1976: Sailor: A Glass of Champagne

January 1976: Sailor

• A Glass of Champagne was Sailor's first UK hit following flops with Traffic Jam, Blue Desert and Sailor.
• It peaked at Number 2 in the British charts in mid-January 1976 for two weeks, denied the Number 1 spot by Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.
• The single amassed a run of twelve weeks within the UK Top 50.
• It topped the Irish charts and climbed to Number 4 in Australia.
• The song was written by lead singer and band co-founder Georg Kajanus.
• Kajanus's recollections of his time in the red light district of Paris are reflected in the lyrics of A Glass of Champagne.
• The track is included on Sailor's second album Trouble, along with the UK Top 10 follow-up Girls, Girls, Girls. It can also be found on the band's Greatest Hits compilation.
• The group only managed to enter the UK Top 40 on one other occasion with the song One Drink Too Many before disappearing.