Dancemania 4

Dancemania 4
Compilation album by various artists
Released	January 16, 1997[1]
Genre	Electronic, Pop[1] (House, Synth pop)[1]
Length	71:00[2]
Label	EMI Music Japan[2]
Producer	Masaaki Saito (executive producer)[3] Hitoshi Namekata (producer)[3]
Dancemania chronology
3 4 5

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

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

Further details

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

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