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. A few Eurodance and Eurobeat songs are also included. Songs by non-Hi NRG artists are included too.

Songs

1970s

Year	Artist	Origin	Song	Label
1977	Donna Summer		I Feel Love[1][2]	Casablanca / GTO Records
1978	Sylvester		You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)[2]	Fantasy
1978	Sylvester		Dance (Disco Heat)	Fantasy
1979	Yvonne Elliman		Love Pains	Ramshorn Records
1979	Claudja Barry		Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes	Chrysalis (US)

1980s

Year	Artist	Origin	Song	Label
1980	Peter Brown		It Can't Be Love (But Do It To Me Anyway)	TK Records
1980	Donna Summer		Sunset People	Casablanca
1980	Kelly Marie		Feels Like I'm in Love	Pye Records Calibre + Plus!
1980	Linda Clifford		Bridge over Troubled Water	RSO
1980	Viola Wills		Up on the Roof	Ariola
1980	Barbie & the Kens		Just a Gigolo	"O" Records
1980	Kano		Super Extra Sexy Sign	Emergency (US)
1980	Viola Wills		If You Could Read My Mind	Ariola
1980	Ferrara		Love Eyes	Siamese Records
1981	Patrick Cowley		Megatron Man	Megatone Records
1981	Roni Griffith		Desire	Vanguard
1981	Lime		Your Love	Mantra Records
1981	Kelly Marie		Lovin' Just For Fun	Calibre
1981	Ferrara		Love Attack	Siamese Records
1982	Paul Parker		Right on Target	Megatone Records
1982	Bobby O		I'm So Hot For You	"O" Records
1982	The Flirts		Passion[3]	"O" Records
1982	Divine		Native Love[4]	"O" Records
1982	Roni Griffith		(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up	Vanguard
1982	Sylvester & Patrick Cowley		Do Ya Wanna Funk?[3][5]	London Records (UK)
1982	Lime		Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonight[3]	Mantra Records
1982	The Nolans		Crashing Down	Epic
1982	Bobby O		She Has a Way	"O" Records
1982	Sharon Redd		In The Name Of Love (Remix)	Canadian Prelude
1982	The Weather Girls		It's Raining Men	CBS (UK)
1982	Scherrie Payne		Medley:I'm Not in Love / Girl, You're In Love	Altair (USA) / Record Shack (UK)
1983	Rhetta Hughes		Angel Man (G.A.)	Aria
1983	Lama		Love Is On The Rocks	Carrere
1983	New Order		Blue Monday	Factory
1983	Miquel Brown	/	So Many Men, So Little Time[6]	Record Shack
1983	Sylvester		Don't Stop	London Records
1983	Divine		Shoot Your Shot[4][7]	"O" Records
1983	Eartha Kitt		Where Is My Man	Record Shack Records
1983	Pamala Stanley		I Don't Want To Talk About It	Komander (US)
1983	Forrest		Rock the Boat	CBS (UK)
1983	The Flirtations	/	Earthquake	Siam/Proto (UK)
1983	Lime		On The Grid / Angel Eyes	Mantra Records
1983	Sylvester		Band of Gold	London Records (UK)
1983	Celi Bee		I'm Free	Paris International (US)
1983	Miquel Brown	/	He's A Saint, He's A Sinner	Record Shack (UK)
1983	Paul Parker		Shot In The Night	Megatone (US)
1983	Vicki Sue Robinson		To Sir With Love	Profile (US)
1983	Sharon Redd		Love How You Feel	Prelude
1983	Amanda Lear		Love Your Body	Ariola
1983	Lime		Guilty	Mantra Records
1983	Divine		Love Reaction	Design Communications (UK)
1983	Oh Romeo		These Memories / Goin' Cruisin'	Bobcat
1983	Divine		Shake It Up	Design Communications (UK)
1983	Kelly Marie		I'm On Fire	Calibre
1983	Michael Sembello		Maniac	Casablanca
1983	Technos		Foreign Land	PRT (UK)
1983	The Flirts		Danger	Unidisc
1983	Hazell Dean		Searchin' (I Gotta Find A Man)[8]	Proto
1983	Barbara Mason		Another Man	Streetwave (UK)
1983	Trans-X		Living on Video[9]	Polydor
1983	Frankie Goes to Hollywood		Relax	ZTT
1984	Animotion		Obsession	Mercury Records
1984	Bronski Beat		Smalltown Boy[8][10]	London
1984	Bronski Beat		Why?[10]	London
1984	Vicious Pink		Cccan't You See	Parlophone
1984	Evelyn Thomas		High Energy[8][6]	Record Shack (UK)
1984	Freddie Mercury		Love Kills	Columbia
1984	Technos		Nighttime Heaven	PRT (UK)
1984	Pointer Sisters		Jump (for My Love)	RCA
1984	Hazell Dean		Evergreen / Jealous Love	Proto (UK)
1984	Miquel Brown	/	Black Leather	Record Shack (UK)
1984	Kelly Marie		Breakout	Calibre
1984	Oh Romeo		Once Is Not Enough / Light Of Love	Oh My!
1984	Pamala Stanley		Coming Out Of Hiding	Casablanca
1984	Evelyn Thomas		Masquerade	Record Shack (UK)
1984	Evelyn Thomas		Second Best	Record Shack (UK)
1984	Jackson Moore & Jimmy Ruffin		I'm Gonna Love You Forever	ERC (UK)
1984	Hot Gossip		Break Me Into Little Pieces	Fanfare (UK)
1984	Hot Gossip		Don't Beat About The Bush	Fanfare (UK)
1984	Fun Fun		Colour My Love	X-Energy
1984	Paul Parker		Desire	Megatone (US)
1984	Frankie Goes to Hollywood		Two Tribes[9]	ZTT
1984	Divine		You Think You're A Man[4][7]	Proto
1984	Dead or Alive		You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)[8][11][12]	Epic
1984	Divine		I'm So Beautiful	Proto
1984	Sheryl Lee Ralph		In The Evening	Record Shack (UK)
1984	Earlene Bentley & Sylvester		Stargazing	Record Shack (UK)
1985	Claudja Barry & Bobby O		From A Whisper To A Scream	Meno Vision
1985	Al Corley		Cold Dresses	Mercury
1984	Bronski Beat		Hit That Perfect Beat[13][14]	London
1985	Lime		Unexpected Lovers	Mantra Records
1985	Evelyn Thomas		Reflections	Record Shack (UK)
1985	Evelyn Thomas		Sorry, Wrong Number	Record Shack (UK)
1985	Laura Branigan		Spanish Eddie	Atlantic
1985	E.G. Daily		Love in The Shadows	A&M
1985	Sylvester		Take Me To Heaven Sex	Megatone (US) Cooltempo (UK)
1985	Jackie Rawe		I Believe In Dreams	Fanfare (UK)
1985	Dead or Alive		Lover Come Back to Me	Epic
1985	Hazell Dean		They Say It's Gonna Rain	Parlophone
1985	Den Harrow		Future Brain	Ariola
1985	Phyllis Nelson		I Like You	Carrere
1985	Divine		Walk Like A Man Twistin' the Night Away Hard Magic	Proto
1985	Amanda Lear		No Credit Card	Merak Music
1985	Pearly Gates		Action	Funkin' Marvellous
1985	Dead or Alive		My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)[9]	Epic
1985 1986	Sinitta		So Macho	Fanfare (UK)
1985 1986	Taffy	/	I Love My Radio (Midnight Radio) I Love My Radio (DJ Radio)	Ibiza (Italy) Transglobal (UK)
1986	Mel and Kim		Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)	RCA
1986	Alaska y Dinarama		A quién le importa	EMI
1986	Stacey Q		Two of Hearts[3]	Atlantic
1986	Max Coveri		One More Time	Fuori Di Testi
1986	Rose Laurens		Quand Tu Pas (American Love)	WEA
