80s Hi – NRG & Eurobeat

Record Mirror Boystown Disco Hi-NRG Chart 22nd & 29th October 1983

Radio Stad Den Haag Chart 22nd October 1983

These charts are published by kind permission from Radio Stad Den Haag

Record Mirror Boystown Disco Hi-NRG Chart 29th October 1983

Record Mirror Boystown Disco Charts 1983

Radio Stad Den Haag Chart 29th October 1983

These charts are published by kind permission from Radio Stad Den Haag

Part Two Nightclub Nottingham Playlist Chart October 1983

Part Two Nightclub was the premier gay nightclub in Nottingham, one of the main cities in the East Midlands of England. Their charts were submitted to Alan Jones at Record Mirror magazine to count towards the Record Mirror Boystown Disco/Hi-NRG charts.

A scan of the Part Two Nightclub Chart as printed in the Gay East Midlands newspaper

Billboard Hot Dance Chart 29th October 1983

It’s quite interesting to compare the Billboard Hot Dance Chart with the UK and European Hi-NRG and Italo Charts. The Billboard Dance chart would often have a very good showing of Hi-NRG, as well as Synth Pop tracks, unlike the British mainstream dance clubs, which focussed their music policy mainly on soul and black music. In this Billboard chart, there are tracks from Stephanie Mills, Earlene Bentley, Gloria Gaynor, Waterfront Home, Lime and Modern Rocketry that, apart from Gloria Gaynor, remained firmly in the gay clubs in the UK, that mostly failed to get any mainstream interest or play at all.

MTV Heavy Rotation List 29th October 1983

The MTV Heavy Rotation list has synth Pop and rock tracks from the likes of Billy Idol, Pat Benatar and Z Z Top. These tracks would would find their way into gay club D. J. sets from time to time, especially in the larger American clubs like The Saint in New York, where some DJs would include mainstream pop/rock and synth pop into their Hi-NRG mixes.