List of hi-NRG artists and songs explained

Hi-NRG is uptempo disco or electronic dance music usually featuring synthetic bassline octaves. This list contains some examples of hi-NRG artists and songs. Hi-NRG songs by non-hi NRG artists are also included.

Songs

1970s

YearArtistSongLabel
height=201977"I Feel Love"[1] [2] Casablanca / GTO
height=201978"Fly With the Wind"[3] Ariola
height=201978"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"[4] Fantasy

Early 1980s

ArtistSongLabel
1980"Sunset People" Casablanca
1980"If You Could Read My Mind"[5] Hansa
1981"Remember Me / Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Moby Dick
1981"Get a Little"[6] Megatone
1981Patrick Cowley "Megatron Man"[7] Megatone
1981Patrick Cowley "Menergy"[8] [9] Fusion
1981"Hit 'N Run Lover"[10] Matra
1981"Your Love"[11] Matra
1982"Work Me Over"[12] Jupiter
1982Patrick Cowley "Goin' Home" Megatone
1982"Native Love (Step By Step)"[13] [14] "O"
1982"Passion"[15] "O"
1982"Spys"[16] [17] Vanguard
1982"Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonight"[18] Mantra
1982"Right on Target" Megatone
1982"Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)"[19] Jive
1982"I Feel Love" (Patrick Cowley Remix)[20] Casablanca
1982"Do Ya Wanna Funk"[21] [22] Megatone
1982"It's Raining Men"[23] [24] CBS (UK)
1982Viola Wills "Stormy Weather" Sunergy
1983"For Your Love"[25] Personal
1983Miquel Brown "So Many Men, So Little Time"[26] Record Shack
1983"Misty Circles" (Dance Mix)[27] Epic
1983"Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)" Proto
1983Divine "Shoot Your Shot" "O"
1983"Relax"[28] [29] ZTT
1983"Blue Monday" Factory
1983"Good Name"[30] Wilfilms
1983Sylvester "Don't Stop"[31] Megatone
1983Trans-X (Pascal Languirand)"Living on Video"Polydor Records

Mid- to late 1980s

YearArtistSongLabel
height=201984Agents Aren't Aeroplanes "The Upstroke"[32] Proto (UK)
height=201984"Smalltown Boy" London
height=201984Bronski Beat "Why?"[33] [34] London
height=201984Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"[35] Epic
height=201984Hazell Dean "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)" Proto (UK)
height=201984Divine "You Think You're a Man"[36] Proto
height=201984"Get Lost Tonight"[37] Metronome
height=201984Fancy "Slice Me Nice"[38] Metronome
height=201984The Flirts "Helpless (You Took My Love)"[39] Telefon
height=201984Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Two Tribes"[40] ZTT
height=201984"Colour My Love" X-Energy
height=201984"Give Me Your Love"[41] X-Energy
height=201984"Rock the Box" Megatone
height=201984"High Energy" Record Shack (UK)
height=201984"The Second Time"[42] MCA
height=201985"Hit That Perfect Beat"[43] [44] London
height=201985"Un hombre de verdad"[45] Hispavox
height=201985Bronski Beat "Run from Love" / "Hard Rain"[46] London
height=201985"I Feel Love" London
height=201985"Walk Like a Man"[47] Proto
height=201985"I'm No Angel" TSR
height=201985New Order"Sub-culture"[48] Factory Records
height=201985Madleen Kane "On Fire" TSR
height=201985Lime "Unexpected Lovers"[49] Mantra
height=201985"Vertigo"[50] Record Shack
height=201985People Like Us "Reincarnation (Coming Back For Love)"[51] Passion (UK)
height=201985"So Macho"[52] Fanfare (UK)
height=201985"Computer Music" J.C.
height=201985"I Love My Radio"[53] Ibiza (Italy) / Transglobal (UK)
height=201985"Sex Over the Phone"[54] [55] Casablanca
height=201985"Sinderella"[56] Jamaica
height=201986"Venus"[57] [58] London
height=201986"Down and Counting"[59] Epic
height=201986"Don't Leave Me This Way"[60] [61] [62] London
height=201986"¿A quien le importa?"[63] [64] [65] Hispavox
height=201986Dead or Alive "Something in My House"[66] Epic
height=201986"Male Stripper"[67] Bolts
height=201986"Two of Hearts"[68] [69] Atlantic
height=201986"How Many Hearts"[70] Record Shack
height=201986"You Keep Me Hangin' On"[71] [72] [73] MCA
height=201987Bona-Riah "House of the Rising Sun" Rise
height=201987The Communards "Never Can Say Goodbye" London
height=201987"Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)"[74] [75] ZYX / Polydor
height=201987"Call Me Up"[76] Bellaphon
height=201987"Always on My Mind"[77] Parlophone
height=201987Taffy "Step by Step" Transglobal
height=201987"I Should Be So Lucky"[78] PWL
height=201988"Knocking on Your Door"[79] [80] Mute / Sire
height=201988Erasure "Stop!" Mute / Sire
height=201988Kylie Minogue "The Loco-Motion"[81] PWL
height=201988New Baccara "Fantasy Boy" Bellaphon
height=201988Quantize "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" Passion
height=201989Boy "Broken Wings" Flea
height=201989"Cha Cha Heels"[82] Arista
height=201989New Baccara "Touch Me" Bellaphon
height=201989Quantize "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" Passion
height=201989Donna Summer "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt"[83] Warner Bros.
height=201989Donna Summer "This Time I Know It's for Real"[84] [85] Warner Bros.
height=201989Donna Summer "Whatever Your Heart Desires" Atlantic / PWL

