High Energy (Evelyn Thomas song)

"High Energy" is the title of a 1984 song 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,[3] and peaked at #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".

"High Energy"
Single by Evelyn Thomas
from the album High Energy
B-side"Instrumental dub"
ReleasedApril 1984
Recorded1984, Trident Studios, London[1]
GenreHi-NRG[2]
Length7:50
LabelTSR Records, Ariola, Shack, Nunk
Songwriter(s)Ian Levine, Fiachra Trench
Producer(s)Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench
Evelyn Thomas singles chronology
"Doomsday"
(1976)		 "High Energy"
(1984)		 "Masquerade"
(1984)

Music video

There are two different videos versions of the song. The original featured Thomas standing on a platform performing the song while everyone around her is dancing. The second, which was done for the American syndicated series New York Hot Tracks, featured Thomas with a different set of dancers that was filmed at a New York City nightclub, with two dancers acting out the song’s lyrics.

Track listings
7" single
  1. "High Energy" – 3:48
  2. "High Energy" (instrumental dub) – 3:30
12" maxi
  1. "High Energy" (vocal) – 7:50
  2. "High Energy" (instrumental dub) – 7:28

Charts
Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 98
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 7
Eurochart Hot 100 1
France (SNEP)[8] 18
Irish Singles Chart[9] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 8
Norway (VG-lista)[11] 9
Spain (AFYVE)[12] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 3
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[14] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 85
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[16] 1
West Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 1

1 The French Singles Chart began to be published on November 4, 1984

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See also
  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)
  • Number-one hits of 1984 (Germany)

References
  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.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 308. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and June 12, 1988.
  6. "Austriancharts.at – Evelyn Thomas – High Energy" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  7. "Ultratop.be – Evelyn Thomas – High Energy" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  8. "Lescharts.com – Evelyn Thomas – High Energy" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  9. "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'High Energy'". Fireball Media. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Evelyn Thomas – High Energy" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  11. "Norwegiancharts.com – Evelyn Thomas – High Energy". VG-lista. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  12. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  13. "Swisscharts.com – Evelyn Thomas – High Energy". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  14. "Evelyn Thomas: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  15. "Evelyn Thomas Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  16. "Evelyn Thomas Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  17. "Offiziellecharts.de – Evelyn Thomas – High Energy". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
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