1986	Fancy		After Midnight	Metronome
1986	Stacey Q		We Connect	Atlantic
1986	Man 2 Man & Man Parrish		Male Stripper	Bolts Records
1986	Evelyn Thomas		Tightrope	Nightmare (UK)
1986	Viola Wills		Both Sides Now	Streetwave
1986	Bananarama		Venus	London Records
1986	Eartha Kitt		This Is My Life	Record Shack Records
1986	Man 2 Man		I Need A Man/Energy Is Eurobeat	Bolts Records
1986	New Order		Bizarre Love Triangle	Factory
1986	Linda Lusardi		Eye Contact	Polo (UK)
1986	Kiki Dee		Another Day Comes (Another Day Goes)	Nightmare (UK)
1986	People Like Us		Midnight Lover	Passion (UK)
1986	Kim Wilde		You Keep Me Hangin' On	MCA
1986	Bananarama		More Than Physical	London Records
1986	The Communards		Don't Leave Me This Way[13][15]	London Records
1986	Bertice Reading		You're Gonna Suffer	Sublime (UK)
1986	People Like Us featuring Cindy Dickenson		Deliverance	Passion (UK)
1986	Dead or Alive		Brand New Lover	Epic
1987	E.G. Daily		Mind Over Matter	A&M
1987	Laura Branigan		Shattered Glass	Atlantic
1987	Mel and Kim		Respectable	Supreme
1987	Sinitta		Toy Boy	Fanfare (UK)
1987	The Communards		Never Can Say Goodbye	London Records
1987	Evelyn Thomas		No Win Situation	Nightmare (UK)
1987	Jessica Williams & Man 2 Man		These Boots Are Made for Walkin'	Polydor
1987	Debbie Harry		In Love With Love	Chrysalis
1987	Paul Lekakis		Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)	ZYX/Polydor
1987	Fun Fun		Baila Bolero	X-Energy
1987	Sinitta		GTO	Fanfare (UK)
1987	Eartha Kitt		I Don't Care	Scorpio Records
1987	Raquel Welch		This Girl's Back In Town	CBS
1987	Desireless		Voyage, voyage	Columbia
1987	C. C. Catch		Soul Survivor	Hansa
1987	Bananarama		I Heard a Rumour	London
1987	Fun Fun		Gimme Some Loving	X-Energy
1987	Sabrina		Boys (Summertime Love)	Baby
1987	Eddy Huntington		Meet My Friend	Passion (UK)
1987	Dead or Alive		Something In My House	Epic
1988	Kylie Minogue		The Loco-Motion	PWL
1988	Hazell Dean		Who's leaving Who?	Parlophone
1988	Kylie Minogue		Got to Be Certain	PWL
1988	Donna Summer		All Systems Go (Remix)	Warner Bros. Records
1988	Kelly Marie		Halfway To Paradise	Passion Records
1988	Dollar		It's Natures Way (No Problem)	London
1988	Hazell Dean		Maybe (we Should Call It A Day)	Parlophone
1988	Kylie Minogue		I Should Be So Lucky	PWL
1988	C. C. Catch		Backseat Of Your Cadillac	Hansa
1988	Desireless		John	Columbia
1988	Divine		Hey You	Trax Records
1988	Lime		A Brand New Day	Unidisc
1988	Bananarama		Love In The First Degree (Eurobeat Style)	London
1988	Kim Wilde		You Came	MCA
1988	Baccara		Fantasy Boy[16]	Bellaphon Records
1988	Kim Wilde		Never Trust a Stranger	MCA
1988	Hazell Dean		Turn It Into Love	Parlophone
1988	BaBe		I Don't Know	Pony Canyon
1988	Bananarama		I Want You Back	London
1988	Stacey Q		I Love You (Album Version)[17]	Atlantic
1989	Donna Summer		Love's About To Change My Heart	Warner Bros. Records
1989	Baccara		Touch Me[16]	Bellaphon Records
1989	Dead or Alive		Baby Don't Say Goodbye	Epic
1989	Hazell Dean		Love Pains	Lisson
1989	Donna Summer		This Time I Know It's For Real	Warner Bros. Records