1990s

YearArtistSongLabel
height=201990Quantize "Stop! In the Name of Love" Passion
height=201991"Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)"[86] [87] Parlophone / EMI
height=201991Quantize feat. Adrienne "Yesterday Once More" Passion
height=201992Erasure "Take a Chance on Me"[88] [89] Mute
height=201993"Constant Craving"[90] ZYX
height=201993Abigail "Losing My Religion"[91] ZYX
height=201993"U Got 2 Know"[92] ZYX
height=201993Cappella "U Got 2 Let the Music" ZYX
height=201993ZTT
height=201993"Another Night"[93] Hansa
height=201994Abigail "Smells Like Teen Spirit"[94] ZYX
height=201994"Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys 12" Remix)[95] Food / Parlophone
height=201994Cappella "Move on Baby" ZYX
height=201994"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"[96] Arista
height=201994"Long Way to Paradise"[97] Koch International
height=201994Fancy "Wait by the Radio" Koch International
height=201994"Total Eclipse of the Heart"[98] [99] Bags of Fun / Mega
height=201995Nicki French "Did You Ever Really Love Me"[100] Love This
height=201995Nicki French "For All We Know" Bags of Fun
height=201995"Live to Tell"[101] Jellybean
height=201995"Tonight It's Party Time"[102] Interhit
height=201996"Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"[103] [104] Eternal
height=201996"Do What You Feel"[105] PWL International
height=201997"It's a Sin" Infinity
height=201997Cappella "Be My Baby"[106] ZYX
height=201997"Breakaway"[107] Jellybean
height=201997Karel "I Am"[108] Jellybean
height=201997Pet Shop Boys "Somewhere"[109] Parlophone / Atlantic

2000s

YearArtistSongLabel
height=202000A Touch of Class (ATC) "Around the World (La La La La La)"[110] King Size
height=202003"Listen Now"[111] [112] Rabid
height=202004"Come On"[113] Sony BMG
height=202005"Filthy/Gorgeous"[114] Universal (US)
Polydor (worldwide)
height=202006"New York, New York"[115] Mute
height=202007"Flux"[116] Wichita
height=202007"China Heart"[117] [118] Fascination
height=202007"Cry Baby"[119] EMI
height=202007"Heaven on Earth"[120] [121] Jive / Zomba
height=202008"Heavy Rotation"[122] [123] Mercury
height=202008Donna Summer "I'm a Fire"[124] Burgundy
height=202009Bananarama "Dum Dum Boy"[125] Fascination
height=202009Bananarama "Love Comes"[126] [127] Fascination
height=202009"She Wolf"[128] Epic
height=202009"Brow Beaten"[129] Silver Columns

2010s & 2020s

YearArtistSongLabel
height=202011"I Wanna Go"[130] Jive
height=202011"S&M"[131] Def Jam / SRP
height=202011"Remember Me"[132] Columbia SevenOne
height=202012"A Face Like That"[133] Parlophone
height=202012"Homewrecker"[134] 679/Atlantic
height=202013"Stop Taking My Time"[135] [136] Labrador
height=202013Pet Shop Boys "Axis"[137] [138] x2
height=202013Pet Shop Boys "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"[139] [140] x2
height=202013"All My Life"[141] Paper Bag Records
height=202013Shit Robot feat. JENR "Feels Real"[142] [143] DFA
height=202014"Delorean Dynamite"[144] Olsen
height=202014"Catallena"[145] Pledis/Kakao M
height=202015"Enter Sylvia Plath"[146] Matador
height=202017Katy Perry"Roulette"[147] Capitol Records
height=202017"New Rules (Initial Talk Remix)"[148] Warner Records
height=202019"God Control"[149] Interscope
height=202019"Don't Start Now"[150] Warner Records
height=202020"Save a Kiss"[151] Virgin EMI Records
height=202020"Soul Control"[152] Virgin EMI Records
height=202020"Levitating"[153] Warner Records
height=202022"Fading Away"[154] Italians Do It Better
height=202023Nuovo Testamento"Heat"[155] Avant Records

