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 • 2010s) • Albums • References

Songs

1970s

YearArtistOriginSongLabel
1977Donna SummerUnited States"I Feel Love"[1][2][3]Casablanca / GTO
1978Peter Jacques bandItaly"Fly With the Wind"[4]Ariola
1978SylvesterUnited States"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"[1][5][6][7][8]Fantasy

Early 1980s

YearArtistOriginSongLabel
1980Donna SummerUnited States"Sunset People"[9]Casablanca
1981Boys Town GangUnited States"Remember Me / Ain't No Mountain High Enough"[10]Moby Dick
1981Patrick CowleyUnited States"Get a Little"[11]Megatone
1981Patrick CowleyUnited States"Megatron Man"[12]Megatone
1981Patrick CowleyUnited States"Menergy"[8][12][13][14]Fusion
1981Carol JianiNigeria"Hit 'N Run Lover"[15][16]Matra
1982Claudja BarryCanada"Work Me Over"[17]Jupiter
1982Patrick CowleyUnited States"Goin' Home"[14]Megatone
1982Bobby DavenportUnited States"Gimme a Break"Neo
1982DivineUnited States"Native Love (Step By Step)"[18][19]"O"
1982The FlirtsUnited States"Passion"[20]"O"
1982Roni GriffithUnited States"Spys"[21][22]Vanguard
1982LimeCanada"Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonight"[23]Mantra
1982Paul ParkerUnited States"Right on Target"[8][12]Megatone
1982Q-FeelUnited Kingdom"Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)"[24]Jive
1982Donna SummerUnited States"I Feel Love" (Patrick Cowley Remix)[25]Casablanca
1982SylvesterUnited States"Do Ya Wanna Funk"[8][12][13][26][27]London (UK)
1982The Weather GirlsUnited States"It's Raining Men"[28][29][30]CBS (UK)
1982Viola WillsUnited States"Stormy Weather"[31][32]Sunergy
1983Claudja BarryCanada"For Your Love"[33]Personal
1983Miquel BrownCanada"So Many Men, So Little Time"[17][34][35][36]Record Shack
1983Dead or AliveUnited Kingdom"Misty Circles" (Dance Mix)[37]Epic
1983Hazell DeanUnited Kingdom"Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)"[17][29][38]Proto
1983DivineUnited States"Shoot Your Shot"[39]"O"
1983Frankie Goes to HollywoodUnited Kingdom"Relax"[40][41]ZTT
1983New OrderUnited Kingdom"Blue Monday"[42]Factory
1983Le JetéFrance"La Cage Aux Folles"Megatone Records
1983William OnyeaborNigeria"Good Name"[43]Wilfilms
1983SylvesterUnited States"Don't Stop"[12][44]London
1984Agents Aren't AeroplanesUnited Kingdom"The Upstroke"[45]Proto (UK)
1984Bronski BeatUnited Kingdom"Smalltown Boy"[46]London
1984Bronski BeatUnited Kingdom"Why?"[46][47][48]London
1984Jules TropicanaSpain"Welcome"Blanco y Negro
1984Dead or AliveUnited Kingdom"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"[49][50][51][52]Epic
1984Hazell DeanUnited Kingdom"Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)"[45]Proto (UK)
1984DivineUnited States"You Think You're a Man"[19][29][39][45][53]Proto
1984FancyGermany"Get Lost Tonight"[54]Metronome
1984FancyGermany"Slice Me Nice"[55]Metronome
1984The FlirtsUnited States"Helpless (You Took My Love)"[56]Telefon
1984Frankie Goes to HollywoodUnited Kingdom"Two Tribes"[57]ZTT
1984Fun FunItaly"Colour My Love"[17]X-Energy
1984Fun FunItaly"Give Me Your Love"[58]X-Energy
1984Freddie MercuryUnited Kingdom"Love Kills"[59]Columbia
1984SylvesterUnited States"Rock the Box"[13]Megatone
1984Evelyn ThomasUnited States"High Energy"[15][29][34][35][36][60]Record Shack (UK)
1984Kim WildeUnited Kingdom"The Second Time"[61]MCA

