# Inner City — Every Record We Rank

Inner City appears 2 times in our Detroit Techno and The Waxonia Desk — Sounds Like a Single lists, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 2
- **Appears on:** Detroit Techno and The Waxonia Desk — Sounds Like a Single
- **Year:** 1988
- **Highest placing:** No. 3 in Detroit Techno
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/inner-city/

## Appears on

### [Good Life](https://waxonia.com/track/inner-city--good-life/)

*1988 · KMS / Virgin · No. 3 in [Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/)*

Kevin Saunderson proved techno could be a pop song without surrendering the machine. Paris Grey's vocal is the human argument at the centre of the genre.

Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — Sounds Like a Single](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-sounds-like-a-single/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Inner%20City%20Good%20Life) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=KJxJxr9RlKM)

### [Good Life](https://waxonia.com/track/inner-city--good-life/)

*1988 · KMS / Virgin · Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — Sounds Like a Single](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-sounds-like-a-single/)*

Detroit techno behaving like a pop record and refusing to apologise for it. The genre spent the following decade deciding whether that was a betrayal or the entire point.

Also on: [Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Inner%20City%20Good%20Life) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=KJxJxr9RlKM)

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