# 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.

## Songs
### 1970s

| Year | Artist | Song | Label |
| 1977 | Donna Summer | "I Feel Love" | Casablanca / GTO |
| 1978 | Peter Jacques band | "Fly With the Wind" | Ariola |
| 1978 | Sylvester | "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" | Fantasy |

### Early 1980s

| Year | Artist | Song | Label |
| 1980 | Donna Summer | "Sunset People" | Casablanca |
| 1980 | Viola Wills | "If You Could Read My Mind" | Hansa |
| 1981 | Boys Town Gang | "Remember Me / Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | Moby Dick |
| 1981 | Patrick Cowley | "Get a Little" | Megatone |
| 1981 | Patrick Cowley | "Megatron Man" | Megatone |
| 1981 | Patrick Cowley | "Menergy" | Fusion |
| 1981 | Carol Jiani | "Hit 'N Run Lover" | Matra |
| 1981 | Lime | "Your Love" | Matra |
| 1982 | Claudja Barry | "Work Me Over" | Jupiter |
| 1982 | Patrick Cowley | "Goin' Home" | Megatone |
| 1982 | Divine | "Native Love (Step By Step)" | "O" |
| 1982 | The Flirts | "Passion" | "O" |
| 1982 | Roni Griffith | "Spys" | Vanguard |
| 1982 | Lime | "Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonight" | Mantra |
| 1982 | Man Parrish | "Heatstroke" | Rams Horn |
| 1982 | Paul Parker | "Right on Target" | Megatone |
| 1982 | Q-Feel | "Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)" | Jive |
| 1982 | Donna Summer | "I Feel Love" (Patrick Cowley Remix) | Casablanca |
| 1982 | Sylvester | "Do Ya Wanna Funk" | Megatone |
| 1982 | The Weather Girls | "It's Raining Men" | CBS (UK) |
| 1982 | Viola Wills | "Stormy Weather" | Sunergy |
| 1983 | Claudja Barry | "For Your Love" | Personal |
| 1983 | Miquel Brown | "So Many Men, So Little Time" | Record Shack |
| 1983 | Dead or Alive | "Misty Circles" (Dance Mix) | Epic |
| 1983 | Hazell Dean | "Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)" | Proto |
| 1983 | Divine | "Shoot Your Shot" | "O" |
| 1983 | Fun Fun | "Happy Station" | X-Energy |
| 1983 | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | "Relax" | ZTT |
| 1983 | New Order | "Blue Monday" | Factory |
| 1983 | William Onyeabor | "Good Name" | Wilfilms |
| 1983 | Sylvester | "Don't Stop" | Megatone |
| 1983 | Trans-X (Pascal Languirand) | "Living on Video" | Polydor Records |

