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.

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

Songs

1970s

Year	Artist	Song	Label
1977	Donna Summer	"I Feel Love"[1][2][3]	Casablanca / GTO
1977	Amanda Lear	"Queen of Chinatown"[4]	Ariola
1978	Peter Jacques band	"Fly With the Wind"[5]	Ariola
	Sylvester	"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"[1][6][7][8][9]	Fantasy
1979	Jessica Williams	"They Call Me the Queen of Fools"[10]	Polydor

Early 1980s

Year	Artist	Song	Label
1980	Donna Summer	"Sunset People"[11]	Casablanca
	Viola Wills	"If You Could Read My Mind"[12]	Hansa
1981	Boys Town Gang	"Remember Me / Ain't No Mountain High Enough"[13]	Moby Dick
	Patrick Cowley	"Get a Little"[14]	Megatone
	Patrick Cowley	"Megatron Man"[15]	Megatone
	Patrick Cowley	"Menergy"[9][15][16][17]	Fusion
	Carol Jiani	"Hit 'N Run Lover"[18][19]	Matra
	Lime	"Your Love"[20]	Matra
1982	Claudja Barry	"Work Me Over"[21]	Jupiter
	Patrick Cowley	"Goin' Home"[17]	Megatone
	Divine	"Native Love (Step By Step)"[22][23]	"O"
	The Flirts	"Passion"[24]	"O"
	Roni Griffith	"Spys"[25][26]	Vanguard
	Lime	"Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonight"[27]	Mantra
	Nazia Hassan	"Boom Boom"[28]	HMV India
	Man Parrish	"Heatstroke"[9]	Rams Horn
	Paul Parker	"Right on Target"[9][15]	Megatone
	Q-Feel	"Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)"[29]	Jive
	Donna Summer	"I Feel Love" (Patrick Cowley Remix)[30]	Casablanca
	Sylvester	"Do Ya Wanna Funk"[9][15][16][31][32]	Megatone
	The Weather Girls	"It's Raining Men"[33][34][35]	CBS (UK)
	Viola Wills	"Stormy Weather"[36][37]	Sunergy
1983	Claudja Barry	"For Your Love"[38]	Personal
	Miquel Brown	"So Many Men, So Little Time"[21][39][40][41]	Record Shack
	Dead or Alive	"Misty Circles" (Dance Mix)[42]	Epic
	Hazell Dean	"Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)"[21][34][43]	Proto
	Divine	"Shoot Your Shot"[44]	"O"
	Fun Fun	"Happy Station"[9]	X-Energy
	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	"Relax"[45][46]	ZTT
	New Order	"Blue Monday"[47]	Factory
	William Onyeabor	"Good Name"[48]	Wilfilms
	Sylvester	"Don't Stop"[15][49]	Megatone
	Trans-X (Pascal Languirand)	"Living on Video"[citation needed]	Polydor Records

