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Dancemania 4

Dancemania 4 is the fourth set in the Dancemania series of dance music compilation albums, released in early 1997 by EMI Music Japan.[2]

Dancemania 4
Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedJanuary 16, 1997[1]
GenreElectronic, pop[1]
(house, synthpop)[1]
Length71:00[2]
LabelEMI Music Japan[2]
ProducerMasaaki Saito (executive producer)[3]
Hitoshi Namekata (producer)[3]
Dancemania chronology
3
(1996) 		Dancemania 4
(1997) 		5
(1997)

With its 23 tracks and one bonus track,[4] the album debuted at #6 on Oricon's weekly album chart in January 1997[5] and reached #3 the next week,[6] appearing on the yearly best-selling album chart at #92 in 1997 with 241,570 copies sold, along with its successor, 5, which ranked #98.[7]

Several tracks on the album, including different remixes, can also be found on other Dancemania albums such as 1, Delux, Extra, Diamond, Diamond Complete Edition, Best Yellow, Best Red, Zip Mania, Zip Mania DX, Zip Mania Best, Bass #1, Speed 3 or Winters.[8]

Tracks edit

# Track By Ref
1 Wannabe Spice Girls [9]
2 Party Ex-It [9]
3 Saturday Every Man A Queen Sister Queen [9]
4 Touch of Your Love Me & My [9]
5 Fritz Love My Tits E-Rotic [9]
6 Killing Me Softly Just a Girl [9]
7 Por Causa Do Amor Zona [9]
8 Boy Toy Philly [9]
9 What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? Dancematic [9]
10 Anytime Obsession [9]
11 I Got To Believe Kate Project [9]
12 Baby, Show Me Your Butt Jag [9]
13 I Want Candy Candy Girls [10]
14 Go Away Look Twice [10]
15 Stay M.A.N. [10]
16 Love in the 1st Degree Body Parts [10]
17 Thrill Me, Thrill Me Choice [10]
18 The Fire Prophesy [10]
19 Yodeling's on the Scene Sandi [10]
20 Heartbeat Xenia [10]
21 We Shall Dance Fun Master [10]
22 Everybody Kinky [10]
23 The Beat of Green Fargetta [10]
24 Dub-I-Dub The Axel Boys Quartet [10]

Further details edit

 
Intro with "Wannabe"
#20 "Heartbeat"
"Heartbeat" was the debut single by Xenia, originally an actress whose popularity was rising at the time for appearing on the German TV series Cult.[11]
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The album's overall average tempo is 140 bpm;[8]

The slowest track is "Dub-I-Dub" (#24) at 72 bpm.[8]
The fastest track is "We Shall Dance" (#21) at 177 bpm.[8]

Several tracks are cover versions or remix versions.[8]

#6 "Killing Me Softly" is a cover remix version of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with His Song".[12]
#9 "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" is a cover version of Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted".[13]
#15 "Stay" is a cover version of Jackson Browne's "Stay".[14]
#21 "We Shall Dance" is a cover remix version of Demis Roussos's "We Shall Dance".[15]
#24 "Dub-I-Dub", included as bonus track, is a cover version of Me & My's "Dub-I-Dub".[4]

The non-stop mixing was done by DJ Smurf a.k.a. Paul Rincon and his partner, Dip "T" Jones, who has co-produced many remixes with Smurf.[16]

# Track Length BPM Ref Artist(s) From / based in Ref
1 Wannabe 4:03 113 [8][9] Spice Girls  United Kingdom [17]
2 Party 3:04 113 [8][9] Ex-It  Germany [18]
3 Saturday Every Man A Queen 3:16 134 [8][9] Sister Queen  France [19]
4 Touch of Your Love 2:36 136 [8][9] Me & My  Denmark [20]
5 Fritz Love My Tits 2:34 145 [8][9] E-Rotic  Germany [21]
6 Killing Me Softly 3:56 129 [8][9] Just a Girl  Australia [12]
7 Por Causa Do Amor 2:31 133 [8][9] Zona  Austria [22]
8 Boy Toy 3:08 133 [8][9] Philly  Germany [23]
9 What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? 2:27 136 [8][9] Dancematic  United Kingdom [13]
10 Anytime 2:57 136 [8][9] Obsession  United Kingdom [24]
11 I Got To Believe 2:35 136 [8][9] Kate Project  Italy [25]
12 Baby, Show Me Your Butt 2:48 138 [8][9] Jag  Germany [26]
13 I Want Candy 2:47 140 [8][10] Candy Girls  United Kingdom [27]
14 Go Away 2:31 145 [8][10] Look Twice  Sweden [28]
15 Stay 3:37 150 [8][10] M.A.N.  Italy [14]
16 Love in the 1st Degree 2:18 160 [8][10] Body Parts  Netherlands [29]
17 Thrill Me, Thrill Me 2:40 163 [8][10] Choice Unknown —
18 The Fire 4:10 168 [8][10] Prophesy  Switzerland [30]
19 Yodeling's on the Scene 2:51 168 [8][10] Sandi  Hungary [31]
20 Heartbeat 3:14 175 [8][10] Xenia  Germany [11]
21 We Shall Dance 2:50 177 [8][10] Fun Master  Czechoslovakia [15]
22 Everybody 3:41 130 [8][10] Kinky  United Kingdom [32]
23 The Beat of Green 2:15 131-115 [8][10] Fargetta  Italy [33]
24 Dub-I-Dub 2:53 72 [8][10] The Axel Boys Quartet  Denmark [4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Discogs, Dancemania 4
  2. ^ a b c Amazon.co.jp, Dancemania (4) (in Japanese)
  3. ^ a b Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.28
  4. ^ a b c Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.26 : "24. THE AXEL BOYS QUARTET / DUB-I-DUB" (in Japanese)
  5. ^ Oricon Database, Oricon Album 1997-1-27 (in Japanese)
  6. ^ Oricon Database, Oricon Album 1997-2-3 (in Japanese)
  7. ^ Oricon Database, Oricon Album 1997 Top 100 (in Japanese)
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Electronic Emotion, Dancemania DATA Dancemania 4 (in Japanese)
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.1
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.2
  11. ^ a b Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.22 : "20. XENIA / HEARTBEAT" (in Japanese)
  12. ^ a b Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.8 : "6. JUST A GIRL / KILLING ME SOFTLY" (in Japanese)
  13. ^ a b Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.11 : "9. DANCEMATIC / WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED?" (in Japanese)
  14. ^ a b Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.17 : "15. M.A.N. / STAY" (in Japanese)
  15. ^ a b Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.23 : "21. FUN MASTER / WE SHALL DANCE" (in Japanese)
  16. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.27
  17. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.3 : "1. SPICE GIRLS / WANNABE" (in Japanese)
  18. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.4 : "2. EX-IT / PARTY" (in Japanese)
  19. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.5 : "3. SISTER QUEEN / SATURDAY EVERY MAN A QUEEN" (in Japanese)
  20. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.6 : "4. ME & MY / TOUCH OF YOUR LOVE" (in Japanese)
  21. ^ Discogs, E-Rotic
  22. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.9 : "7. ZONA / POR CAUSA DO AMOR" (in Japanese)
  23. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.10 : "8. PHILLY / BOY TOY" (in Japanese)
  24. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.12 : "10. OBSESSION / ANYTIME" (in Japanese)
  25. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.13 : "11. KATE PROJECT / I GOT TO BELIEVE" (in Japanese)
  26. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.14 : "12. JAG / BABY, SHOW ME YOUR BUTT" (in Japanese)
  27. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.15 : "13. CANDY GIRLS / I WANT CANDY" (in Japanese)
  28. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.16 : "14. LOOK TWICE / GO AWAY" (in Japanese)
  29. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.18 : "16. BODY PARTS / LOVE IN THE 1ST DEGREE" (in Japanese)
  30. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.20 : "18. PROPHESY / THE FIRE" (in Japanese)
  31. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.21 : "19. SANDI / YODELING'S ON THE SCENE" (in Japanese)
  32. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.24 : "22. KINKY / EVERYBODY" (in Japanese)
  33. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.25 : "23. FARGETTA / THE BEAT OF GREEN" (in Japanese)
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