List of hi-NRG artists and songs

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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.

Contents

Contents
Artists • Songs (1970s • Early 1980s • Mid- to late 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2000s) • Albums • References

Songs

1970s

YearArtistSongLabel
1977 Donna Summer "I Feel Love" [1] [2] [3] Casablanca / GTO
1978 Peter Jacques band "Fly With the Wind" [4] Ariola
Sylvester "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] Fantasy

Early 1980s

YearArtistSongLabel
1980 Donna Summer "Sunset People" [9] Casablanca
Viola Wills "If You Could Read My Mind" [10] Hansa
1981 Boys Town Gang "Remember Me / Ain't No Mountain High Enough" [11] Moby Dick
Patrick Cowley "Get a Little" [12] Megatone
Patrick Cowley"Megatron Man" [13] Megatone
Patrick Cowley"Menergy" [8] [13] [14] [15] Fusion
Carol Jiani "Hit 'N Run Lover" [16] [17] Matra
Lime "Your Love" [18] Matra
1982 Claudja Barry "Work Me Over" [19] Jupiter
Patrick Cowley"Goin' Home" [15] Megatone
Divine "Native Love (Step By Step)" [20] [21] "O"
The Flirts "Passion" [22] "O"
Roni Griffith "Spys" [23] [24] Vanguard
Lime "Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonight" [25] Mantra
Man Parrish "Heatstroke" [8] Rams Horn
Paul Parker "Right on Target" [8] [13] Megatone
Q-Feel "Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)" [26] Jive
Donna Summer "I Feel Love" (Patrick Cowley Remix) [27] Casablanca
Sylvester "Do Ya Wanna Funk" [8] [13] [14] [28] [29] Megatone
The Weather Girls "It's Raining Men" [30] [31] [32] CBS (UK)
Viola Wills"Stormy Weather" [33] [34] Sunergy
1983 Claudja Barry "For Your Love" [35] Personal
Miquel Brown"So Many Men, So Little Time" [19] [36] [37] [38] Record Shack
Dead or Alive "Misty Circles" (Dance Mix) [39] Epic
Hazell Dean "Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)" [19] [31] [40] Proto
Divine"Shoot Your Shot" [41] "O"
Fun Fun "Happy Station" [8] X-Energy
Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax" [42] [43] ZTT
New Order "Blue Monday" [44] Factory
William Onyeabor "Good Name" [45] Wilfilms
Sylvester"Don't Stop" [13] [46] Megatone
Trans-X (Pascal Languirand) "Living on Video" Polydor Records

Mid- to late 1980s

YearArtistSongLabel
1984Agents Aren't Aeroplanes"The Upstroke" [47] Proto (UK)
1984 Bronski Beat "Smalltown Boy" [48] London
1984Bronski Beat"Why?" [48] [49] [50] London
1984Dead or Alive"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" [51] [52] [53] [54] Epic
1984Hazell Dean"Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)" [47] Proto (UK)
1984Divine"You Think You're a Man" [21] [31] [41] [47] [55] Proto
1984 Fancy "Get Lost Tonight" [56] Metronome
1984Fancy"Slice Me Nice" [57] Metronome
1984The Flirts"Helpless (You Took My Love)" [58] Telefon
1984Frankie Goes to Hollywood"Two Tribes" [59] ZTT
1984 Fun Fun "Colour My Love" [19] X-Energy
1984 Fun Fun "Give Me Your Love" [60] X-Energy
1984 Sylvester "Rock the Box" [14] Megatone
1984 Evelyn Thomas "High Energy" [16] [31] [36] [37] [38] [61] Record Shack (UK)
1984 Kim Wilde "The Second Time" [62] MCA
1985 Bronski Beat "Hit That Perfect Beat" [63] [64] [65] London
1985 Alaska y Dinarama "Un hombre de verdad" [66] Hispavox
1985Bronski Beat"Run from Love" / "Hard Rain" [67] London
1985Bronski Beat and Marc Almond "I Feel Love" [7] London
1985 Divine "Walk Like a Man" [68] Proto
1985 Madleen Kane "I'm No Angel" [69] TSR
1985 New Order "Sub-culture" [70] Factory Records
1985Madleen Kane"On Fire" [69] TSR
1985Lime"Unexpected Lovers" [71] Mantra
1985 Barbara Pennington "Vertigo" [72] Record Shack
1985People Like Us"Reincarnation (Coming Back For Love)" [73] Passion (UK)
1985 Sinitta "So Macho" [74] Fanfare (UK)
1985 Suzy Q "Computer Music" [16] J.C.
1985 Taffy "I Love My Radio" [75] Ibiza (Italy) / Transglobal (UK)
1985 Village People "Sex Over the Phone" [76] [77] Casablanca
1985 Betty Wright "Sinderella" [78] Jamaica
1986 Bananarama "Venus" [47] [79] [80] London
1986 Claudja Barry "Down and Counting" [81] Epic
1986 The Communards "Don't Leave Me This Way" [63] [82] [83] London
1986 Alaska y Dinarama "¿A quien le importa?" [84] [85] [86] Hispavox
1986Dead or Alive"Something in My House" [87] Epic
1986 Man 2 Man and Man Parrish "Male Stripper" [88] Bolts
1986 Stacey Q "Two of Hearts" [89] [90] Atlantic
1986 Evelyn Thomas "How Many Hearts" [91] Record Shack
1986 Kim Wilde "You Keep Me Hangin' On" [92] [93] [94] MCA
1987Bona-Riah"House of the Rising Sun" [51] Rise
1987The Communards"Never Can Say Goodbye" [95] London
1987 Paul Lekakis "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)" [96] [97] ZYX / Polydor
1987 New Baccara "Call Me Up" [98] Bellaphon
1987 Pet Shop Boys "Always on My Mind" [99] Parlophone
1987Taffy"Step by Step" [100] Transglobal
1987 Kylie Minogue "I Should Be So Lucky" [101] PWL
1988 Erasure "Knocking on Your Door" [102] [103] Mute / Sire
1988Erasure"Stop!" [102] [103] Mute / Sire
1988Kylie Minogue"The Loco-Motion" [104] PWL
1988New Baccara"Fantasy Boy" [98] Bellaphon
1988Quantize"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" [51] Passion
1989Boy"Broken Wings" [51] Flea
1989 Eartha Kitt and Bronski Beat "Cha Cha Heels" [105] Arista
1989New Baccara"Touch Me" [98] Bellaphon
1989Quantize"You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" [51] Passion
1989Donna Summer"I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" [106] Warner Bros.
1989Donna Summer"This Time I Know It's for Real" [106] [107] [108] Warner Bros.
1989Donna Summer"Whatever Your Heart Desires" [106] Atlantic / PWL

