High Energy (Evelyn Thomas song)

"High Energy"
Single by Evelyn Thomas
from the album High Energy
B-side"Instrumental dub"
ReleasedApril 1984
Recorded1984
StudioTrident Studios, London[1]
GenreHi-NRG[2]
Length3:48
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ian Levine
  • Fiachra Trench
Evelyn Thomas singles chronology
"Doomsday"
(1976) 		"High Energy"
(1984) 		"Masquerade"
(1984)

"High Energy" is a song co-written and co-produced by Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench, and performed by American dance singer Evelyn Thomas. The song was very popular in dance clubs around the world and topped the American dance chart in September 1984. It also spent four weeks atop the singles chart in West Germany[3] and peaked at number 5 in the UK.[4] 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".

  1. ^ High Energy at discogs (Retrieved June 22, 2013)
  2. ^ Jones, Alan; Kantonen, Jussi (2000). Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco. A Cappella Books. p. 173. ISBN 1-55652-411-0.
  3. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Evelyn Thomas – High Energy (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  4. ^ "Official Charts > Evelyn Thomas". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved October 15, 2016.