Mid- to late 1980s

Year	Artist	Song	Label
1984	Agents Aren't Aeroplanes	"The Upstroke"[50]	Proto (UK)
1984	Bronski Beat	"Smalltown Boy"[51]	London
1984	Bronski Beat	"Why?"[51][52][53]	London
1984	Dead or Alive	"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"[54][55][56][57]	Epic
1984	Hazell Dean	"Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)"[50]	Proto (UK)
1984	Divine	"You Think You're a Man"[23][34][44][50][58]	Proto
1984	Fancy	"Get Lost Tonight"[59]	Metronome
1984	Fancy	"Slice Me Nice"[60]	Metronome
1984	The Flirts	"Helpless (You Took My Love)"[61]	Telefon
1984	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	"Two Tribes"[62]	ZTT
1984	Fun Fun	"Colour My Love"[21]	X-Energy
1984	Fun Fun	"Give Me Your Love"[63]	X-Energy
1984	Sylvester	"Rock the Box"[16]	Megatone
1984	Evelyn Thomas	"High Energy"[18][34][39][40][41][64]	Record Shack (UK)
1984	Kim Wilde	"The Second Time"[65]	MCA
1984	Kim Wilde	"The Touch"	MCA
1985	Bronski Beat	"Hit That Perfect Beat"[66][67][68]	London
1985	Alaska y Dinarama	"Un hombre de verdad"[69]	Hispavox
1985	Bronski Beat	"Run from Love" / "Hard Rain"[70]	London
1985	Bronski Beat and Marc Almond	"I Feel Love"[8]	London
1985	Divine	"Walk Like a Man"[71]	Proto
1985	Madleen Kane	"I'm No Angel"[72]	TSR
1985	New Order	"Sub-culture"[73]	Factory Records
1985	Madleen Kane	"On Fire"[72]	TSR
1985	Lime	"Unexpected Lovers"[74]	Mantra
1985	Barbara Pennington	"Vertigo"[75]	Record Shack
1985	People Like Us	"Reincarnation (Coming Back For Love)"[76]	Passion (UK)
1985	Sinitta	"So Macho"[77]	Fanfare (UK)
1985	Suzy Q	"Computer Music"[18]	J.C.
1985	Taffy	"I Love My Radio"[78]	Ibiza (Italy) / Transglobal (UK)
1985	Village People	"Sex Over the Phone"[79][80]	Casablanca
1985	Betty Wright	"Sinderella"[81]	Jamaica
1986	Bananarama	"Venus"[50][82][83]	London
1986	Claudja Barry	"Down and Counting"[84]	Epic
1986	The Communards	"Don't Leave Me This Way"[66][85][86]	London
1986	Alaska y Dinarama	"¿A quien le importa?"[87][88][89]	Hispavox
1986	Dead or Alive	"Something in My House"[90]	Epic
1986	Man 2 Man and Man Parrish	"Male Stripper"[91]	Bolts
1986	Stacey Q	"Two of Hearts"[92][93]	Atlantic
1986	Evelyn Thomas	"How Many Hearts"[94]	Record Shack
1986	Kim Wilde	"You Keep Me Hangin' On"[95][96][97]	MCA
1987	Bona-Riah	"House of the Rising Sun"[54]	Rise
1987	The Communards	"Never Can Say Goodbye"[98]	London
1987	Paul Lekakis	"Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)"[99][100]	ZYX / Polydor
1987	New Baccara	"Call Me Up"[101]	Bellaphon
1987	Click	"Duri Duri (Baila Baila)"[102]	Discos Musart
1987	Pet Shop Boys	"Always on My Mind"[103]	Parlophone
1987	Taffy	"Step by Step"[104]	Transglobal
1987	Kylie Minogue	"I Should Be So Lucky"[105]	PWL
1988	Erasure	"Knocking on Your Door"[106][107]	Mute / Sire
1988	Erasure	"Stop!"[106][107]	Mute / Sire
1988	Kylie Minogue	"The Loco-Motion"[108]	PWL
1988	New Baccara	"Fantasy Boy"[101]	Bellaphon
1988	Quantize	"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"[54]	Passion
1989	Boy	"Broken Wings"[54]	Flea
1989	Eartha Kitt and Bronski Beat	"Cha Cha Heels"[109]	Arista
1989	New Baccara	"Touch Me"[101]	Bellaphon
1989	Quantize	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"[54]	Passion
1989	Donna Summer	"I Don't Wanna Get Hurt"[110]	Warner Bros.
1989	Donna Summer	"This Time I Know It's for Real"[110][111][112]	Warner Bros.
1989	Donna Summer	"Whatever Your Heart Desires"[110]	Atlantic / PWL