Mid to late 1980s

YearArtistOriginSongLabel
1985Bronski BeatUnited Kingdom"Hit That Perfect Beat"[62][63][64]London
1985Bronski BeatUnited Kingdom"Run From Love" / "Hard Rain"[65]London
1985Bronski Beat and Marc AlmondUnited Kingdom"I Feel Love"[7]London
1985DivineUnited States"Walk Like a Man"[66]Proto
1985Madleen KaneSweden"I'm No Angel"[67]TSR
1985Madleen KaneSweden"On Fire"[67]TSR
1985LimeCanada"Unexpected Lovers"[68]Mantra
1985PeppermintGermany"Light a Light (US Remix)"Fellow Music
1985Barbara PenningtonUnited States"Vertigo"[69]Record Shack
1985People Like UsSouth Africa"Reincarnation (Coming Back For Love)"[70]Passion (UK)
1985Maxine „D”Germany"No Time"Fellow Music
1985SinittaUnited Kingdom"So Macho"[71]Fanfare (UK)
1985Suzy QCanada"Computer Music"[15]J.C.
1985TaffyUnited States"I Love My Radio"[72]Ibiza (Italy) / Transglobal (UK)
1985Village PeopleUnited States"Sex Over the Phone"[73][74]Casablanca
1985Betty WrightUnited States"Sinderella"[75]Jamaica
1986BananaramaUnited Kingdom"Venus"[45][76][77]London
1986Jock Hattle BandItaly"To Be Or Nor To Be"Time Records
1986Claudja BarryCanada"Down and Counting"[78]Epic
1986The CommunardsUnited Kingdom"Don't Leave Me This Way"[62][79][80]London
1986Dead or AliveUnited Kingdom"Something In My House"[81]Epic
1986Man 2 Man and Man ParrishUnited States"Male Stripper"[82]Bolts
1986Michael BowUnited States"Freak It Out, Freak It In"Body Beat
1986Micahel BowUnited States"Love & Devotion"ARS Records
1986Stacey QUnited States"Two of Hearts"[83][84]Atlantic
1986Evelyn ThomasUnited States"How Many Hearts"[85]Record Shack
1986Kinky GoItaly"Gimme The Love"BMS Records
1986Kim WildeUnited Kingdom"You Keep Me Hangin' On"[86][87][88]MCA
1987Bona-RiahUnited States"House of the Rising Sun"[49]Rise
1987Michael BowUnited States"One Shot so Hot"Hi-Tension
1987The CommunardsUnited Kingdom"Never Can Say Goodbye"[89]London
1987Kat ManduCanada"Hooked On Voices"Matra
1987John SauliBelgium"Miss Liberty"Hi-Tension
1987Paul LekakisUnited States"Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)"[90][91]ZYX / Polydor
1987Jo-Carol feat. Modern RocketryUnited States"Born To Wild (Into The Future)"Megatone Records
1987Click!Mexico"Duri Duri (Baila Baila)"Musart Records
1987New BaccaraSpain"Call Me Up"[92]Bellaphon
1987Pet Shop BoysUnited Kingdom"Always on My Mind"[93]Parlophone
1987Damian DaveyUnited Kingdom"I'm A Man"Passion Records
1987Damian DaveyUnited Kingdom"Sound so Fine"Passion Records
1987TaffyUnited States"Step by Step"[94]Transglobal
1987Kylie MinogueAustralia"I Should Be So Lucky"[95]PWL
1988ErasureUnited Kingdom"Knocking on Your Door"[96][97]Mute / Sire
1988ErasureUnited Kingdom"Stop!"[96][97]Mute / Sire
1988Kylie MinogueAustralia"The Loco-Motion"[98]PWL
1988New BaccaraSpain"Fantasy Boy"[92]Bellaphon
1988QuantizeUnited Kingdom"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"[49]Passion
1989BoyItaly"Broken Wings"[49]Flea
1989Eartha Kitt and Bronski BeatUnited States
United Kingdom		"Cha Cha Heels"[99]Arista
1989New BaccaraSpain"Touch Me"[92]Bellaphon
1989QuantizeUnited Kingdom"You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"[49]Passion
1989Donna SummerUnited States"I Don't Wanna Get Hurt"[100]Warner Bros.
1989Donna SummerUnited States"This Time I Know It's for Real"[100][101][102]Warner Bros.
1989Donna SummerUnited States"Whatever Your Heart Desires"[100]Atlantic / PWL