### Mid- to late 1980s

| Year | Artist | Song | Label |
| 1984 | Agents Aren't Aeroplanes | "The Upstroke" | Proto (UK) |
| 1984 | Bronski Beat | "Smalltown Boy" | London |
| 1984 | Bronski Beat | "Why?" | London |
| 1984 | Dead or Alive | "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" | Epic |
| 1984 | Hazell Dean | "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)" | Proto (UK) |
| 1984 | Divine | "You Think You're a Man" | Proto |
| 1984 | Fancy | "Get Lost Tonight" | Metronome |
| 1984 | Fancy | "Slice Me Nice" | Metronome |
| 1984 | The Flirts | "Helpless (You Took My Love)" | Telefon |
| 1984 | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | "Two Tribes" | ZTT |
| 1984 | Fun Fun | "Colour My Love" | X-Energy |
| 1984 | Fun Fun | "Give Me Your Love" | X-Energy |
| 1984 | Sylvester | "Rock the Box" | Megatone |
| 1984 | Evelyn Thomas | "High Energy" | Record Shack (UK) |
| 1984 | Kim Wilde | "The Second Time" | MCA |
| 1984 | Kim Wilde | "The Touch" | MCA |
| 1985 | Bronski Beat | "Hit That Perfect Beat" | London |
| 1985 | Alaska y Dinarama | "Un hombre de verdad" | Hispavox |
| 1985 | Bronski Beat | "Run from Love" / "Hard Rain" | London |
| 1985 | Bronski Beat and Marc Almond | "I Feel Love" | London |
| 1985 | Divine | "Walk Like a Man" | Proto |
| 1985 | Madleen Kane | "I'm No Angel" | TSR |
| 1985 | New Order | "Sub-culture" | Factory Records |
| 1985 | Madleen Kane | "On Fire" | TSR |
| 1985 | Lime | "Unexpected Lovers" | Mantra |
| 1985 | Barbara Pennington | "Vertigo" | Record Shack |
| 1985 | People Like Us | "Reincarnation (Coming Back For Love)" | Passion (UK) |
| 1985 | Sinitta | "So Macho" | Fanfare (UK) |
| 1985 | Suzy Q | "Computer Music" | J.C. |
| 1985 | Taffy | "I Love My Radio" | Ibiza (Italy) / Transglobal (UK) |
| 1985 | Village People | "Sex Over the Phone" | Casablanca |
| 1985 | Betty Wright | "Sinderella" | Jamaica |
| 1986 | Bananarama | "Venus" | London |
| 1986 | Claudja Barry | "Down and Counting" | Epic |
| 1986 | The Communards | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | London |
| 1986 | Alaska y Dinarama | "¿A quien le importa?" | Hispavox |
| 1986 | Dead or Alive | "Something in My House" | Epic |
| 1986 | Man 2 Man and Man Parrish | "Male Stripper" | Bolts |
| 1986 | Stacey Q | "Two of Hearts" | Atlantic |
| 1986 | Evelyn Thomas | "How Many Hearts" | Record Shack |
| 1986 | Kim Wilde | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | MCA |
| 1987 | Bona-Riah | "House of the Rising Sun" | Rise |
| 1987 | The Communards | "Never Can Say Goodbye" | London |
| 1987 | Paul Lekakis | "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)" | ZYX / Polydor |
| 1987 | New Baccara | "Call Me Up" | Bellaphon |
| 1987 | Pet Shop Boys | "Always on My Mind" | Parlophone |
| 1987 | Taffy | "Step by Step" | Transglobal |
| 1987 | Kylie Minogue | "I Should Be So Lucky" | PWL |
| 1988 | Erasure | "Knocking on Your Door" | Mute / Sire |
| 1988 | Erasure | "Stop!" | Mute / Sire |
| 1988 | Kylie Minogue | "The Loco-Motion" | PWL |
| 1988 | New Baccara | "Fantasy Boy" | Bellaphon |
| 1988 | Quantize | "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" | Passion |
| 1989 | Boy | "Broken Wings" | Flea |
| 1989 | Eartha Kitt and Bronski Beat | "Cha Cha Heels" | Arista |
| 1989 | New Baccara | "Touch Me" | Bellaphon |
| 1989 | Quantize | "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" | Passion |
| 1989 | Donna Summer | "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" | Warner Bros. |
| 1989 | Donna Summer | "This Time I Know It's for Real" | Warner Bros. |
| 1989 | Donna Summer | "Whatever Your Heart Desires" | Atlantic / PWL |

### 1990s

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

### 2000s

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

### 2010s & 2020s

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

## Albums

* 1981: Patrick Cowley – Megatron Man
* 1982: Patrick Cowley – Mind Warp
* 1984: Kim Wilde – Teases & Dares
* 1985: Lime – Unexpected Lovers
* 1988: Dead or Alive – Nude
* 1991: Bananarama – Pop Life
* 1995: Traci Lords – 1000 Fires
* 2004: Bobby Orlando – I Love Bobby "O" (Volume 1)
* 2007: Róisín Murphy – Overpowered
* 2009: Bananarama – Viva
* 2013: Patrick Cowley – School Daze
* 2013: Sally Shapiro – "Somewhere Else"

## Artists

* Abigail
* A Touch of Class
* Bananarama
* Claudja Barry
* Biddu
* Boys Town Gang
* Bronski Beat
* Miquel Brown
* Cappella
* The Communards
* Al Corley
* Patrick Cowley
* Dead or Alive
* Hazell Dean
* Divine
* Jason Donovan
* Erasure
* Fancy
* The Flirts
* Frankie Goes to Hollywood
* Nicki French
* Fun Fun
* Ian Levine
* Lime
* Man 2 Man
* Kelly Marie
* Giorgio Moroder
* Alison Moyet
* Bobby Orlando
* Paul Parker
* Roisin Murphy
* Man Parrish
* Pet Shop Boys
* Real McCoy
* RuPaul
* Sinitta
* Jimmy Somerville
* Stacey Q
* Stock Aitken Waterman
* Donna Summer
* Suzy Q
* Sylvester
* Take That
* Evelyn Thomas
* Jeanie Tracy
* Trans-X
* Jessie Ware
* Fiachra Trench
* U.S.U.R.A.
* Village People
* The Weather Girls
* Kim Wilde
* Viola Wills
* Tom Wilson