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Hi-NRG 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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^ MacDonald, Ian (2003). The People's Music . Pimlico . p. 151. ISBN 978-1-8441-3093-1 Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love', a vocal topline ad-libbed over a simple chord-shifted sequence, inaugurated Hi-NRG, anticipating the galloping bass line of much post-House software-sequenced music ^ Lynskey, Dorian (15 October 2004). "Change the record" . The Guardian . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Mayer, Michael (11 August 2010). "Five Records: Michael Mayer – Page 3 of 5" . Fact . Retrieved 1 April 2015 . ^ a b c d Opperman, Derek (18 April 2012). "The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians, Nos. 10-6" . SF Weekly . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "Always Something There: Cherry Pop Reissues Viola Wills' "If You Could Read My Mind" . 7 June 2023.^ Duncan, Chris (27 May 2009). "DJ Chart: Hushpuppy" . The Skinny . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b c d e f g Marke B (22 October 2013). "Money Shots – Five Things You Need to Know about Gay Electronic Wizard Patrick Cowley" . XLR8R . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b c Flick, Larry (December 1998 – January 1999). "Sylvester" . Vibe ISSN 1070-4701 . ^ a b Needs, Kris. "Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras – Catholic" . Record Collector . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "Carol Jiani – Artist Biography" . AllMusic . Retrieved 31 March 2014 . ^ "Guitaradio" . 25 March 2023.^ a b c d Henderson, Alex. "Various Artists – Music for a Hot Body, Vol. 1" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Walters, Barry (6 July 1999). "Enter Planet Love" . The Village Voice . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . Divine's "Native Love," a rowdy hi-NRG anthem previously pillaged by Nitzer Ebb, the Prodigy, even New Order. ^ a b Burston, Paul (2013). "London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival" . Time Out . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b "100 Greatest Dance Songs" . Slant Magazine . Retrieved 25 October 2013 .^ Girard, Stephane (May 2010). "Optimo – Fabric 52" . Resident Advisor . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Tantum, Bruce (14 June 2010). "Fabric 52: Optimo" . Time Out . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "100 Greatest Dance Songs" . Slant Magazine . 30 January 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2013 .^ Zaleski, Annie (16 August 2014). "The 12 best '80s high school movie jams" . Salon . Retrieved 1 April 2015 . ^ a b c Rauscher, William (October 2009). "Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras – Catholic" . Resident Advisor . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "100 Greatest Dance Songs" . Slant Magazine . 30 January 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2013 .^ Davis, Sharon. "Sylvester: Disco Diva" . Blues & Soul . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b c d Perrone, Pierre (27 September 2004). "Izora Rhodes-Armstead" . The Independent . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Sisario, Ben (28 September 2004). "Izora Armstead, a Singer in the Weather Girls Duo, Dies" . The New York Times . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Henderson, Alex. "Claudja Barry – No La De Da, Part 2" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b c Bush, John. "Ian Levine – Artist Biography" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b Brewster, Bill . "Gay Pop" . Djhistory.com . Archived from the original on 5 May 2004.^ "Angst Music For Sex People: Celebrate 10 Years of Cosey Club" . The Quietus . Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ Murray, Nick (17 September 2014). "100 Best Singles of 1984: Pop's Greatest Year > 30 – Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Relax" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Reynolds, Simon (2009). Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984 Faber & Faber . p. 504. ISBN 978-0-571-21570-6 ^ McLean, Callum (18 November 2013). "Release Review: "Who is William Onyeabor?" – William Onyeabor, Reissue, Out Now" . ZYX . