Evelyn Thomas "HIGH ENERGY "

[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by kdavid13

<<I think the best djs out there are the mature ones who have their ears open to the newest releases but also hold the reigns on their dance music staying to what they hold true to their hearts.>>

I completely agree with you there...Long live the long standing DJs out there...[I might be a bit biased but it is totally heartfelt !! ]

Hugs from Montreal

Agree totally

[remicks]

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It should be noted that HIGH ENERGY was well received at the time ... going all the way to #1 on the Billboard Dance chart and winding up as the #13 song for the year 1984 ...

1984 BILLBOARD TOP 50 DANCE SINGLES/ALBUMS


1) I NEED YOU/ AUTOMATIC/ JUMP - The Pointer Sisters (Planet)
2) THE GLAMOROUS LIFE - Sheila E. (Warner Bros.)
3) WHEN DOVES CRY - Prince (WB)
4) WHITE HORSE - Laid Back (Sire)
5) TROMMELTANZ (DIN DAA DAA) - George Kranz (Personal)
6) GIVE ME TONIGHT - Shannon (Emergency)
7) LET'S GO CRAZY/ EROTIC CITY - Prince (WB)
8. BEAT BOX - Art Of Noise (Island)
9) BLACK STATIONS/WHITE STATIONS - M&M (RCA)
10) COLOUR BY NUMBERS (LP) - Culture Club (Virgin/Epic)

11) BREAKIN...THERE'S NO STOPPING US - Ollie & Jerry (Polydor)
12) ROCKET TO YOUR HEART/ MANDATORY LOVE - Lisa (Moby Dick)
13) HIGH ENERGY - Evelyn Thomas (TSR)
14) CARIBBEAN QUEEN (NO MORE LOVE ON THE RUN) - Billy Ocean (Jive)
15) LET THE MUSIC PLAY - Shannon (Emergency)

16) TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP - The Romantics (Epic)
17) LAND OF HUNGER - The Earons (Island)
18. NO FAVORS - Temper (MCA)
19) HEARTBEAT - Psychedelic Furs (Columbia)
20) THE DOMINATRIX SLEEPS TONIGHT - Dominatrix (Streetwise)



c /o markydefad



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[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by remicks

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It should be noted that HIGH ENERGY was well received at the time ... going all the way to #1 on the Billboard Dance chart and winding up as the #13 song for the year 1984 ...

1984 BILLBOARD TOP 50 DANCE SINGLES/ALBUMS


1) I NEED YOU/ AUTOMATIC/ JUMP - The Pointer Sisters (Planet)
2) THE GLAMOROUS LIFE - Sheila E. (Warner Bros.)
3) WHEN DOVES CRY - Prince (WB)
4) WHITE HORSE - Laid Back (Sire)
5) TROMMELTANZ (DIN DAA DAA) - George Kranz (Personal)
6) GIVE ME TONIGHT - Shannon (Emergency)
7) LET'S GO CRAZY/ EROTIC CITY - Prince (WB)
8. BEAT BOX - Art Of Noise (Island)
9) BLACK STATIONS/WHITE STATIONS - M&M (RCA)
10) COLOUR BY NUMBERS (LP) - Culture Club (Virgin/Epic)

11) BREAKIN...THERE'S NO STOPPING US - Ollie & Jerry (Polydor)
12) ROCKET TO YOUR HEART/ MANDATORY LOVE - Lisa (Moby Dick)
13) HIGH ENERGY - Evelyn Thomas (TSR)
14) CARIBBEAN QUEEN (NO MORE LOVE ON THE RUN) - Billy Ocean (Jive)
15) LET THE MUSIC PLAY - Shannon (Emergency)

16) TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP - The Romantics (Epic)
17) LAND OF HUNGER - The Earons (Island)
18. NO FAVORS - Temper (MCA)
19) HEARTBEAT - Psychedelic Furs (Columbia)
20) THE DOMINATRIX SLEEPS TONIGHT - Dominatrix (Streetwise)



c /o markydefad



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I had no idea it was so popular Stateside.. Is that based on DJ chart returns or actual record sales ?

[remicks]

Originally Posted by Energyguy

I had no idea it was so popular Stateside.. Is that based on DJ chart returns or actual record sales ?

Sorry Energyguy ... didn't see this question .....
Can't recall how the chart worked at that point ....most likely a combination and I believe Billboard only charted songs then that had a commercially available release to coincide .... ... Marky ??




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[remicks]

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And now:

HIGH ENERGY :
~ THE VIDEO ~


YouTube - Evelyn Thomas - High Energy





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[Chap2Power]

[quote=remicks;118775]Sorry Energyguy ... didn't see this question .....
Can't recall how the chart worked at that point ....most likely a combination and I believe Billboard only charted songs then that had a commercially available release to coincide .... ... Marky ??




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To my knowledge,

The Billboard Dance Chart was essentially 125 reporters from major cities across the United States, at one time using Montreal's DJ Pool for the Montreal chart, or possibly that of Downstairs Records, which is the birthplace of Unidisc. Reporters would receive promotional material from the labels as well as independent disco promotion companies and were asked to report a top 15 or 20 list to Billboard itself. They would tabulate the reporters for each city, and the city's chart would then appear in Billboard thereafter. A complete tabulation of all of the songs and their accumulated points would comprise the final chart.

There is no truth that a song had to be commercially released in the form in which it was played. Promotional only remixes were rampant ("Save and Spend" by Cheryl Barnes is amongst them and one of my favourites), favours were worse, and hyping was relentless to get a song to # 1 in order to cross a record over. One disco promotion company was well known to hype imports they were working mercilessly in order to get a chart number and thereafter get a release for the record (and possibly a bonus).

Records could turn around when remixes were serviced as well. And suddenly their numbers would turn upward after teetering in the same place.

At times, imports were serviced to DJ's prior to a domestic released to get a chart number and/or a buzz going to have it charted as an import. Others may have a difference of opinion here, but my feeling was that it was a tight, cliquey political infrastructure of DJ's and record people that kept the chart to remain in a progressive light and everyone truly knew what was 'real' just by looking at it.

During my time doing A&R in the US, the one thing I can tell you is, as a blantant example, "Another Night" by Real McCoy or "Rhythm Is A Dancer" were not # 1 dance records based on the versions that made them famous, but based on dub mixes or instrumental based 'nowhere' interpretations that had nothing to do with the same song that the everyman/woman DJ was playing.

Using the previous promotional remix vehicle, it in essence became the dub that propped up the title and drove it to #1.