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
1978 Peter Jacques band "Fly With the Wind"[4] Ariola
1978 Sylvester "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"[1][5][6][7][8] Fantasy

Early 1980s

Year Artist Song Label
1980 Donna Summer "Sunset People"[9] Casablanca
1980 Viola Wills "If You Could Read My Mind"[10] Hansa
1981 Boys Town Gang "Remember Me / Ain't No Mountain High Enough"[11] Moby Dick
1981 Patrick Cowley "Get a Little"[12] Megatone
1981 Patrick Cowley "Megatron Man"[13] Megatone
1981 Patrick Cowley "Menergy"[8][13][14][15] Fusion
1981 Carol Jiani "Hit 'N Run Lover"[16][17] Matra
1981 Lime "Your Love"[18] Matra
1982 Claudja Barry "Work Me Over"[19] Jupiter
1982 Patrick Cowley "Goin' Home"[15] Megatone
1982 Divine "Native Love (Step By Step)"[20][21] "O"
1982 The Flirts "Passion"[22] "O"
1982 Roni Griffith "Spys"[23][24] Vanguard
1982 Lime "Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonight"[25] Mantra
1982 Paul Parker "Right on Target"[8][13] Megatone
1982 Q-Feel "Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)"[26] Jive
1982 Donna Summer "I Feel Love" (Patrick Cowley Remix)[27] Casablanca
1982 Sylvester "Do Ya Wanna Funk"[8][13][14][28][29] Megatone
1982 The Weather Girls "It's Raining Men"[30][31][32] CBS (UK)
1982 Viola Wills "Stormy Weather"[33][34] Sunergy
1983 Claudja Barry "For Your Love"[35] Personal
1983 Miquel Brown "So Many Men, So Little Time"[19][36][37][38] Record Shack
1983 Dead or Alive "Misty Circles" (Dance Mix)[39] Epic
1983 Hazell Dean "Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)"[19][31][40] Proto
1983 Divine "Shoot Your Shot"[41] "O"
1983 Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax"[42][43] ZTT
1983 New Order "Blue Monday"[44] Factory
1983 William Onyeabor "Good Name"[45] Wilfilms
1983 Sylvester "Don't Stop"[13][46] Megatone

Mid- to late 1980s

Year Artist Song Label
1984 Agents Aren't Aeroplanes "The Upstroke"[47] Proto (UK)
1984 Bronski Beat "Smalltown Boy"[48] London
1984 Bronski Beat "Why?"[48][49][50] London
1984 Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"[51][52][53][54] Epic
1984 Hazell Dean "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)"[47] Proto (UK)
1984 Divine "You Think You're a Man"[21][31][41][47][55] Proto
1984 Fancy "Get Lost Tonight"[56] Metronome
1984 Fancy "Slice Me Nice"[57] Metronome
1984 The Flirts "Helpless (You Took My Love)"[58] Telefon
1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Two Tribes"[59] ZTT
1984 Fun Fun "Colour My Love"[19] X-Energy
1984 Fun Fun "Give Me Your Love"[60] X-Energy
1984 Sylvester "Rock the Box"[14] Megatone
1984 Evelyn Thomas "High Energy"[16][31][36][37][38][61] Record Shack (UK)
1984 Kim Wilde "The Second Time"[62] MCA
1985 Bronski Beat "Hit That Perfect Beat"[63][64][65] London
1985 Alaska y Dinarama "Un hombre de verdad"[66] Hispavox
1985 Bronski Beat "Run from Love" / "Hard Rain"[67] London
1985 Bronski Beat and Marc Almond "I Feel Love"[7] London
1985 Divine "Walk Like a Man"[68] Proto
1985 Madleen Kane "I'm No Angel"[69] TSR
1985 New Order "Sub-culture"[70] Factory Records
1985 Madleen Kane "On Fire"[69] TSR
1985 Lime "Unexpected Lovers"[71] Mantra
1985 Barbara Pennington "Vertigo"[72] Record Shack
1985 People Like Us "Reincarnation (Coming Back For Love)"[73] Passion (UK)
1985 Sinitta "So Macho"[74] Fanfare (UK)
1985 Suzy Q "Computer Music"[16] J.C.
1985 Taffy "I Love My Radio"[75] Ibiza (Italy) / Transglobal (UK)
1985 Village People "Sex Over the Phone"[76][77] Casablanca
1985 Betty Wright "Sinderella"[78] Jamaica
1986 Bananarama "Venus"[47][79][80] London
1986 Claudja Barry "Down and Counting"[81] Epic
1986 The Communards "Don't Leave Me This Way"[63][82][83] London
1986 Alaska y Dinarama "¿A quien le importa?"[84][85][86] Hispavox
1986 Dead or Alive "Something in My House"[87] Epic
1986 Man 2 Man and Man Parrish "Male Stripper"[88] Bolts
1986 Stacey Q "Two of Hearts"[89][90] Atlantic
1986 Evelyn Thomas "How Many Hearts"[91] Record Shack
1986 Kim Wilde "You Keep Me Hangin' On"[92][93][94] MCA
1987 Bona-Riah "House of the Rising Sun"[51] Rise
1987 The Communards "Never Can Say Goodbye"[95] London
1987 Paul Lekakis "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)"[96][97] ZYX / Polydor
1987 New Baccara "Call Me Up"[98] Bellaphon
1987 Pet Shop Boys "Always on My Mind"[99] Parlophone
1987 Taffy "Step by Step"[100] Transglobal
1987 Kylie Minogue "I Should Be So Lucky"[101] PWL
1988 Erasure "Knocking on Your Door"[102][103] Mute / Sire
1988 Erasure "Stop!"[102][103] Mute / Sire
1988 Kylie Minogue "The Loco-Motion"[104] PWL
1988 New Baccara "Fantasy Boy"[98] Bellaphon
1988 Quantize "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"[51] Passion
1989 Boy "Broken Wings"[51] Flea
1989 Eartha Kitt and Bronski Beat "Cha Cha Heels"[105] Arista
1989 New Baccara "Touch Me"[98] Bellaphon
1989 Quantize "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"[51] Passion
1989 Donna Summer "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt"[106] Warner Bros.
1989 Donna Summer "This Time I Know It's for Real"[106][107][108] Warner Bros.
1989 Donna Summer "Whatever Your Heart Desires"[106] Atlantic / PWL

