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
# 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

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
  1. Discogs, Dancemania 4
  2. Amazon.co.jp, Dancemania (4) (in Japanese)
  3. Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.28
  4. 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. Electronic Emotion, Dancemania DATA Dancemania 4 (in Japanese)
  9. Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.1
  10. Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.2
  11. Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.22 : "20. XENIA / HEARTBEAT" (in Japanese)
  12. Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.8 : "6. JUST A GIRL / KILLING ME SOFTLY" (in Japanese)
  13. Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.11 : "9. DANCEMATIC / WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED?" (in Japanese)
  14. Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.17 : "15. M.A.N. / STAY" (in Japanese)
  15. 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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