1990s

Year	Artist	Song	Label
1990	Quantize	"Stop! In the Name of Love"[54]	Passion
1991	Pet Shop Boys	"Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)"[103][113][114]	Parlophone / EMI
1991	Quantize feat. Adrienne	"Yesterday Once More"[54]	Passion
1992	Erasure	"Take a Chance on Me"[115][116]	Mute
1993	Abigail	"Constant Craving"[117]	ZYX
1993	Abigail	"Losing My Religion"[118]	ZYX
1993	Cappella	"U Got 2 Know"[119]	ZYX
1993	Cappella	"U Got 2 Let the Music"[119]	ZYX
1993	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	"Relax" (Jam & Spoon HI N-R-G Remix)[120]	ZTT
1993	Real McCoy	"Another Night"[121]	Hansa
1994	Abigail	"Smells Like Teen Spirit"[117][122]	ZYX
1994	Blur	"Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys 12" Remix)[123]	Food / Parlophone
1994	Cappella	"Move on Baby"[119]	ZYX
1994	Kym Mazelle & Jocelyn Brown	"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"[124]	Arista
1994	Fancy	"Long Way to Paradise"[125]	Koch International
1994	Fancy	"Wait by the Radio"[125]	Koch International
1994	Nicki French	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"[126][127]	Bags of Fun / Mega
1995	Nicki French	"Did You Ever Really Love Me"[128]	Love This
1995	Nicki French	"For All We Know"[126]	Bags of Fun
1995	Karel	"Live to Tell"[129]	Jellybean
1995	Outta Control	"Tonight It's Party Time"[130]	Interhit
1996	Gina G	"Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"[131][132]	Eternal
1996	Johnna	"Do What You Feel"[133]	PWL International
1997	Miquel Brown	"It's a Sin"[134]	Infinity
1997	Cappella	"Be My Baby"[135]	ZYX
1997	France Joli	"Breakaway"[136]	Jellybean
1997	Karel	"I Am"[137]	Jellybean
1997	Pet Shop Boys	"Somewhere"[138]	Parlophone / Atlantic

2000s

Year	Artist	Song	Label
2000	A Touch of Class (ATC)	"Around the World (La La La La La)"[139]	King Size
2003	The Knife	"Listen Now"[140][141]	Rabid
2004	Jimmy Somerville	"Come On"[142]	Sony BMG
2005	Scissor Sisters	"Filthy/Gorgeous"[143]	Universal (US) Polydor (worldwide)
2005	Madonna	"Hung Up"[144]	Warner
2005	Madonna	"Future Lovers"[145]	Warner Records
2006	Moby feat. Debbie Harry	"New York, New York"[146]	Mute
2007	Bloc Party	"Flux"[147]	Wichita
2007	Sophie Ellis-Bextor	"China Heart"[148][149]	Fascination
2007	Róisín Murphy	"Cry Baby"[150]	EMI
2007	Britney Spears	"Heaven on Earth"[151][152]	Jive / Zomba
2008	Anastacia	"Heavy Rotation"[153][154]	Mercury
2008	Donna Summer	"I'm a Fire"[155]	Burgundy
2009	Bananarama	"Dum Dum Boy"[156]	Fascination
2009	Bananarama	"Love Comes"[157][158]	Fascination
2009	Sally Shapiro	"Save Your Love"[159]	Permanent Vacation
2009	Shakira	"She Wolf"[160]	Epic
2009	Silver Columns	"Brow Beaten"[161]	Silver Columns
2009	Selena Gomez & the Scene	"Naturally"[162]	Hollywood

