B-side "Instrumental version" Format 7" single Length 3:11 | Released 1986 Genre Pop Label BBC Records | |
"Every Loser Wins" is a 1986 song written by Simon May, Stewart James and Bradley James for the BBC television soap opera EastEnders. It was performed by Nick Berry.
Written and produced by Simon May, Stewart James and Bradley James, the song was heavily featured in the BBC soap opera EastEnders throughout the summer of 1986, sung by Berry's character Simon "Wicksy" Wicks and his band, The Banned.
On release, the song was a success, spending three weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in October and November 1986 and becoming the second biggest-selling single in the UK that year (after "Don't Leave Me This Way" by The Communards). The composers, Simon May, Stewart James and Bradley James, each received an Ivor Novello Award for the composition.