List of hi-NRG artists and songs

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.

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

Songs 1970s YearArtistSongLabel1977 Donna Summer "I Feel Love" Casablanca / GTO1978 Patrick Hernandez "Born to Be Alive" Aquarius1978 Amanda Lear "Follow Me AriolaPeter Jacques Band "Fly with the Wind" AriolaSylvester "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" Fantasy1979 Jessica Williams "They Call Me the Queen of Fools" Polydor1979 Viola Wills "Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now" Hansa

Early 1980s +YearArtistSongLabel1980 Donna Summer "Sunset People" CasablancaViola Wills "If You Could Read My Mind" Hansa1981 Boys Town Gang "Remember Me / Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Moby DickPatrick Cowley "Get a Little" MegatonePatrick Cowley "Megatron Man" MegatonePatrick Cowley "Menergy" FusionCarol Jiani "Hit 'N Run Lover" MatraLime "Your Love" Matra1982 Claudja Barry "Work Me Over" JupiterPatrick Cowley "Goin' Home" MegatoneDivine "Native Love (Step By Step)" "O"The Flirts "Passion" "O"Roni Griffith "Spys" VanguardLime "Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonight" MantraNazia Hassan "Boom Boom" Saregama-His Master's VoiceMan Parrish "Heatstroke" Rams HornPaul Parker "Right on Target" MegatoneQ-Feel "Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)" JiveDonna Summer "I Feel Love" (Patrick Cowley Remix) CasablancaSylvester "Do Ya Wanna Funk" MegatoneThe Weather Girls "It's Raining Men" CBS (UK)Viola Wills "Stormy Weather" Sunergy1983 Claudja Barry "For Your Love" PersonalMiquel Brown "So Many Men, So Little Time" Record ShackDead or Alive "Misty Circles" (Dance Mix) EpicHazell Dean "Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)" ProtoDivine "Shoot Your Shot" "O"Fun Fun "Happy Station" X-EnergyFrankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax" ZTTNew Order "Blue Monday" FactoryWilliam Onyeabor "Good Name" WilfilmsSylvester "Don't Stop" MegatoneTrans-X (Pascal Languirand)"Living on Video"Polydor Records

Mid- to late 1980s YearArtistSongLabel1984 Agents Aren't Aeroplanes "The Upstroke" Proto (UK)1984 Bronski Beat "Smalltown Boy" London1984 Bronski Beat "Why?" London1984 Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" Epic1984 Hazell Dean "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)" Proto (UK)1984 Divine "You Think You're a Man" Proto1984 Fancy "Get Lost Tonight" Metronome1984 Fancy "Slice Me Nice" Metronome1984 The Flirts "Helpless (You Took My Love)" Telefon1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Two Tribes" ZTT1984 Fun Fun "Colour My Love" X-Energy1984 Fun Fun "Give Me Your Love" X-Energy1984 Sylvester "Rock the Box" Megatone1984 Evelyn Thomas "High Energy" Record Shack (UK)1984 Kim Wilde "The Second Time" MCA1984 Kim Wilde "The Touch" MCA1985 Bronski Beat "Hit That Perfect Beat" London1985 Alaska y Dinarama "Un hombre de verdad" Hispavox1985 Bronski Beat "Run from Love" / "Hard Rain" London1985 Bronski Beat and Marc Almond "I Feel Love" London1985 Divine "Walk Like a Man" Proto1985 Madleen Kane "I'm No Angel" TSR1985 New Order "Sub-culture" Factory Records1985 Madleen Kane "On Fire" TSR1985 Lime "Unexpected Lovers" Mantra1985 Barbara Pennington "Vertigo" Record Shack1985 People Like Us "Reincarnation (Coming Back For Love)" Passion (UK)1985 Sinitta "So Macho" Fanfare (UK)1985 Suzy Q "Computer Music" J.C.1985 Taffy "I Love My Radio" Ibiza (Italy) / Transglobal (UK)1985 Village People "Sex Over the Phone" Casablanca1985 Betty Wright "Sinderella" Jamaica1986 Bananarama "Venus" London1986 Claudja Barry "Down and Counting" Epic1986 The Communards "Don't Leave Me This Way" London1986 Alaska y Dinarama "¿A quien le importa?" Hispavox1986 Dead or Alive "Something in My House" Epic1986 Man 2 Man and Man Parrish "Male Stripper" Bolts1986 Stacey Q "Two of Hearts" Atlantic1986 Evelyn Thomas "How Many Hearts" Record Shack1986 Kim Wilde "You Keep Me Hangin' On" MCA1987 Bona-Riah "House of the Rising Sun" Rise1987 The Communards "Never Can Say Goodbye" London1987 Paul Lekakis "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)" ZYX / Polydor1987 New Baccara "Call Me Up" Bellaphon1987 Click "Duri Duri (Baila Baila)" Discos Musart1987 Pet Shop Boys "Always on My Mind" Parlophone1987 Taffy "Step by Step" Transglobal1987 Taylor Dayne "Tell It to My Heart" Arista1987 Kylie Minogue "I Should Be So Lucky" PWL1988 Erasure "Knocking on Your Door" Mute / Sire1988 Kim Wilde "Never Trust a Stranger" MCA1988 Erasure "Stop!" Mute / Sire1988 Kylie Minogue "The Loco-Motion" PWL1988 New Baccara "Fantasy Boy" Bellaphon1988 Raffaella Carrà "No pensar en ti" CBS1988 Quantize "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" Passion1989 Boy "Broken Wings" Flea1989 Eartha Kitt and Bronski Beat "Cha Cha Heels" Arista1989 New Baccara "Touch Me" Bellaphon1989 Quantize "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" Passion1989 Donna Summer "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" Warner Bros.1989 Donna Summer "This Time I Know It's for Real" Warner Bros.1989 Donna Summer "Whatever Your Heart Desires" Atlantic / PWL

