Record Mirror Hi-NRG Chart 9th March 1985
A scan of the original printed Record Mirror Hi-NRG Chart from 9th March 1985 and James Hamilton’s Hi-NRG reviews from his Discos Column of the same date
HOT VINYL & HI-NRG RELEASES
BELOUIS SOME, Imagination, Parlophone 12in
Bowie vocal and Chic guitar combined on a purposefully strutting 108⅓-109bpm chugger (inst 107⅔-108⅓bpm dub flip), trying to be another ‘Let’s Dance’.
SAMANTHA GILLES, Let Me Feel It, Record Shack 12in
Good excitingly pumping 130⅓(intro)-131bpm leaper in the classic tradition with many rhythm breaks on its rare Disconet remix A-side (132bpm original & inst flip).
VILLAGE PEOPLE, Sex Over The Phone (Remix), Record Shack 12in
Remade rather than remixed, this now is Hi-NRG and 7bpm faster at 125bpm, a galloping bounder less distinctive maybe than the original but much looser (ditto inst).
LEGEAR, Crashin’ Down (Remix), Proto 12in
Sylvester-style squeaker meets the (oddly edited) 126⅓-126¾bpm Hazell Dean/Dead Or Alive rattle rhythm.
DENNIS DWYER, Be My Baby, DAT DATT 12in
Richard Jones-produced breezily disguised 134bpm Hi-NRG/pop update of the Ronettes, now remixed, good for general radio.
KIM CARNES, Invitation To Dance, EMI America 12in
Nile Rodgers-produced 122⅓bpm techno chugger from a film that’s otherwise mainly of old musical movie clips.
52ND STREET, Can’t Afford, Factory 12in
UK-recorded undisciplined frantic bass skittered 124½bpm chick-sung racer influenced by ‘She’s So Divine’ and ‘IOU’, now a US dance hit on Profile.
ASTAIRE, In The Name Of Love/Shout It Out, Passion 12in
Chick sung 0-139bpm locomoting flier, 135bpm ‘Shout It Out‘ flip, both with probably more hi-hat than balls.
KERRY DELIUS, They Say It’s Gonna Rain, Arrival 12in
Commercial 12in remix of a lisping chick’s 113bpm Europop-type throbber from last year. Yup, she’s related.
Radio Stad Den Haag Chart 9th March 1985
These charts are published by kind permission from Radio Stad Den Haag
80s Hi - NRG & Eurobeat 
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