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Flick, Larry (9 March 1996). "World Wide Message Tribe Spreads 'Rhythm'n'Ministry' . Billboard . Vol. 108, no. 10. p. 24. ISSN 0006-2510 . ^ a b c d e f O'Brien, Stephen. "A Brief History of Stock Aitken Waterman" . Stockaitkenwaterman.itgo.com . Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. ^ a b Walters, Barry (20 June 2000). "His beat goes on" . The Advocate ISSN 0001-8996 . As Bronski Beat's falsetto leader, Somerville made gay politics a hot pop topic with such hi-NRG dance floor staples as "Why?" and "Smalltown Boy" ^ Olsen, Eric (15 August 2003). "Bronski Beat: The Age of Consent" . Blogcritics . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Andrews, Isaac & Nichols 2011 , p. 39.^ Ankeny, Jason. "Dead or Alive – Artist Biography" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Knight, Aimee (12 May 2014). "You Think You're a Man: Why Drag Rocks" . Rip It Up the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "Reviews > Dance/Disco > Picks > Fancy – Check It Out" . Billboard . Vol. 97, no. 25. 22 June 1985. p. 67. ISSN 0006-2510 .^ Rees, Thomas (15 September 2009). "Sugar & Gold "Slice Me Nice" . XLR8R . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "Reviews > Dance/Disco > Picks > Flirts – Dancin' Madly Backwards" . Billboard . Vol. 97, no. 20. 18 May 1985. p. 67. ISSN 0006-2510 .^ Lester, Paul . "Revolutions per minute – The Power of Love" . Uncut ZTT . Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ "Reviews > Dance/Disco > Picks > Fun Fun – Give Me Your Love" . Billboard . Vol. 97, no. 21. 25 May 1985. p. 75. ISSN 0006-2510 .^ "Pop Profile: Kim Wilde" . M Magazine . 10 September 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ a b Robbins, Ira; Rompers, Terry. "Bronski Beat" . Trouser Press . Retrieved 25 October 2013 . ^ LeRoy, Dan. "Bronski Beat – Truthdare Doubledare" . AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2013 . ^ "Reviews > Dance > Picks > Bronski Beat – Hit That Perfect Beat" . Billboard . Vol. 98, no. 8. 22 February 1986. p. 71. ISSN 0006-2510 .^ "foroesc" . 25 March 2023.^ Chin, Brian (16 November 1985). "Dance Trax" . Billboard . Vol. 97, no. 46. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510 . ^ Eddy, Chuck (15 January 2012). "The 25 Best "Bad" Cover Songs – 9. Divine "Walk Like A Man" (1985)" . Complex . Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ Harrison, Ian (2 February 2023). "Joy Division And New Order's Top Ten Albums" . Mojo Bauer Media Group . Retrieved 8 March 2023 . ^ a b Cotler, Amit (1 July 2007). "Offer Nissim" . Electronic Musician . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Kantor, Justin. "Barbara Pennington – Out of the Darkest Night" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "People Like Us: Passion – PASH 12 46 – Reincarnation (Coming Back For Love)". Blues & Soul This band originally hails from Africa so it's a bit of a surprise to find them performing a commercial slice of Hi-NRG which, compared to other tracks of this ilk, currently doing the rounds, lacks the necessary sparkle. ^ "Let he who is without Sinitta!" . Western Mail . Retrieved 31 March 2014 .^ Smith, Richard (1995). Seduced and Abandoned: Essays on Gay Men and Popular Music . London and New York: Cassell . p. 166. ISBN 0-3043-3343-3 ^ Jones, Dylan (2012). "The Village People" . The Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music . Bedford Square Books. ISBN 978-1-90912-200-0 ^ Walters, Barry (30 March 1999). "People who love People" . The Advocate . Here Publishing. p. 90. ISSN 0001-8996 . ^ "Reviews > Dance/Disco > Recommended > Betty Wright – Sinderella" . Billboard . Vol. 97, no. 8. 23 February 1985. p. 67. ISSN 0006-2510 .^ Henderson, Alex. "Stock, Aitken & Waterman – Artist Biography" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . It was in 1986 that Stock, Aitken & Waterman produced Bananarama's smash Hi-NRG remake of Shocking Blue's "Venus." ^ "Bananarama: Pop in the First Degree" . M Magazine . 4 November 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ a b Henderson, Alex. "Claudja Barry – I, Claudja" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "Series: 1000 songs everyone must hear – Part two: Heartbreak" . The Observer . The Guardian . Retrieved 25 October 2013 . The Communards' hi-NRG version makes it clear that the song is as concerned with sexual satisfaction as it is with romance; perhaps more so. ^ "Reviews > Dance > Picks > Communards – Don't Leave Me This Way" . Billboard . Vol. 98, no. 38. 