It Started with a Kiss (song)

"It Started with a Kiss"
7" vinyl single cover
Single by Hot Chocolate
from the album Mystery
B-side"Emotion Explosion"
Released1982
GenreSoul, pop
LabelRAK, EMI Electrola
Songwriter(s)Errol Brown
Hot Chocolate singles chronology
"Girl Crazy"
(1982) 		"It Started with a Kiss"
(1982) 		"Chances"
(1982)

"It Started with a Kiss" is a 1982 song by Hot Chocolate, from their seventh studio album Mystery. It reached number 5 in the UK, making it their fifth-highest-charting single.

Track listings

1982 release

7" single (worldwide) / 12" single (DE)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Started with a Kiss"Errol Brown4:00
2."Emotion Explosion"Errol Brown4:03

1993 re-release

UK 7" single / cassette
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Started with a Kiss"Errol Brown4:00
2."You Sexy Thing"Errol Brown, Tony Wilson3:42
UK CD maxi-single (Part 1)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Started with a Kiss"Errol Brown4:00
2."You Sexy Thing"Errol Brown, Tony Wilson3:42
3."Every 1's a Winner"Errol Brown3:55
UK CD maxi-single (Part 2)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Started with a Kiss"Errol Brown4:00
2."Medley" ("Emma" / "So You Win Again" / "You Sexy Thing" / "Every 1's a Winner" / "You Could Have Been a Lady")Errol Brown, Tony Wilson, Russ Ballard6:49
3."Emma"Errol Brown, Tony Wilson3:46

1998 re-release (Hot Chocolate featuring Errol Brown)

UK CD maxi-single / cassette
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Started with a Kiss"Errol Brown4:00
2."Heavens Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac"Errol Brown3:55
3."You Sexy Thing"Errol Brown, Tony Wilson3:42

Album appearances

Year Track No. Album
1982 6 Mystery
1987 1 The Very Best of Hot Chocolate
1987 5 2001
1993 2 Their Greatest Hits
1996 1 The Most of Hot Chocolate
1996 10 Premium Gold Collection
1999 1 Greatest Hits Part Two (1977–1987)
2009 2 Hottest Hits
2012 20 (overall)

1 (on CD 2)

You Sexy Thing: The Best of Hot Chocolate

The song was re-released as a single in 1993 and 1998.

Charts

Original 1982 release

Chart (1982) Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 15
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[1] 18
Belgium (Ultratop)[1] 1
Germany (GfK Entertainment)[1] 11
Ireland (Irish Singles Chart)[2] 5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[1] 7
New Zealand (Official New Zealand Music Chart)[1] 2
United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart)[3] 5

Re-releases

Year of re-release Peak position

(UK)

1993 31
1998 18

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[4] Silver 250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  2. ^ "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  3. ^ "HOT CHOCOLATE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  4. ^ "British single certifications – Hot Chocolate – It Started with a Kiss". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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