Going For The Gold: Hot Chocolate
Almost as Yummy as the "Hot Chocolate" We're Talking About (Sean Gallup Getty Images News)
A band that’s been popular in their British homeland since the late 1960s, Hot Chocolate have released nearly 50 singles during the course of their career. Six of them went silver in the UK (for sales of over 200,000 copies) and a pair have scored gold for 1 million sales in the US.
The very first record to go gold for Hot Chocolate in the US was the second of their 45s to go silver in the UK (following the 1974 UK hit, “Emma”). It was their signature song, “You Sexy Thing,” that sold a million on American shores while placing at #3 on the pop chart.,
Strangely, Hot Chocolate’s second gold record in the US didn’t sell enough in their homeland to score a silver disc: “Every 1′s a Winner” stalled at #12 in the UK. But, in the US, it was a #6 hit and their second million-seller.
Where're you from, you sexy thing, you sexy thang you
I believe in miracles since you came along, you sexy thing
Where did you come from, baby
How did you know, I needed you
Never could believe the way you are.
Every day I bless the day that you got through to me,
'Cause baby, I believe that you're a star.
Everyone's a winner, baby, that's the truth (yes, the truth)
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