Record Mirror Boystown Disco Hi-NRG Chart 17th March 1984
HOT VINYL Hi-NRG REVIEWS
NORMA LEWIS, For All We Know, ERC 12in
Now evidently ex-Shakatak, Norma goes the ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’/’Memory’/’Evergreen’ route on a Marvin Howell/Ellis Rich-produced gently pulsing 128bpm Carpenters revival (inst flip).
THE TECHNOS, Nightime Heaven, PRT 12in
Euro-flavoured quite punchy 130bpm jerkily chugging chanter, the chick dominated duo’s messier 132bpm ‘Hype‘ B-side plugging a board game that’s given me hours of pleasure already.
CAFE SOCIETY, Somebody To Love, Passion 12in
Chick led South African band forcing the initially unrecognisable Jefferson Airplane oldie to toe the 129bpm electro drumbeat line (only on white label until full release in a fortnight).
PAUL PARKER, Desire, Technique 12in
Ian Anthony Stevens debuts his new label with a beefily throbbing galloper in both a 135bpm Hi-Energy Mix and more interestingly 135/67½-135bpm Rock Mix (on white label through Passion as above)
CHRISTOPHER STREET, Happiness, ERC 12in
Not a chap but a significant address for those in the know, the singer of this Ian Levine-mixed lightly galloping 0-134bpm skitterer is actually a chick, impersonating Janis Joplin at the slow start (inst flip).
VIVIEN VEE, Eve Of Destruction, Banana 12in
Barry McGuire’s catchpenny protest song oldie makes incongruous material for a 125bpm chugger, which maybe is why the funkily jolting 108bpm ‘Destiny‘ shares A-side status.
KIM CARNES, You Make My Heart Beat Faster, EMI America 12in
Although reportedly too fast for UK Hi-NRG jox, it’s worth pointing out that this 150bpm racer is high in the US Dance/Disco chart.
GAZUZU, Go Go Gorilla, Ecstasy 12in
Dire sub-Tight Fit-type 121bpm Eurodisco, which Boys Town jocks had taste enough to drop rapidly (double inst flip).
JIMMY RUFFIN & JACKSON MOORE, I’m Gonna Love You Forever, ERC 12in
The Motown veteran teams with the Boys Town Gang’s most recent girl for a tunefully pounding fast 134bpm flier, in both a Hi-NRG Mix and chorus-retaining instrumental British Club Mix.
A scan of the original printed Record Mirror Hi-NRG Chart from 17th March 1984 and James Hamilton’s Hi-NRG reviews from his Discos Column of the same date
Radio Stad Den Haag Top 50 Chart 17th March 1984
These charts are published by kind permission from Radio Stad Den Haag
80s Hi - NRG & Eurobeat 
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