20 September 1986. p. 73. ISSN 0006-2510 .^ "Vanity fair" . 25 March 2023.^ "Oasis.pe" . 25 March 2023.^ "happyfm" . 25 March 2023.^ Hamilton, John (25 October 2012). "Halloween Playlist: 12 Spooky Songs To Frighten Your Night" . Idolator . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Moore, John (20 November 2008). "How I nearly made a gay disco anthem" . The Guardian . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "100 Greatest Dance Songs" . Slant Magazine . 30 January 2006. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014.^ Maura (2 October 2008). "Annie Plays Her Trump Card" . Idolator . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Chin, Brian (23 August 1986). "Dance Trax" . Billboard . Vol. 98, no. 34. p. 45. ISSN 0006-2510 . ^ Mason, Stewart. "Kim Wilde – Another Step" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "I Survived The '80s" . The Music . 18 May 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ Watson, Graeme (12 September 2013). "Kim Wilde Talks Pop, Parenthood and PVC" . OutInPerth . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Eddy, Chuck . "Hits You Never Heard Of, Part 6" . Rhapsody . Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ Watson, Graeme (5 June 2012). "Paul Lekakis 25 Years Since 'Boom Boom' . OutInPerth . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b c Hanson, Amy. "Baccara – Artist Biography" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b Price, Simon (2 July 2006). "Pet Shop Boys, Tower of London, London / Pharrell Williams, Hyde Park, London" . The Independent . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Lim, Dennis (26 February 2002). "Your Disco Needs Her" . The Village Voice . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b Robbins, Ira; Augusto, Troy J. "Erasure" . Trouser Press . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Erasure – Crackers International" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Martínez, Diego (26 January 2012). "Kylie: 25 Years On" . The WILD Magazine . Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Swash, Rosie (26 December 2008). "Eartha Kitt's finest moments on YouTube" . The Guardian . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b c Henderson, Alex. "Donna Summer – Another Place and Time" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Sheffield, Rob (17 May 2012). "Dim All the Lights for Donna Summer" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b c d Soto, Alfred (18 May 2012). "Donna Summer: Extraordinary girl" . Resident Advisor . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Robbins, Ira. "Pet Shop Boys" . Trouser Press . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "The boys are back in town" . The Scotsman . Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ Oliver, Nic (23 February 2009). "Erasure – Total Pop! The First 40 Hits" . musicOMH . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Lee, Darren (27 February 2009). "Erasure – Total Pop! Erasure's First 40 Hits" . The Quietus . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b c Flick, Larry (18 May 1996). "Brutally Honest Ngedéocello Says A Mouthful" . Billboard . Vol. 108, no. 20. p. 26. ISSN 0006-2510 . ^ Reighley, Kurt B. "Percentages". 10 Percent . No. March–April 1995. Browning Grace Communications. p. 104. a version of R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" that infuses the soul that Abigail's 1992 Hi-NRG version lacked. ^ a b c Bush, John. "Cappella – U Got 2 Know" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Flick, Larry (16 July 1994). "New & Noteworthy" (PDF) . Billboard . Retrieved 23 January 2018 .^ Bush, John. "Abigail – Smells Like Teen Spirit" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Hammond, Didz (31 July 2012). "Blur – Parklife ('21' reissue)" . Drowned in Sound the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015 . ^ Hamilton, James (4 June 1994). "Dj directory" (PDF) . Music Week , in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). Retrieved 17 April 2021 .^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Fancy – The Hits 1984-1994" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b Collar, Matt. "Nicki French – Artist Biography" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Walters, Barry (7 January 2003). "999 Luftballons" . The Village Voice . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Bush, John. "Nicki French – Did You Ever Really Love Me" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Flick, Larry (5 August 1995). "Single Reviews > Dance > Karel – Live To Tell" . Billboard . Vol. 107, no. 31. p. 73. ISSN 0006-2510 . ^ Flick, Larry (8 July 1995). "Single Reviews > Dance > Outta Control – Tonight It's Party Time" . Billboard . Vol. 107, no. 27. p. 65. ISSN 0006-2510 . ^ Flick, Larry (19 October 1996). "Reviews & Previews > New & Noteworthy > Gina G. – Ooh, Aah ... Just A Little Bit" . Billboard . Vol. 108, no. 42. p. 62. ISSN 0006-2510 . ^ Clements, Paul (10 May 2014). "Eurovision: the best losers, from Gina G to Baccara" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Flick, Larry (13 January 1996). "Three Nervous Records; Nuyorican Soul Seepage" . Billboard . Vol. 108, no. 2. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510 . ^ Flick, Larry (20 September 1997). "Burrus Branches Out With Hot Single, Set on the Way" . Billboard . Vol. 109, no. 38. p. 31. ISSN 0006-2510 . ^ Flick, Larry (4 October 1997). "Reviews & Previews > Pop > France Joli – Breakaway" . Billboard . Vol. 109, no. 40. p. 90. ISSN 0006-2510 . ^ Flick, Larry (26 April 1997). "Mary J. Blige Shares Her Soulful, Praiseworthy World" . Billboard . Vol. 109, no. 17. p. 35. ISSN 0006-2510 . ^ Dean, Will (19 June 2013). "Music review: Pet Shop Boys bring cornucopia of hits to London's O2 Arena" . The Independent . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Henderson, Alex. "ATC – Planet Pop" . AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2015 . ^ Pytlik, Pytlik, Mark (4 December 2006). "The Knife: The Knife" . Pitchfork . Retrieved 2 April 2015 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )^ Love, Josh (8 December 2004). "The Knife – Deep Cuts" . Stylus Magazine the original on 2 April 2015. ^ Mason, Stewart. "Jimmy Somerville – Home Again" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Zaleski, Annie (15 March 2017). "Scissor Sisters" . Houston Press . Retrieved 20 February 2023 .^ Mathieson, Craig (14 December 2006). "Go – The Very Best of Moby" . The Age . Retrieved 2 April 2015 . ^ Davis, Ben (19 November 2007). "Bloc Party – Flux Single Review" . Contactmusic.com . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Empire, Kitty (20 May 2007). "Average grades for pop's head girl" . The Guardian . Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ Haider, Arwa (21 May 2007). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Trip The Light Fantastic" . Metro . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Lewis, Darren. "Live: 02 Wirless Festival Special: Hyde Park (London) Part one – Fri 3rd July 2008" . Blues & Soul . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Day, Elizabeth (7 October 2007). "Can anyone save the little girl lost?" . The Observer. The Guardian . Retrieved 2 April 2015 . ^ McNulty, Bernadette (27 October 2007). "Pop CDs" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 2 April 2015 . ^ O'Brien, Jon. "Anastacia – Heavy Rotation" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Costa, Maddy (24 October 2008). "Rock & pop review: Anastacia: Heavy Rotation" . The Guardian . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Ratliff, Ben (19 May 2008). "Critics' Choice – New CDs" . The New York Times . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Levine, Nick (20 September 2009). "Bananarama: 'Viva' . Digital Spy . Retrieved 2 April 2015 . ^ Boyd, Brian (25 September 2009). "Rock/Pop" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 2 April 2015 . ^ Cragg, Michael (14 September 2009). "Bananarama – Viva" . musicOMH . Retrieved 2 April 2015 . ^ Wood, Mikael (30 October 2009). "Shakira, 'She Wolf' (Epic)" . Spin Spin Media . Retrieved 6 July 2014 . ^ Freeman, John (20 May 2010). "Silver Columns – Yes And Dance" . Clash . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Empire, Kitty (28 March 2011). "Britney Spears Britney Spears: Femme Fatale – review" . The Observer. The Guardian . Retrieved 26 October 2013 . ^ Mackay, Emily (3 November 2010). "Rihanna, 'Loud' – Album First Listen" . NME . Retrieved 4 April 2015 . ^ O'Brien, Jon. "Kim Wilde – Snapshots" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ McNaughton, Mac (5 October 2012). "Pet Shop Boys – Elysium" . The Music . