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.

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

1970s

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1977Donna Summer"I Feel Love"[1][2][3]Casablanca / GTO
1978Patrick Hernandez"Born to Be Alive"[4]Aquarius
1978Peter Jacques Band"Fly with the Wind"[5]Ariola
Sylvester"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"[1][6][7][8][9]Fantasy
1979Jessica Williams"They Call Me the Queen of Fools"[10]Polydor
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Early 1980s

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1980Donna Summer"Sunset People"[11]Casablanca
Viola Wills"If You Could Read My Mind"[12]Hansa
1981Boys 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
1982Claudja 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]Saregama-His Master's Voice
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
1983Claudja 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
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Mid- to late 1980s

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1984Agents Aren't Aeroplanes"The Upstroke"[50]Proto (UK)
1984Bronski Beat"Smalltown Boy"[51]London
1984Bronski Beat"Why?"[51][52][53]London
1984Dead or Alive"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"[54][55][56][57]Epic
1984Hazell Dean"Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)"[50]Proto (UK)
1984Divine"You Think You're a Man"[23][34][44][50][58]Proto
1984Fancy"Get Lost Tonight"[59]Metronome
1984Fancy"Slice Me Nice"[60]Metronome
1984The Flirts"Helpless (You Took My Love)"[61]Telefon
1984Frankie Goes to Hollywood"Two Tribes"[62]ZTT
1984Fun Fun"Colour My Love"[21]X-Energy
1984Fun Fun"Give Me Your Love"[63]X-Energy
1984Sylvester"Rock the Box"[16]Megatone
1984Evelyn Thomas"High Energy"[18][34][39][40][41][64]Record Shack (UK)
1984Kim Wilde"The Second Time"[65]MCA
1984Kim Wilde"The Touch"MCA
1985Bronski Beat"Hit That Perfect Beat"[66][67][68]London
1985Alaska y Dinarama"Un hombre de verdad"[69]Hispavox
1985Bronski Beat"Run from Love" / "Hard Rain"[70]London
1985Bronski Beat and Marc Almond"I Feel Love"[8]London
1985Divine"Walk Like a Man"[71]Proto
1985Madleen Kane"I'm No Angel"[72]TSR
1985New Order"Sub-culture"[73]Factory Records
1985Madleen Kane"On Fire"[72]TSR
1985Lime"Unexpected Lovers"[74]Mantra
1985Barbara Pennington"Vertigo"[75]Record Shack
1985People Like Us"Reincarnation (Coming Back For Love)"[76]Passion (UK)
1985Sinitta"So Macho"[77]Fanfare (UK)
1985Suzy Q"Computer Music"[18]J.C.
1985Taffy"I Love My Radio"[78]Ibiza (Italy) / Transglobal (UK)
1985Village People"Sex Over the Phone"[79][80]Casablanca
1985Betty Wright"Sinderella"[81]Jamaica
1986Bananarama"Venus"[50][82][83]London
1986Claudja Barry"Down and Counting"[84]Epic
1986The Communards"Don't Leave Me This Way"[66][85][86]London
1986Alaska y Dinarama"¿A quien le importa?"[87][88][89] Hispavox
1986Dead or Alive"Something in My House"[90]Epic
1986Man 2 Man and Man Parrish"Male Stripper"[91]Bolts
1986Stacey Q"Two of Hearts"[92][93]Atlantic
1986Evelyn Thomas"How Many Hearts"[94]Record Shack
1986Kim Wilde"You Keep Me Hangin' On"[95][96][97]MCA
1987Bona-Riah"House of the Rising Sun"[54]Rise
1987The Communards"Never Can Say Goodbye"[98]London
1987Paul Lekakis"Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)"[99][100]ZYX / Polydor
1987New Baccara"Call Me Up"[101]Bellaphon
1987Click"Duri Duri (Baila Baila)"[102]Discos Musart
1987Pet Shop Boys"Always on My Mind"[103]Parlophone
1987Taffy"Step by Step"[104]Transglobal
1987Taylor Dayne"Tell It to My Heart"[105]Arista
1987Kylie Minogue"I Should Be So Lucky"[106]PWL
1988Erasure"Knocking on Your Door"[107][108]Mute / Sire
1988Kim Wilde"Never Trust a Stranger"[109]MCA
1988Erasure"Stop!"[107][108]Mute / Sire
1988Kylie Minogue"The Loco-Motion"[110]PWL
1988New Baccara"Fantasy Boy"[101]Bellaphon
1988Raffaella Carrà"No pensar en ti"[111]CBS
1988Quantize"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"[54]Passion
1989Boy"Broken Wings"[54]Flea
1989Eartha Kitt and Bronski Beat"Cha Cha Heels"[112]Arista
1989New Baccara"Touch Me"[101]Bellaphon
1989Quantize"You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"[54]Passion
1989Donna Summer"I Don't Wanna Get Hurt"[113]Warner Bros.
1989Donna Summer"This Time I Know It's for Real"[113][114][115]Warner Bros.
1989Donna Summer"Whatever Your Heart Desires"[113]Atlantic / PWL
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1990s

