One of the things you probably didn't know about today's oldie-but-goodie, Hot Chocolate, is that they were British. Signed to the Beatles' record label, they had an incredible string of hits starting in the early 70s, with at least one hit song every year from 1970 to 1984. "Every 1's a Winner" was released in 1978 and went all the way to #6 on the pop chart. Those with sharp ears -- i.e. our editor Elizabeth -- may have recognized a snippet of the track in the latest trailer for Anchorman 2, and it was also featured in Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig's Francis Ha, out this week on DVD. What was Hot Chocolate's biggest hit? That was "You Sexy Thing," released three years before "Winner".
One of the things you probably didn't know about today's oldie-but-goodie, Hot Chocolate, is that they were British. Signed to the Beatles' record label, they had an incredible string of hits starting in the early 70s, with at least one hit song every year from 1970 to 1984. "Every 1's a Winner" was released in 1978 and went all the way to #6 on the pop chart. Those with sharp ears -- i.e. our editor Elizabeth -- may have recognized a snippet of the track in the latest trailer for Anchorman 2, and it was also featured in Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig's Francis Ha, out this week on DVD. What was Hot Chocolate's biggest hit? That was "You Sexy Thing," released three years before "Winner".