Albums

Artists

References

Bibliography

See also

Notes and References

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  135. Web site: Club 8 : Above the City . Matt . James . . "Stop Taking My Time" is a Hi-NRG disco romp à la Nordic neighbour Annie Strand and features, amusingly, a rapping infant. . 21 May 2013 . 31 March 2015.
  136. Web site: CD: Club 8 – Above The City . Thomas H. . Green . . 14 May 2013 . 31 March 2015.
  137. News: Pet Shop Boys: We left major label Parlophone and now we're in control of our destiny . Arwa . Haider . Metro . 5 July 2013 . 31 March 2015.
  138. Web site: Darren . Lee . LIVE REPORT: Pet Shop Boys . The Quietus . 25 June 2013 . 31 March 2015.
  139. News: Album review: Pet Shop Boys, Electric . The Scotsman . 14 July 2013 . 31 March 2015.
  140. SPIN's 20 Best Pop Albums of 2013: 16 – Pet Shop Boys, Electric (x2) . Barry . Walters . . 31 March 2015.
  141. Web site: Sally Shapiro - Somewhere Else. 7 June 2023.
  142. Shit Robot feat JENR – Feels Real . Kit . Macdonald . 23 May 2013 . Resident Advisor . 2 April 2015.
  143. Jonathan . Burnip . Feels Real: Shit Robot . . 522 . 28 May 2013 . 2 April 2015 . https://archive.today/20150404182815/http://www.djmag.com/content/feels-real . dead . 4 April 2015.
  144. Web site: Todd Terje – Delorean Dynamite . DummyMag . 10 February 2014 . 31 March 2015.
  145. Web site: K-Pop Roundup - March 2014. Interannte. Scott. PopMatters. 27 March 2014. 6 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190427051405/https://www.popmatters.com/180289-k-pop-roundup-march-2014-2495672790.html. 27 April 2019.
  146. News: Kevin . Ritchie . Belle and Sebastian – Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance . 14 January 2015 . . 2 April 2015.
  147. Web site: Critica de Witness. 25 March 2023.
  148. Web site: Dua Goes To Hollywood. 24 March 2023.
  149. Web site: madonna madame x review. 25 March 2023.
  150. Web site: Dua Lipa pone a bailar Primavera Sound.
  151. Web site: Jessie Ware: What's Your Pleasure?. Cole. Jake. Spectrum Culture. 7 July 2020. 25 January 2021.
  152. Web site: Mira el clip de baile de Jessie Ware para 'Soul Control'. 8 July 2023.
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  154. Web site: Sally Shapiro - Sad Cities. 17 May 2023.
  155. Web site: Nuovo Testamento Share 'Heat' Single. 25 March 2023.
  156. Web site: Kim Wilde – Teases & Dares . Stewart . Mason . AllMusic . 31 March 2015.
  157. Web site: Lime – Unexpected Lovers . Alex . Henderson . AllMusic . 31 March 2015.
  158. Jim . Green . Ira . Robbins . Dead or Alive . Trouser Press . 31 March 2015.
  159. Web site: Bananarama – Pop Life . Stewart . Mason . AllMusic . 31 March 2015.
  160. Web site: 1000 Fires by Traci Lords . Mike . McGuirk . Rhapsody . 31 March 2015.
  161. Web site: Bobby Orlando – I Love Bobby "O" (Volume 1) . Michael F. . Gill . Stylus Magazine . 24 December 2004 . 31 March 2015.
  162. Róisín Murphy – London Camden Koko – 27th November, 2007 . Emily . Mackay . Record Collector . 346 . 31 March 2015.
  163. News: The Best Albums of 2007 . Arwa . Haider . Metro . 17 December 2007 . Overpowered (EMI) was funky in all senses – skittering from glacial electro to hi-NRG disco . 31 March 2015.
  164. Web site: Bananarama – Viva . Jon . O'Brien . Viva's 11 infectious hi-NRG tracks . AllMusic . 31 March 2015.
  165. Web site: Sally Shapiro. 7 June 2023.
  166. Web site: Sally Shapiro - Somewhere Else. 7 June 2023.
  167. Web site: ATC – Planet Pop . Alex . Henderson . AllMusic . 2 April 2015.
  168. Web site: Music Interview – Bananarama . Nick . Levine . Digital Spy . 24 July 2009 . 31 March 2015.
  169. Richard . Buskin . The Buggles 'Video Killed The Radio Star' . . [Tina Charles]'s Indian-British producer, Biddu, hired both men as session musicians, and his work in the fields of Hi-NRG and electronic disco had a profound influence on [Trevor Horn]'s own production aspirations. . December 2011 . 31 March 2014.
  170. Web site: Bronski Beat – Rainbow Nation . AllMusic . 31 March 2015.
  171. Bill . Graham . Critics Roundup 1984 . HI-NRG was the club sound that boosted both Evelyn Thomas and the trash dementis of Divine but it also propelled both the Bronski and Frankie Goes To Hollywood. . . 14 December 1984 . 31 March 2015.
  172. Web site: Cappella – Best of Cappella [ZYX] ]. Johnny . Loftus . AllMusic . 31 March 2015.