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1990Quantize"Stop! In the Name of Love"[54]Passion
1991Pet Shop Boys"Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)"[103][116][117]Parlophone / EMI
1991Quantize feat. Adrienne"Yesterday Once More"[54]Passion
1992Erasure"Take a Chance on Me"[118][119]Mute
1993Abigail"Constant Craving"[120]ZYX
1993Abigail"Losing My Religion"[121]ZYX
1993Cappella"U Got 2 Know"[122]ZYX
1993Cappella"U Got 2 Let the Music"[122]ZYX
1993Frankie Goes to Hollywood"Relax" (Jam & Spoon HI N-R-G Remix)[123]ZTT
1993Real McCoy"Another Night"[124]Hansa
1994Abigail"Smells Like Teen Spirit"[120][125]ZYX
1994Blur"Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys 12" Remix)[126]Food / Parlophone
1994Cappella"Move on Baby"[122]ZYX
1994Kym Mazelle & Jocelyn Brown"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"[127]Arista
1994Fancy"Long Way to Paradise"[128]Koch International
1994Fancy"Wait by the Radio"[128]Koch International
1994Nicki French"Total Eclipse of the Heart"[129][130]Bags of Fun / Mega
1995Nicki French"Did You Ever Really Love Me"[131]Love This
1995Nicki French"For All We Know"[129]Bags of Fun
1995Karel"Live to Tell"[132]Jellybean
1995Outta Control"Tonight It's Party Time"[133]Interhit
1996Gina G"Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"[134][135]Eternal
1996Johnna"Do What You Feel"[136]PWL International
1997Miquel Brown"It's a Sin"[137]Infinity
1997Cappella"Be My Baby"[138]ZYX
1997France Joli"Breakaway"[139]Jellybean
1997Karel"I Am"[140]Jellybean
1997Pet Shop Boys"Somewhere"[141]Parlophone / Atlantic
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2000s

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2000A Touch of Class (ATC)"Around the World (La La La La La)"[142]King Size
2003The Knife"Listen Now"[143][144]Rabid
2004Jimmy Somerville"Come On"[145]Sony BMG
2005Scissor Sisters"Filthy/Gorgeous"[146]Universal (US)
Polydor (worldwide)
2005Madonna"Hung Up"[147]Warner
2005Madonna"Future Lovers"[148]Warner Records
2006Moby feat. Debbie Harry"New York, New York"[149]Mute
2007Bloc Party"Flux"[150]Wichita
2007Sophie Ellis-Bextor"China Heart"[151][152]Fascination
2007Róisín Murphy"Cry Baby"[153]EMI
2007Britney Spears"Heaven on Earth"[154][155]Jive / Zomba
2008Anastacia"Heavy Rotation"[156][157]Mercury
2008Donna Summer"I'm a Fire"[158]Burgundy
2009Bananarama"Dum Dum Boy"[159]Fascination
2009Bananarama"Love Comes"[160][161]Fascination
2009Sally Shapiro"Save Your Love"[162]Permanent Vacation
2009Shakira"She Wolf"[163]Epic
2009Silver Columns"Brow Beaten"[164]Silver Columns
2009Selena Gomez & the Scene"Naturally"[165]Hollywood
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2010s & 2020s

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2011Britney Spears"I Wanna Go"[166]Jive
2011Rihanna"S&M"[167]Def Jam / SRP
2011Katy Perry"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"[168][169]Capitol
2011Kim Wilde"Remember Me"[170]Columbia SevenOne
2012Pet Shop Boys"A Face Like That"[171]Parlophone
2012Marina Diamandis"Homewrecker"[172]679/Atlantic
2013Club 8"Stop Taking My Time"[173][174]Labrador
2013Pet Shop Boys"Axis"[175][176]x2
2013Pet Shop Boys"Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"[177][178]x2
2013Sally Shapiro"All My Life"[179]Paper Bag Records
2013Shit Robot feat. JENR"Feels Real"[180][181]DFA
2014Todd Terje"Delorean Dynamite"[182]Olsen
2014Orange Caramel"Catallena"[183]Pledis/Kakao M
2015Belle and Sebastian"Enter Sylvia Plath"[184]Matador
2017Dua Lipa"New Rules (Initial Talk Remix)"[185]Warner Records
2019Madonna"God Control"[186]Interscope
2020Jessie Ware"Save a Kiss"[187]Virgin EMI Records
2020Dua Lipa"Physical"[188]Warner Records
2020Jessie Ware"Soul Control"[189]Virgin EMI Records
2022Sally Shapiro"Fading Away"[190]Italians Do It Better
2023Nuovo Testamento"Heat"[191]Avant Records
2025 Marina Diamandis "Cuntissimo"[192] Queenie Records
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