1990s

Year Artist Song Label
1990 Quantize "Stop! In the Name of Love"[51] Passion
1991 Pet Shop Boys "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)"[99][109][110] Parlophone / EMI
1991 Quantize feat. Adrienne "Yesterday Once More"[51] Passion
1992 Erasure "Take a Chance on Me"[111][112] Mute
1993 Abigail "Constant Craving"[113] ZYX
1993 Abigail "Losing My Religion"[114] ZYX
1993 Cappella "U Got 2 Know"[115] ZYX
1993 Cappella "U Got 2 Let the Music"[115] ZYX
1993 Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax" (Jam & Spoon HI N-R-G Remix)[116] ZTT
1993 Real McCoy "Another Night"[117] Hansa
1994 Abigail "Smells Like Teen Spirit"[113][118] ZYX
1994 Blur "Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys 12" Remix)[119] Food / Parlophone
1994 Cappella "Move on Baby"[115] ZYX
1994 Kym Mazelle & Jocelyn Brown "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"[120] Arista
1994 Fancy "Long Way to Paradise"[121] Koch International
1994 Fancy "Wait by the Radio"[121] Koch International
1994 Nicki French "Total Eclipse of the Heart"[122][123] Bags of Fun / Mega
1995 Nicki French "Did You Ever Really Love Me"[124] Love This
1995 Nicki French "For All We Know"[122] Bags of Fun
1995 Karel "Live to Tell"[125] Jellybean
1995 Outta Control "Tonight It's Party Time"[126] Interhit
1996 Gina G "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"[127][128] Eternal
1996 Johnna "Do What You Feel"[129] PWL International
1997 Miquel Brown "It's a Sin"[130] Infinity
1997 Cappella "Be My Baby"[131] ZYX
1997 France Joli "Breakaway"[132] Jellybean
1997 Karel "I Am"[133] Jellybean
1997 Pet Shop Boys "Somewhere"[134] Parlophone / Atlantic

2000s

Year Artist Song Label
2000 A Touch of Class (ATC) "Around the World (La La La La La)"[135] King Size
2003 The Knife "Listen Now"[136][137] Rabid
2004 Jimmy Somerville "Come On"[138] Sony BMG
2005 Scissor Sisters "Filthy/Gorgeous"[139] Universal (US)
Polydor (worldwide)
2006 Moby feat. Debbie Harry "New York, New York"[140] Mute
2007 Bloc Party "Flux"[141] Wichita
2007 Sophie Ellis-Bextor "China Heart"[142][143] Fascination
2007 Róisín Murphy "Cry Baby"[144] EMI
2007 Britney Spears "Heaven on Earth"[145][146] Jive / Zomba
2008 Anastacia "Heavy Rotation"[147][148] Mercury
2008 Donna Summer "I'm a Fire"[149] Burgundy
2009 Bananarama "Dum Dum Boy"[150] Fascination
2009 Bananarama "Love Comes"[151][152] Fascination
2009 Shakira "She Wolf"[153] Epic
2009 Silver Columns "Brow Beaten"[154] Silver Columns

2010s & 2020s

Year Artist Song Label
2011 Britney Spears "I Wanna Go"[155] Jive
2011 Rihanna "S&M"[156] Def Jam / SRP
2011 Kim Wilde "Remember Me"[157] Columbia SevenOne
2012 Pet Shop Boys "A Face Like That"[158] Parlophone
2012 Marina Diamandis "Homewrecker"[159] 679/Atlantic
2013 Club 8 "Stop Taking My Time"[160][161] Labrador
2013 Pet Shop Boys "Axis"[162][163] x2
2013 Pet Shop Boys "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"[164][165] x2
2013 Sally Shapiro "All My Life"[166] Paper Bag Records
2013 Shit Robot feat. JENR "Feels Real"[167][168] DFA
2014 Todd Terje "Delorean Dynamite"[169] Olsen
2014 Orange Caramel "Catallena"[170] Pledis/Kakao M
2015 Belle and Sebastian "Enter Sylvia Plath"[171] Matador
2017 Katy Perry "Roulette"[172] Capitol Records
2017 Dua Lipa "New Rules (Initial Talk Remix)"[173] Warner Records
2019 Madonna "God Control"[174] Interscope
2019 Dua Lipa "Don't Start Now"[175] Warner Records
2020 Jessie Ware "Save a Kiss"[176] Virgin EMI Records
2020 Jessie Ware "Soul Control"[177] Virgin EMI Records
2020 Dua Lipa "Levitating"[178] Warner Records
2022 Sally Shapiro "Fading Away"[179] Italians Do It Better
2023 Nuovo Testamento "Heat"[180] Avant Records

Albums

Artists

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