1990s

YearArtistOriginSongLabel
1990QuantizeUnited Kingdom"Stop! In the Name of Love"[49]Passion
1991Pet Shop BoysUnited Kingdom"Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)"[93][103][104]Parlophone / EMI
1991Quantize feat. AdrienneUnited Kingdom"Yesterday Once More"[49]Passion
1992ErasureUnited Kingdom"Take a Chance on Me"[105][106]Mute
1993AbigailUnited Kingdom"Constant Craving"[107]ZYX
1993AbigailUnited Kingdom"Losing My Religion"[108]ZYX
1993CappellaItaly"U Got 2 Know"[109]ZYX
1993CappellaItaly"U Got 2 Let the Music"[109]ZYX
1993Frankie Goes to HollywoodUnited Kingdom"Relax" (Jam & Spoon HI N-R-G Remix)[110]ZTT
1994AbigailUnited Kingdom"Smells Like Teen Spirit"[107][111]ZYX
1994BlurUnited Kingdom"Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys 12" Remix)[112]Food / Parlophone
1994CappellaItaly"Move on Baby"[109]ZYX
1994FancyGermany"Long Way to Paradise"[113]Koch International
1994FancyGermany"Wait by the Radio"[113]Koch International
1994Nicki FrenchUnited Kingdom"Total Eclipse of the Heart"[114][115]Bags of Fun / Mega
1995Nicki FrenchUnited Kingdom"Did You Ever Really Love Me"[116]Love This
1995Nicki FrenchUnited Kingdom"For All We Know"[114]Bags of Fun
1995KarelUnited States"Live to Tell"[117]Jellybean
1995Outta ControlCanada"Tonight It's Party Time"[118]Interhit
1996Gina GAustralia"Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"[119][120]Eternal
1996JohnnaUnited States"Do What You Feel"[121]PWL International
1997Miquel BrownCanada"It's a Sin"[122]Infinity
1997CappellaItaly"Be My Baby"[123]ZYX
1997France JoliCanada"Breakaway"[124]Jellybean
1997KarelUnited States"I Am"[125]Jellybean
1997Pet Shop BoysUnited Kingdom"Somewhere"[126]Parlophone / Atlantic

2000s

YearArtistOriginSongLabel
2000A Touch of Class (ATC)Germany"Around the World (La La La La La)"[127]King Size
2003The KnifeSweden"Listen Now"[128][129]Rabid
2004Jimmy SomervilleScotland"Come On"[130]Sony BMG
2006Moby feat. Debbie HarryUnited States"New York, New York"[131]Mute
2007Bloc PartyUnited Kingdom"Flux"[132]Wichita
2007Sophie Ellis-BextorUnited Kingdom"China Heart"[133][134]Fascination
2007Róisín MurphyRepublic of Ireland"Cry Baby"[135]EMI
2007Britney SpearsUnited States"Heaven on Earth"[136][137]Jive / Zomba
2008AnastaciaUnited States"Heavy Rotation"[138][139]Mercury
2008Donna SummerUnited States"I'm a Fire"[140]Burgundy
2009BananaramaUnited Kingdom"Dum Dum Boy"[141]Fascination
2009BananaramaUnited Kingdom"Love Comes"[142][143]Fascination
2009Silver ColumnsUnited Kingdom"Brow Beaten"[144]Silver Columns

2010s

YearArtistOriginSongLabel
2011Britney SpearsUnited States"I Wanna Go"[145]Jive
2011RihannaUnited States"S&M"[146]Def Jam / SRP
2011Kim WildeUnited Kingdom"Remember Me"[147]Columbia SevenOne
2012Pet Shop BoysUnited Kingdom"A Face Like That"[148]Parlophone
2013Club 8Sweden"Stop Taking My Time"[149][150]Labrador
2013Pet Shop BoysUnited Kingdom"Axis"[151][152]x2
2013Pet Shop BoysUnited Kingdom"Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"[153][154]x2
2013Shit Robot feat. JENRRepublic of Ireland
United States		"Feels Real"[155][156]DFA
2014Todd TerjeNorway"Delorean Dynamite"[157]Olsen
2015Belle and SebastianScotland"Enter Sylvia Plath"[158]Matador

Albums

Artists

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