1990s YearArtistSongLabel1990 Quantize "Stop! In the Name of Love" Passion1991 Pet Shop Boys "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)" Parlophone / EMI1991 Quantize feat. Adrienne "Yesterday Once More" Passion1992 Erasure "Take a Chance on Me" Mute1993 Abigail "Constant Craving" ZYX1993 Abigail "Losing My Religion" ZYX1993 Cappella "U Got 2 Know" ZYX1993 Cappella "U Got 2 Let the Music" ZYX1993 Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax" (Jam & Spoon HI N-R-G Remix) ZTT1993 Real McCoy "Another Night" Hansa1994 Abigail "Smells Like Teen Spirit" ZYX1994 Blur "Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys 12" Remix) Food / Parlophone1994 Cappella "Move on Baby" ZYX1994 Kym Mazelle & Jocelyn Brown "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" Arista1994 Fancy "Long Way to Paradise" Koch International1994 Fancy "Wait by the Radio" Koch International1994 Nicki French "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bags of Fun / Mega1995 Nicki French "Did You Ever Really Love Me" Love This1995 Nicki French "For All We Know" Bags of Fun1995 Karel "Live to Tell" Jellybean1995 Outta Control "Tonight It's Party Time" Interhit1996 Gina G "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" Eternal1996 Johnna "Do What You Feel" PWL International1997 Miquel Brown "It's a Sin" Infinity1997 Cappella "Be My Baby" ZYX1997 France Joli "Breakaway" Jellybean1997 Karel "I Am" Jellybean1997 Pet Shop Boys "Somewhere" Parlophone / Atlantic

2000s YearArtistSongLabel2000 A Touch of Class (ATC) "Around the World (La La La La La)" King Size2003 The Knife "Listen Now" Rabid2004 Jimmy Somerville "Come On" Sony BMG2005 Scissor Sisters "Filthy/Gorgeous" Universal (US)Polydor (worldwide)2005 Madonna "Hung Up" Warner2005 Madonna "Future Lovers" Warner Records2006 Moby feat. Debbie Harry "New York, New York" Mute2007 Bloc Party "Flux" Wichita2007 Sophie Ellis-Bextor "China Heart" Fascination2007 Róisín Murphy "Cry Baby" EMI2007 Britney Spears "Heaven on Earth" Jive / Zomba2008 Anastacia "Heavy Rotation" Mercury2008 Donna Summer "I'm a Fire" Burgundy2009 Bananarama "Dum Dum Boy" Fascination2009 Bananarama "Love Comes" Fascination2009 Sally Shapiro "Save Your Love" Permanent Vacation2009 Shakira "She Wolf" Epic2009 Silver Columns "Brow Beaten" Silver Columns2009 Selena Gomez & the Scene "Naturally" Hollywood

2010s & 2020s YearArtistSongLabel2011 Britney Spears "I Wanna Go" Jive2011 Rihanna "S&M" Def Jam / SRP2011 Katy Perry "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" Capitol2011 Kim Wilde "Remember Me" Columbia SevenOne2012 Pet Shop Boys "A Face Like That" Parlophone2012 Marina Diamandis "Homewrecker" 679/Atlantic2013 Club 8 "Stop Taking My Time" Labrador2013 Pet Shop Boys "Axis" x22013 Pet Shop Boys "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" x22013 Sally Shapiro "All My Life" Paper Bag Records2013 Shit Robot feat. JENR "Feels Real" DFA2014 Todd Terje "Delorean Dynamite" Olsen2014 Orange Caramel "Catallena" Pledis/Kakao M2015 Belle and Sebastian "Enter Sylvia Plath" Matador2017 Dua Lipa "New Rules (Initial Talk Remix)" Warner Records2019 Madonna "God Control" Interscope2020 Jessie Ware "Save a Kiss" Virgin EMI Records2020 Dua Lipa "Physical" Warner Records2020 Jessie Ware "Soul Control" Virgin EMI Records2022 Sally Shapiro "Fading Away" Italians Do It Better2023 Nuovo Testamento "Heat" Avant Records2025Marina Diamandis"Cuntissimo"Queenie Records

Albums 1981: Patrick Cowley – Megatron Man 1982: Patrick Cowley – Mind Warp 1984: Kim Wilde – Teases & Dares 1985: Lime – Unexpected Lovers 1988: Dead or Alive – Nude 1991: Bananarama – Pop Life 1995: Traci Lords – 1000 Fires 2004: Bobby Orlando – I Love Bobby "O" (Volume 1) 2007: Róisín Murphy – Overpowered 2009: Bananarama – Viva 2013: Patrick Cowley – School Daze 2013: Sally Shapiro – "Somewhere Else"

Artists

Abigail A Touch of Class Baccara Bananarama Claudja Barry Biddu Boys Town Gang Bronski Beat Miquel Brown Cappella The Communards Al Corley

Patrick Cowley Dead or Alive Hazell Dean Divine Jason Donovan Erasure Fancy The Flirts Frankie Goes to Hollywood Nicki French Fun Fun Ian Levine Lime Man 2 Man Kelly Marie Giorgio Moroder Alison Moyet Bobby Orlando Paul Parker Roisin Murphy Man Parrish Pet Shop Boys Real McCoy RuPaul Sinitta Jimmy Somerville Stacey Q Stock Aitken Waterman Donna Summer Suzy Q Sylvester Take That Evelyn Thomas Jeanie Tracy Trans-X Jessie Ware Fiachra Trench U.S.U.R.A. Village People The Weather Girls Kim Wilde Viola Wills Tom Wilson

References

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See also List of Eurobeat artists