Hot Chocolate discography

Hot Chocolate discography
Studio albums8
Compilation albums14
Singles50

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

Studio albums

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

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 — —
  • AUS: Platinum[7]
Countdown 16
  • Released: 1985
— 79 — —
The Very Best of Hot Chocolate
  • Released: 9 February 1987[8]
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

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2][11]
BEL
[12]
GER
[13]
IRE
[14]
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

Notes

  1. ^ Remix album.
  2. ^ Promo CD given by the Daily Mail on Sunday 25 January 2009.[9][10]
  3. ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

Sources

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  7. ^ "Platinum and Gold Albums 1982". Kent Music Report. 28 February 1983. Retrieved 26 December 2022 – via Imgur.
  8. ^ "New Albums". Music Week. 7 February 1987. p. 27.
  9. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 259/260. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  10. ^ "Hot Chocolate - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  11. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 132.
  12. ^ "Discography Hot Chocolate". ultratop.be. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Hot Chocolate / Single". MusicLine.de. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Search Hot Chocolate". Irish Charts-all there is to know. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
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