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "MARINA Electra Heart Review" . 25 July 2023.^ James, Matt (21 May 2013). "Club 8 : Above the City" . PopMatters . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Green, Thomas H. (14 May 2013). "CD: Club 8 – Above The City" . The Arts Desk . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b Haider, Arwa (5 July 2013). "Pet Shop Boys: We left major label Parlophone and now we're in control of our destiny" . Metro . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Lee, Darren (25 June 2013). "LIVE REPORT: Pet Shop Boys" . The Quietus . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "Album review: Pet Shop Boys, Electric" . The Scotsman . 14 July 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ Walters, Barry. "SPIN's 20 Best Pop Albums of 2013: 16 – Pet Shop Boys, Electric (x2)" . Spin . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b "Sally Shapiro - Somewhere Else" . 7 June 2023.^ Macdonald, Kit (23 May 2013). "Shit Robot feat JENR – Feels Real" . Resident Advisor . Retrieved 2 April 2015 . ^ Burnip, Jonathan (28 May 2013). "Feels Real: Shit Robot" . DJ Magazine the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015 . ^ "Todd Terje – Delorean Dynamite" . DummyMag . 10 February 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ Interannte, Scott (27 March 2014). "K-Pop Roundup - March 2014" . PopMatters Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020 . ^ Ritchie, Kevin (14 January 2015). "Belle and Sebastian – Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance" . Now . Retrieved 2 April 2015 . ^ "Critica de Witness" . 25 March 2023.^ "Dua Goes To Hollywood" . 24 March 2023.^ "madonna madame x review" . 25 March 2023.^ "Dua Lipa pone a bailar Primavera Sound" .^ a b Cole, Jake (7 July 2020). "Jessie Ware: What's Your Pleasure?" . Spectrum Culture . Retrieved 25 January 2021 . ^ "Mira el clip de baile de Jessie Ware para 'Soul Control' . 8 July 2023.^ "Dua Lipa pone a bailar el Primavera Sound" .^ "Sally Shapiro - Sad Cities" . 17 May 2023.^ "Nuovo Testamento Share 'Heat' Single" . 25 March 2023.^ a b Mason, Stewart. "Kim Wilde – Teases & Dares" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b Henderson, Alex. "Lime – Unexpected Lovers" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Green, Jim; Robbins, Ira. "Dead or Alive" . Trouser Press . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b Mason, Stewart. "Bananarama – Pop Life" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ McGuirk, Mike. "1000 Fires by Traci Lords" . Rhapsody. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ a b Gill, Michael F. (24 December 2004). "Bobby Orlando – I Love Bobby "O" (Volume 1)" . Stylus Magazine . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Mackay, Emily. "Róisín Murphy – London Camden Koko – 27th November, 2007" . Record Collector . No. 346. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Haider, Arwa (17 December 2007). "The Best Albums of 2007" . Metro . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . Overpowered (EMI) was funky in all senses – skittering from glacial electro to hi-NRG disco ^ O'Brien, Jon. "Bananarama – Viva" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . Viva's 11 infectious hi-NRG tracks ^ "Sally Shapiro" . 7 June 2023.^ Henderson, Alex. "ATC – Planet Pop" . AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2015 . ^ Levine, Nick (24 July 2009). "Music Interview – Bananarama" . Digital Spy . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Buskin, Richard (December 2011). "The Buggles 'Video Killed The Radio Star' . Sound on Sound . Retrieved 31 March 2014 . [Tina Charles]'s Indian-British producer, Biddu, hired both men as session musicians, and his work in the fields of Hi-NRG and electronic disco had a profound influence on [Trevor Horn]'s own production aspirations. ^ "Bronski Beat – Rainbow Nation" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ a b c d Graham, Bill (14 December 1984). "Critics Roundup 1984" . Hot Press . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . HI-NRG was the club sound that boosted both Evelyn Thomas and the trash dementis of Divine but it also propelled both the Bronski and Frankie Goes To Hollywood. ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Cappella – Best of Cappella [ZYX]" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Potts, Diana. "Patrick Cowley – Artist Biography" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ O'Brien, Jon. "Hazell Dean – Artist Biography" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2014 . ^ Watson, Graeme (21 December 2012). "Catching Up with Hazel Dean" . OutInPerth . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Pareles, Jon (21 February 1990). "Reviews/Pop; Of Broken Hearts and a Broken World" . The New York Times . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . Many of Erasure's songs exemplify the post-disco style called hi-N.R.G. -fast and openly artificial, with synthesized riffs bouncing and ticking in every register. ^ "Erasure – Pop" . The Times . Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ Martínez, Diego (28 November 2011). "Music to Start the Week With #010" . The WILD Magazine . Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Robbins, Ira. "Frankie Goes to Hollywood" . Trouser Press . Retrieved 25 October 2013 . ^ a b Walters, Barry (23 January 1996). "Profits and prophets" . The Advocate . Here Publishing. ISSN 0001-8996 . ^ Henderson, Alex. "Fun Fun – Have Fun" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2014 . ^ Andrews, Isaac & Nichols 2011 , p. 135.^ Cooper, Sean. "Man Parrish – Artist Biography" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "Kelly Marie – Artist Biography" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ Stone, Doug. "Bobby Orlando – Artist Biography" . AllMusic. Retrieved 11 November 2013 . ^ Mackay, Emily. "Róisín Murphy – London Camden Koko – 27th November, 2007" . Record Collector . No. 346. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Nomi, Klaus". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Omnibus Press . ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8 [Klaus Nomi] worked with Man Parrish, the New York electro and hi-NRG producer, on his self-titled debut album. ^ Zuberi, Nabeel (2001). Sounds English: Transnational Popular Music Urbana and Chicago : University of Illinois Press . p. 74 . ISBN 0-252-02620-9 Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe use electronic instruments and work within and across dance-floor genres such as house, Hi-NRG, techno, and many other subgenres. ^ Pareles, Jon (14 May 1995). "Niche Music: Tejano, Rave and, Yes, Bhangra" . The New York Times . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . Another contender is hi-N.R.G., a fast, cheerful style, first heard in gay San Francisco clubs in the early 1980s and now on the pop Top 40 in hits by Corona and the Real McCoy. ^ Bush, John. "RuPaul – Biography" . AllMusic . Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. ^ O'Brien, Jon. "Jimmy Somerville – For a Friend: The Best of Bronski Beat, The Communards & Jimmy Somerville" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Ohanesian, Liz (3 July 2009). "Synthpop and Hi-NRG Star Stacey Q Returns with a New Album, Live Dates" . LA Weekly . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Aaron, Charles (17 September 2014). "100 Best Singles of 1984: Pop's Greatest Year > 98 – Dead or Alive, "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ "Eurovision 2010: Pete Waterman" . BBC News Online . 28 May 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2015 .^ Andrews, Isaac & Nichols 2011 , p. 133.^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Take That – Artist Biography" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . Eventually, the group worked its way toward Hi-NRG dance music, while also pursuing an adult contemporary ballad direction. ^ "Profile: Mark Owen" . BBC News Online. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . Owen's debut single Child showcased a more acoustic, psychedelic sound than his Hi-NRG Take That hits. ^ Larkin, Colin , ed. (1992). "Johnson, L.J.". The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music Guinness Publishing . ISBN 978-1-88226-702-6 the original on 12 March 2012.^ Kantor, Justin. "Evelyn Thomas – Have a Little Faith in Me" . AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2015 . ^ Flick, Larry (25 February 1995). "N.Y. 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