1973 "Brother Louie" 7 36 19
"Rumours" 44
1974 "Emma" 3 6 2 19 7 2 8 Cicero Park
"Changing World" 58[C]
"Cheri Babe" 31 68 26 10 Non-album singles
1975 "Blue Night"
"Disco Queen" 11 48 16 28 Cicero Park
"A Child's Prayer" 7 92 6 Hot Chocolate
"You Sexy Thing" 2 4 15 8 4 5 2 3
1976 "Don't Stop It Now" 11 18 12 42 Man to Man
"Man to Man" 14 13 17
"Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac" 25 32 28 19
1977 "So You Win Again" 1 12 6 6 2 5 8 31 Every 1's a Winner
"Put Your Love in Me" 10 90 29 7 19 20
1978 "Every 1's a Winner" 12 12 29 14 11 10 7 6
"I'll Put You Together Again" 13 12 20 15 8 14 31 Non-album single
1979 "Mindless Boogie" 46 48 21 46 Going Through the Motions
"Going Through the Motions" 53 43 49 33 53
1980 "No Doubt About It" 2 56 3 2 9 Non-album single
"Are You Getting Enough of What Makes You Happy" 17 25 15 Class
"Love Me to Sleep" 50 42
1981 "Gotta Give Up Your Love" 21 42
"I'm Losing You"/"Children of Spacemen"
"You'll Never Be So Wrong" 52 73 15 Mystery
1982 "Girl Crazy" 7 9 2 13 11 4
"It Started with a Kiss" 5 15 1 11 5 7 2
"Chances" 32 85 42 8
"Are You Getting Enough Happiness"
(re-recorded version)
65
1983 "What Kinda Boy You're Lookin' For (Girl)" 10 12 23 4 17 Non-album single
"Tears on the Telephone" 37 6 21 22 18 Love Shot
"I'm Sorry" 89 57
1984 "I Gave You My Heart (Didn't I)" 13 12
1986 "Heartache No. 9" 76 52 The Very Best of Hot Chocolate
1987 "You Sexy Thing"
(Ben Liebrand Remix)
10 20 5 8 56
"Every 1's a Winner"
(Groove Mix)
69 59 2001
"No Doubt About It (Tequila-Mix)"
1988 "Heaven Is in the Backseat of My Cadillac"
(D.D. Mix)
"Never Pretend" 50 Non-album singles
1989 "What About You"
"Get It Right"
1993 "It Started with a Kiss"
(re-issue)
31
"Kiss to Mean Goodbye" Strictly Dance
"Cry Little Girl"
1997 "You Sexy Thing"
(Ben Liebrand Remix; re-issue)
6 80 19 Non-album singles
1998 "It Started with a Kiss"
(second re-issue)
18
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Remix album.
  2. ^ Promo CD given by The Daily Mail on Sunday 25 January 2009.[8][9]
  3. ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

Sources

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  1. ^ a b c "Hot Chocolate | Artist". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 142. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ a b c Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Hot Chocolate". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Hung, Steffen. "Discography Hot Chocolate". charts.nz. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Hot Chocolate". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "British certifications – Hot Chocolate". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 20 April 2022. Type Hot Chocolate in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  7. ^ "Platinum and Gold Albums 1982". Kent Music Report. 28 February 1983. Retrieved 26 December 2022 – via Imgur.
  8. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 259/260. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  9. ^ "Hot Chocolate - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  10. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 132.
  11. ^ "Discography Hot Chocolate". ultratop.be. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Hot Chocolate / Single". MusicLine.de. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Search Hot Chocolate". Irish Charts-all there is to know. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  14. ^ a b "Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 30 December 2011. Note: User must define 'Artist' search parameter as "Hot Chocolate".