Pop goes HINRG - Unusal artists to have a HINRG hit!

**Davicillo** · July 14th, 2005, 04:37 PM

In your opinions what have been surprising HINRG hits?

For example;

Olivia Newton John - The Rumour
B52's - Summer of love (Shep Pettibone 12" mix)
Kim Carnes - Invitation to dance
Elton john - I don't want to go on with you like that.

Any more?

**phrankie** · July 14th, 2005, 04:41 PM

Wasn't the remix of Cliff Richard "Some People" quite popular? Now THAT is strange!!!

**Energyguy** · July 14th, 2005, 04:43 PM

Originally Written by phrankie

Wasn't the remix of Cliff Richard "Some People" quite popular? Now THAT is strange!!!

Cliff Richard - HINRG DISCO DIVA !!! :lol:

**Davicillo** · July 14th, 2005, 04:43 PM

Well it was stuck on a HINRG classics CD!

**phrankie** · July 14th, 2005, 04:44 PM

Exactly...how bizarre is that!!!???

**Energyguy** · July 14th, 2005, 04:45 PM

Originally Written by Davicillo

In your opinions what have been surprising HINRG hits?

For example;

Olivia Newton John - The Rumour
B52's - Summer of love (Shep Pettibone 12" mix)
Kim Carnes - Invitation to dance
Elton john - I don't want to go on with you like that.

Any more?

THE RUMOUR is a great dance track - I have the original version on the 1988 album - The 12" remix is superb - one of my favourites from that year

**Energyguy** · July 14th, 2005, 04:46 PM

Originally Written by phrankie

Exactly...how bizarre is that!!!???

Recently I have seen a few dodgy HINRG compilation CDS - With stuff by 70s disco artists featured on it - not really HINRG at all....

**Davicillo** · July 14th, 2005, 04:48 PM

Exactly. While some of the real good stuff which was really popular and hasn't been availible for ages goes unreleased! If they were they would fly out the doors. I know, I used to be singles/ cd comp buyer at HMV Brighton!

**Energyguy** · July 14th, 2005, 04:50 PM

Originally Written by Davicillo

Exactly. While some of the real good stuff which was really popular and hasn't been availible for ages goes unreleased! If they were they would fly out the doors. I know, I used to be singles/ cd comp buyer at HMV Brighton!

I have had a few good compilation Cds from HMV - Bought one called HINRG HEAVEN - Mostly Ian Levine tracks from Record Shack days.. Bargain at £3.99

**Davicillo** · July 14th, 2005, 04:56 PM

We used to sell cart loads. The main thing is that we used to get asked for the 80's stuff like the Flirts, Earlene Bentley, Risque, Aleph, etc. On UK labels. I used to tell the reps, but that fell on deaf ears. Missed sales opportunity there I think!.

**Energyguy** · July 14th, 2005, 05:01 PM

Originally Written by Davicillo

We used to sell cart loads. The main thing is that we used to get asked for the 80's stuff like the Flirts, Earlene Bentley, Risque, Aleph, etc. On UK labels. I used to tell the reps, but that fell on deaf ears. Missed sales opportunity there I think!.

You very rarely see much HINRG stuff in the big stores nowadays, which is sad - I get all mine from hours of searching back street shops !!

**Eurodancemix** · July 15th, 2005, 06:31 AM

Give it another 10 years...many labels are busy releasing disco product (better late than never, I suppose). They'll get to Hi-NRG and realize what a market they've been ignoring all along.

**Eurodancemix** · July 15th, 2005, 09:07 AM

Originally Written by Davicillo

In your opinions what have been surprising HINRG hits?

For example;

Olivia Newton John - The Rumour
B52's - Summer of love (Shep Pettibone 12" mix)
Kim Carnes - Invitation to dance
Elton john - I don't want to go on with you like that.

Any more?

Don't forget Raquel Welch's "This Girl's Back In Town", the dance mix for ZZ Top's "Legs", and the Latin Rascal's complete remix/overhaul of Taxxi's "Still in Love".

**monty69** · July 15th, 2005, 11:05 AM

Lots of weird tracks.Here is my list:

I'm Your Man by Barry Manilow
Another Day Comes, Another Day Goes by Kiki Dee
I Hear Talk by Bucks Fizz
Eye Contact by Linda Lusardi
You're My World by Jane McDonald
Square Rooms by Al Corly (Steven from Dynasty)
Pistol In My Pokey by Lana Pellay
Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing by Tom Robinson
I'm Beggin'You by Supertramp
Say You Will by Santana
Don't Fight Destiny by Gary Wilmott
Let's All Chant by Pat & Mick
101 by Sheena Easton

**Eurodancemix** · July 15th, 2005, 12:02 PM

Originally Written by monty69

Lots of weird tracks.Here is my list:

...
Pistol In My Pokey by Lana Pellay
...

I do hope you meant "Pistol In My Pocket", otherwise the song takes on a WHOLE new meaning! :lol:

**Eurodancemix** · July 15th, 2005, 12:11 PM

Originally Written by monty69

Lots of weird tracks.Here is my list:

I'm Your Man by Barry Manilow
...

I *love* that song! First time I heard it at a club, I thought it was an Italian disco record. Imagine my surprise when it was good ol' Barry!

**monty69** · July 15th, 2005, 12:53 PM

Lol. Didn't mean that!Sounds painful.

**Davicillo** · July 15th, 2005, 01:11 PM

Oh yes. There was that other Barry Manilow track 'In search of love'.

'Band of Gold' Belinda Carlisle also.

**monty69** · July 15th, 2005, 01:15 PM

I think Barry Manilows' best song was I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - Tony Moran mix.Wonderful.Not sure who did the original.

**Davicillo** · July 15th, 2005, 01:24 PM

Wasn't it England Dan or John Ford Coley?
or is that another song?

**Energyguy** · July 15th, 2005, 02:27 PM

I recently won the Raquel Welch Track on e-bay. A disconet remix !

**SandraDee** · July 16th, 2005, 04:04 PM

A really unusual artist to have a hi-nrg hit is David Knopfler who used to be in rock group Dire Straits ( :o )(& Mark's brother.) I only recently heard 'Shockwave' from '85 & couldn't believe my ears; it has a rhythm that's not dissimilar to Laura Branigan's 'Shattered Glass' IMO! You guys have got to hear it.

**phrankie** · July 16th, 2005, 04:19 PM

Al Corley's "Square rooms" is one of my all time faves...liked his "Cold Dresses" follow up too...reminds me of the time that TOTP used to feature the Europarade every two weeks or so...I loved it! Seeing FR David, Ryan Paris etc before they were released in the UK...good marketing for Carrere Records too, who seemed to release the most Eurohits in the UK in the early/mid 80's

**Energyguy** · July 17th, 2005, 04:32 AM

Originally Written by phrankie

Al Corley's "Square rooms" is one of my all time faves...liked his "Cold Dresses" follow up too...reminds me of the time that TOTP used to feature the Europarade every two weeks or so...I loved it! Seeing FR David, Ryan Paris etc before they were released in the UK...good marketing for Carrere Records too, who seemed to release the most Eurohits in the UK in the early/mid 80's

Hi Rich...I found a 12" copy of SQUARE ROOMS the other day - not a bad track at all - Another one for the collection

Carrere records seemed to do especially well during the 1980s dance boom