1990s

Year	Artist	Origin	Song	Label
1990	Kylie Minogue		Better The Devil You Know	PWL
1991	Kylie Minogue		What Do I have To Do	PWL
1991	Kylie Minogue		Shocked	PWL
1992	2 Unlimited		Workaholic	Byte Records (BLG)
1993	2 Unlimited		No Limit	Byte Records (BLG)
1994	Namie Amuro (安室奈美恵)		Try Me ~ Watashi wo Shinjite ~ (NEW ALBUM MIX)	Avex Trax
1994	2 Unlimited		Let the Beat Control Your Body	Byte Records (BLG)
1994	La Bouche		Be My Lover	RCA (U.S.)
1994	2 Unlimited		Info Superhighway	Byte Records (BLG)
1994	La Bouche		Sweet Dreams	RCA (U.S.)
1995	Megumi Hayashibara & Masami Okui		Kujikenaikara! (Never Give Up)	Star Child
1995	Bananarama		Every Shade of Blue	X Energy
1995	Namie Amuro (安室奈美恵)		GO!GO! ~ Yume no Hayasade ~	Avex Trax
1995 1996	MAX		Seventies	Avex Trax
1995	2 Unlimited		Here I Go	Byte Records (BLG)
1995	Donna Summer		Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved)	Warner Bros. Records
1996	Nobuyuki Hiyama Megumi Ogata		WILD WIND	Pony Canyon
1996	Gina G		Ooh Ahh..Just A Little Bit	Eternal Records
1996	Culture Beat		Take Me Away	Sony
1997	Max Coveri		Running In The 90s	Avex Trax
1998	Max Coveri		Golden Age	Avex Trax
1998	Niko (Max Coveri)		Made Of Fire / Night Of Fire	Delta
1998	Madonna		Ray of Light	Maverick Warner Bros.
1999	Donna Summer		I Will Go With You	Epic

2000s

Year	Artist	Origin	Song	Label
2001	Daft Punk		Superheroes	Virgin
2001	Donna Summer		Love Is the Healer	Epic
2004	Laura Branigan		Gloria 2004	Atlantic
2005	Yoko Ishida		Tank! (Cowboy Bebop) (from Para Para Max US Mix 2)	Geneon
2006	Deadmau5		8bit	ZOOLOOK
2006	Kavinsky		Testarossa Autodrive	Record Makers
2007	Robyn/Kleerup		With Every Heartbeat	Konichiwa
2008	Lady Gaga		Disco Heaven	Interscope
2009	MilkyWay		Tan Tan Taan! / Gamusharara	Zetima
2009	Annie		Songs Remind Me of You	Smalltown Supersound
2009	Katy Perry		Waking Up in Vegas	Capitol

2010s

Year	Artist	Origin	Song	Label
2011	Britney Spears		I Wanna Go[18]	Jive Records
2011	Lady Gaga		Government Hooker[19]	Interscope Records
2011	Katy Perry		Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	EMI
2013	Futurecop!		Atlantis 1997 feat. Cavaliers of Fun	Cliche Musique

Albums

• 1978: Sylvester – Step II (Fantasy, US)^[20]
• 1982: Sylvester – Do Ya Wanna Funk (Unidisc, US)^[21]
• 1983: Miquel Brown – Manpower (Record Shack, UK)^[20]
• 1984: Evelyn Thomas – High Energy (Record Shack, UK)
• 1984: Sylvester – Call Me (Megatone, US)^[22]
• 1984: Hazell Dean – Heart First (Proto, Italy)
• 1985: Miquel Brown – Close To Perfection (Record Shack, UK)
• 1988: Stacey Q – Hard Machine (Atlantic US)^[20]
• 1993: RuPaul – Supermodel of the World^[23]
• 1995: Traci Lords – 1000 Fires^[23]
• 1998: Culture Beat – Metamorphosis^[23]

Compilation albums

Selected Hi-NRG albums:

• 1983: VA – Twelve Inches Of Pleasure (Proto, UK)
• 1984: VA – Hi-Energy (Street Sounds, UK)
• 1984: VA – Twelve Inches Of Pleasure - Volume 2 (Proto, UK)
• 1984: VA – Hi-Energy 2 (Street Sounds, UK)
• 1991: VA – Super Eurobeat Presents Tokio Hot Nights (Avex Trax, Japan)
• 1994: VA – Super Eurobeat Vol. 8 - Non-Stop Megamix (Avex Trax, Japan)
• 1996: VA – Hi-NRG '80s Presents New York New York Night Special (Avex Trax, Japan)
• 1997: VA – Super Eurobeat Vol. 79 (Avex Trax, Japan)
• 1998: VA – Super Eurobeat Presents: Hi-NRG 80's (Avex Trax, Japan)
• 1999: VA – Super Eurobeat Vol. 99 (Avex Trax, Japan)
• 2002: VA – Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D Battle Stage (Avex Mode, Japan)
• 2008: VA – Super Eurobeat Vol. 191 ～Enjoy Your Drive～ (Avex Trax, Japan)
• 2008: VA – Eurobeat Masters Vol. 1 ~ 15 (Delta, Italy)

Artists

References

See also

• List of Eurobeat artists