1990s

YearArtistSongLabel
1990Quantize"Stop! In the Name of Love" [51] Passion
1991 Pet Shop Boys "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)" [99] [109] [110] Parlophone / EMI
1991Quantize feat. Adrienne"Yesterday Once More" [51] Passion
1992Erasure"Take a Chance on Me" [111] [112] Mute
1993 Abigail "Constant Craving" [113] ZYX
1993Abigail"Losing My Religion" [114] ZYX
1993 Cappella "U Got 2 Know" [115] ZYX
1993Cappella"U Got 2 Let the Music" [115] ZYX
1993 Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax" (Jam & Spoon HI N-R-G Remix) [116] ZTT
1993 Real McCoy "Another Night" [117] Hansa
1994Abigail"Smells Like Teen Spirit" [113] [118] ZYX
1994 Blur "Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys 12" Remix) [119] Food / Parlophone
1994Cappella"Move on Baby" [115] ZYX
1994 Kym Mazelle & Jocelyn Brown "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" [120] Arista
1994 Fancy "Long Way to Paradise" [121] Koch International
1994Fancy"Wait by the Radio" [121] Koch International
1994 Nicki French "Total Eclipse of the Heart" [122] [123] Bags of Fun / Mega
1995Nicki French"Did You Ever Really Love Me" [124] Love This
1995Nicki French"For All We Know" [122] Bags of Fun
1995 Karel "Live to Tell" [125] Jellybean
1995 Outta Control "Tonight It's Party Time" [126] Interhit
1996 Gina G "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" [127] [128] Eternal
1996 Johnna "Do What You Feel" [129] PWL International
1997 Miquel Brown "It's a Sin" [130] Infinity
1997Cappella"Be My Baby" [131] ZYX
1997 France Joli "Breakaway" [132] Jellybean
1997Karel"I Am" [133] Jellybean
1997Pet Shop Boys"Somewhere" [134] Parlophone / Atlantic

2000s

YearArtistSongLabel
2000 A Touch of Class (ATC)"Around the World (La La La La La)" [135] King Size
2003 The Knife "Listen Now" [136] [137] Rabid
2004 Jimmy Somerville "Come On" [138] Sony BMG
2005 Scissor Sisters "Filthy/Gorgeous" [139] Universal (US)
Polydor (worldwide)
2006 Moby feat. Debbie Harry "New York, New York" [140] Mute
2007 Bloc Party "Flux" [141] Wichita
2007 Sophie Ellis-Bextor "China Heart" [142] [143] Fascination
2007 Róisín Murphy "Cry Baby" [144] EMI
2007 Britney Spears "Heaven on Earth" [145] [146] Jive / Zomba
2008 Anastacia "Heavy Rotation" [147] [148] Mercury
2008Donna Summer"I'm a Fire" [149] Burgundy
2009Bananarama"Dum Dum Boy" [150] Fascination
2009Bananarama"Love Comes" [151] [152] Fascination
2009 Shakira "She Wolf" [153] Epic
2009 Silver Columns "Brow Beaten" [154] Silver Columns

2010s & 2020s

YearArtistSongLabel
2011 Britney Spears "I Wanna Go" [155] Jive
2011 Rihanna "S&M" [156] Def Jam / SRP
2011 Kim Wilde "Remember Me" [157] Columbia SevenOne
2012 Pet Shop Boys "A Face Like That" [158] Parlophone
2012 Marina Diamandis "Homewrecker" [159] 679/Atlantic
2013 Club 8 "Stop Taking My Time" [160] [161] Labrador
2013Pet Shop Boys"Axis" [162] [163] x2
2013Pet Shop Boys"Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" [164] [165] x2
2013 Sally Shapiro "All My Life" [166] Paper Bag Records
2013 Shit Robot feat. JENR"Feels Real" [167] [168] DFA
2014 Todd Terje "Delorean Dynamite" [169] Olsen
2014 Orange Caramel "Catallena" [170] Pledis/Kakao M
2015 Belle and Sebastian "Enter Sylvia Plath" [171] Matador
2017 Katy Perry "Roulette" [172] Capitol Records
2017 Dua Lipa "New Rules (Initial Talk Remix)" [173] Warner Records
2019 Madonna "God Control" [174] Interscope
2019 Dua Lipa "Don't Start Now" [175] Warner Records
2020 Jessie Ware "Save a Kiss" [176] Virgin EMI Records
2020 Jessie Ware "Soul Control" [177] Virgin EMI Records
2020 Dua Lipa "Levitating" [178] Warner Records
2022 Sally Shapiro "Fading Away" [179] Italians Do It Better
2023Nuovo Testamento"Heat" [180] Avant Records

Albums

Artists

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