Patrick Cowley - Menergy (US 12'') (1981)

Patrick Cowley - Menergy (US 12'') (1981)

Celebrating PRIDE month! NEW 2022 Transfer! NEW 2022 Meticulous Audio Restoration! "Menergy" is a 1981 dance single by producer Patrick Cowley. “One day, while we were recording that album,” Marty Blecman, a former disc jockey and Cowley's business partner, wrote before his death in 1991, “We got high and I added an ‘M’ in front of title track called ‘Energy,’ and we came up with all these completely gay lyrics for it. In the end, that's what we used.” Along with the song "I Want to Take You Home", "Menergy" spent two weeks atop the Billboard Dance/Disco chart in October and November 1981. It was Cowley's most successful single of four Top 10 dance chart hits, all of which occurred within the span of 15 months. As with Cowley's other singles, "Menergy" did not place on any other chart in the USA. In 1984, a posthumous version of "Menergy" was released where Sylvester's vocals were featured. It was used in 2009 in the trailer for the video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony, as well as the in-game radio station K109 The Studio. Cowley recorded in a style that has drawn comparisons to that of Giorgio Moroder and is often credited with pioneering electronic dance music. SIDE A: Menergy 8:44 Written-By – M. Blecman*, P. Cowley* SIDE B: I Wanna Take You Home 7:25 Written-By – P. Cowley* VINYL GRADE: Vinyl: Near Mint Sleeve: Near Mint RELEASE INFORMATION: Label: Fusion Records - FPSF 003 Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Stereo Country: US Released: 1981 Genre: Electronic Style: Hi NRG, Disco CREDITS: Lacquer Cut By – js* Producer – Patrick Cowley Producer [Associate] – Marty Blecman NOTES: Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs