"High Energy" | ||||
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Single by Evelyn Thomas | ||||
from the album High Energy | ||||
B-side | "Instrumental dub" | |||
Released | April 1984 | |||
Format | 7" single, 12" maxi | |||
Recorded | 1984, Trident Studios, London | |||
Genre | Hi-NRG | |||
Length | 7:50 | |||
Label | TSR Records, Ariola, Shack, Nunk | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ian Levine, Fiachra Trench | |||
Producer(s) | Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench | |||
Evelyn Thomas singles chronology | ||||
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"High Energy" is the title of a 1984 song by co-written and co-produced by Ian Levine (British) and Fiachra Trench (Irish), and performed by American dance singer Evelyn Thomas. The song was very popular in dance clubs around the world, and it topped the American dance chart in September of that year. It also spent four weeks atop the singles chart in Germany, and peaked at #5 in the UK. It became one of the earliest successful songs within the genre of music that has come to be known as Hi-NRG. On the SoBe Music compilation album Gay Classics, Volume 1: Ridin' the Rainbow, the liner notes describe the song as "...engagingly captur[ing] the spirit of the genre through uplifting lyrics tightly fused with dazzling synth work".
The song's video featured Thomas standing on a platform performing the song while everyone around her is dancing.
1 The French Singles Chart began to be published on November 4, 1984