  173. Web site: Diana . Potts . Patrick Cowley – Artist Biography . AllMusic . 31 March 2015.
  174. Web site: Hazell Dean – Artist Biography . Jon . O'Brien . AllMusic . 31 March 2014.
  175. News: Catching Up with Hazel Dean . Graeme . Watson . OutInPerth . 21 December 2012 . 31 March 2015.
  176. News: Reviews/Pop; Of Broken Hearts and a Broken World . Jon . Pareles . Many of Erasure's songs exemplify the post-disco style called hi-N.R.G. -fast and openly artificial, with synthesized riffs bouncing and ticking in every register. . The New York Times . 21 February 1990 . 31 March 2015.
  177. News: Erasure – Pop . . 29 January 2005 . 31 March 2015.
  178. Diego . Martínez . Music to Start the Week With #010 . The WILD Magazine . 28 November 2011 . 31 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135644/http://staging.thewildmagazine.com/blog/music-to-start-the-week-with-010/ . 2 April 2015.
  179. Ira . Robbins . Frankie Goes to Hollywood . Trouser Press . 25 October 2013.
  180. Barry . Walters . 23 January 1996 . Profits and prophets . The Advocate . Here Publishing . 0001-8996.
  181. Web site: Fun Fun – Have Fun . Alex . Henderson . AllMusic . 31 March 2014.
  182. Web site: Ian Levine – Artist Biography . John . Bush . AllMusic . 31 March 2015.
  183. Web site: Man Parrish – Artist Biography . Sean . Cooper . AllMusic . 31 March 2015.
  184. Web site: Kelly Marie – Artist Biography . AllMusic . 31 March 2015.
  185. Web site: Doug . Stone . Bobby Orlando – Artist Biography . AllMusic . 11 November 2013.
  186. Róisín Murphy – London Camden Koko – 27th November, 2007 . Emily . Mackay . Record Collector . 346 . 31 March 2015.
  187. Book: Larkin, Colin . Colin Larkin (writer) . . 2011 . 5th . . 978-0-85712-595-8 . Nomi, Klaus . [Klaus Nomi] worked with Man Parrish, the New York electro and hi-NRG producer, on his self-titled debut album..
  188. Book: Zuberi, Nabeel . Sounds English: Transnational Popular Music . . 2001 . . 0-252-02620-9 . 74 . Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe use electronic instruments and work within and across dance-floor genres such as house, Hi-NRG, techno, and many other subgenres. . registration .
  189. News: Jon . Pareles . Jon Pareles . Niche Music: Tejano, Rave and, Yes, Bhangra . The New York Times . 14 May 1995 . Another contender is hi-N.R.G., a fast, cheerful style, first heard in gay San Francisco clubs in the early 1980s and now on the pop Top 40 in hits by Corona and the Real McCoy. . 31 March 2015.
  190. Web site: John . Bush . RuPaul – Biography . . https://web.archive.org/web/20120511221742/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rupaul-p26836/biography . 11 May 2012.
  191. Web site: Jimmy Somerville – For a Friend: The Best of Bronski Beat, The Communards & Jimmy Somerville . Jon . O'Brien . AllMusic . 31 March 2015.
  192. News: Synthpop and Hi-NRG Star Stacey Q Returns with a New Album, Live Dates . Liz . Ohanesian . . 3 July 2009 . 31 March 2015.
  193. 100 Best Singles of 1984: Pop's Greatest Year > 98 – Dead or Alive, "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" . Charles . Aaron . Rolling Stone . 17 September 2014 . 31 March 2015.
  194. News: Eurovision 2010: Pete Waterman . . 28 May 2010 . 31 March 2015.
  195. Web site: Take That – Artist Biography . Stephen Thomas . Erlewine . AllMusic . Eventually, the group worked its way toward Hi-NRG dance music, while also pursuing an adult contemporary ballad direction. . 31 March 2015.
  196. News: Profile: Mark Owen . BBC News Online . Owen's debut single Child showcased a more acoustic, psychedelic sound than his Hi-NRG Take That hits. . 11 March 2010 . 31 March 2015.
  197. Book: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Colin . Larkin . Colin Larkin (writer) . . Johnson, L.J. . 1992 . 2: Farian, Frank to Menza, Don . 978-1-88226-702-6 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120312130413/http://www.music.us/biography/artist/28313/lj_johnson.html . 12 March 2012.
  198. Web site: Evelyn Thomas – Have a Little Faith in Me . Justin . Kantor . AllMusic . 31 March 2015.
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  202. Larry . Flick . Reviews & Previews > Pop > Usura – Open Your Mind . 26 . Billboard . 110 . 5 . 31 January 1998 . 0006-2510 .

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