2010s & 2020s

Year	Artist	Song	Label
2011	Britney Spears	"I Wanna Go"[163]	Jive
2011	Rihanna	"S&M"[164]	Def Jam / SRP
2011	Katy Perry	"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"[165][166]	Capitol
2011	Kim Wilde	"Remember Me"[167]	Columbia SevenOne
2012	Pet Shop Boys	"A Face Like That"[168]	Parlophone
2012	Marina Diamandis	"Homewrecker"[169]	679/Atlantic
2013	Club 8	"Stop Taking My Time"[170][171]	Labrador
2013	Pet Shop Boys	"Axis"[172][173]	x2
2013	Pet Shop Boys	"Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"[174][175]	x2
2013	Sally Shapiro	"All My Life"[176]	Paper Bag Records
2013	Shit Robot feat. JENR	"Feels Real"[177][178]	DFA
2014	Todd Terje	"Delorean Dynamite"[179]	Olsen
2014	Orange Caramel	"Catallena"[180]	Pledis/Kakao M
2015	Belle and Sebastian	"Enter Sylvia Plath"[181]	Matador
2017	Katy Perry	"Roulette"[182]	Capitol Records
2017	Dua Lipa	"New Rules (Initial Talk Remix)"[183]	Warner Records
2019	Madonna	"God Control"[184]	Interscope
2019	Dua Lipa	"Don't Start Now"[185]	Warner Records
2020	Jessie Ware	"Save a Kiss"[186]	Virgin EMI Records
2020	Dua Lipa	"Physical"[187]	Warner Records
2020	Jessie Ware	"Soul Control"[188]	Virgin EMI Records
2020	Dua Lipa	"Levitating"[189]	Warner Records
2022	Sally Shapiro	"Fading Away"[190]	Italians Do It Better
2023	Nuovo Testamento	"Heat"[191]	Avant Records

Albums

• 1981: Patrick Cowley – Megatron Man^[30]
• 1982: Patrick Cowley – Mind Warp^[30]
• 1984: Kim Wilde – Teases & Dares^[192]
• 1985: Lime – Unexpected Lovers^[193]
• 1988: Dead or Alive – Nude^[194]
• 1991: Bananarama – Pop Life^[195]
• 1995: Traci Lords – 1000 Fires^[196]
• 2004: Bobby Orlando – I Love Bobby "O" (Volume 1)^[197]
• 2007: Róisín Murphy – Overpowered^[198][199]
• 2009: Bananarama – Viva^[200]
• 2013: Patrick Cowley – School Daze^[15]
• 2013: Sally Shapiro – "Somewhere Else"^[201][176]

Artists

• Abigail^[117]
• A Touch of Class^[139]
• Baccara^[101]
• Bananarama^{[112][195][202]}
• Claudja Barry^[203][204]
• Biddu^[205]
• Boys Town Gang^[206]
• Bronski Beat^[207][208]
• Miquel Brown^{[134][209][210]}
• Cappella^[211]
• The Communards^[212]
• Al Corley^[213]

• Patrick Cowley^{[1][15][214][215]}
• Dead or Alive^{[50][84][216][217]}
• Hazell Dean^[218][219]
• Divine^{[44][208][220]}
• Jason Donovan^[112]
• Erasure^[221][222]
• Fancy^[223]
• The Flirts^[224]
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood^{[208][225][226][227]}
• Nicki French^[228]
• Fun Fun^[229]
• Ian Levine^{[39][230][231][232]}
• Lime^[74][193]
• Man 2 Man^[233]
• Kelly Marie^[234][235]
• Giorgio Moroder^[1]
• Alison Moyet^[18]
• Bobby Orlando^{[24][197][236]}
• Paul Parker^[72]
• Roisin Murphy^[237]
• Man Parrish^[238]
• Pet Shop Boys^{[18][172][239]}
• Real McCoy^[240][228]
• RuPaul^[241]
• Sinitta^[242]
• Jimmy Somerville^[243]
• Stacey Q^[244]
• Stock Aitken Waterman^{[50][245][246]}
• Donna Summer^[18][112]
• Suzy Q^[18]
• Sylvester^[6][18][209]
• Take That^{[247][248][249]}
• Evelyn Thomas^{[208][250][251][210]}
• Jeanie Tracy^[252]
• Trans-X^[253]
• Jessie Ware^[186]
• Fiachra Trench^[254]
• U.S.U.R.A.^[255]
• Village People^[18]
• The Weather Girls^[18][256]
• Kim Wilde^[192]
• Viola Wills^[257]
• Tom Wilson^[52]