Dancemania 5

Dancemania 5
Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedApril 28, 1997[1]
GenreElectronic, Pop[1]
(House, Euro house, synthpop)[1]
Length68:00[2]
LabelEMI Music Japan[2]
ProducerMasaaki Saito (executive producer)[3]
Hitoshi Namekata (producer)[3]
Dancemania chronology
4
(1997) 		Dancemania 5
(1997) 		6
(1997)

Dancemania 5 is the fifth set in the Dancemania series of dance music compilation albums, released in 1997 by EMI Music Japan.[2]

The album debuted at #16 on Oricon's weekly album chart in May 1997[4] and reached #5 the next week,[5] appearing on the yearly best-selling album chart at #98 in 1997 with 227,310 copies sold, along with its predecessor, 4, which ranked #92.[6]

Tracks

# Track By Ref
1 Together and Forever Captain Jack [7]
2 Ring a Ling Tiggy [7]
3 Freedom DJ BoBo [7]
4 Midnight Fargetta [7]
5 I Was Born to Love You Worlds Apart [7]
6 Physical The Olivia Project feat. Paula [7]
7 Dancing Queen Abbacadabra [7]
8 Ai no Corrida Lisa Milton [7]
9 Cyber Queen Sister Queen with Richard Clayderman [7]
10 Europa Europa Intense [7]
11 Let Me Be Free Samantha Fox [7]
12 Power of Music BC Dance [8]
13 Day By Day 100th Debut [8]
14 Layla Chica [8]
15 Light My Fire Nausikaa [8]
16 Charlene Missing Heart [8]
17 Sexuality (I Feel So Young) Claudja [8]
18 Independent Love Song Bombers [8]
19 Share a Piece of Your Heart Concept of Sound [8]
20 Super Super Hero Fireman [8]
21 Sun Always Shines on TV Interactive [8]
22 I'm Not in Love Megababe [8]

Further details

Intro with #1 "Together and Forever"
The non-stop mixing was done by the Italian DJ introduced as the "No.1 DJ of Italy" on the booklet, Fargetta.[9]
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The album's overall average tempo is 142 bpm;[10]

The slowest track is "Cyber Queen" (#9) at 130 bpm.[10]
The fastest track is "I'm Not in Love" (#22) at 185 bpm.[10]

The album contains 9 covers or remixes.[10]

#5 "I Was Born to Love You" is a cover of Queen's "I Was Born to Love You".[11]
#6 "Physical" is a cover of Olivia Newton-John's "Physical".[12]
#7 "Dancing Queen" is a cover of ABBA's "Dancing Queen".[13]
#8 "Ai no Corrida" is a cover of Quincy Jones' "Ai no Corrida".[14]
#9 "Cyber Queen" sampled Richard Clayderman's "Ballade pour Adeline".[15]
#14 "Layla" is a cover of Derek & The Dominos' "Layla", sampling Catch 22's "Boogie Town" and LL Cool J's "It Gets No Rougher".[16]
#18 "Independent Love Song" is a cover of Scarlet's "Independent Love Song".[17]
#21 "Sun Always Shines on TV" is a cover of a-ha's "The Sun Always Shines on T.V.".[18]
#22 "I'm Not in Love" is a cover of 10cc's "I'm Not in Love".[19]

Several tracks on the album, including different remixes, can also be found on other Dancemania albums such as 9, X4, X9, Delux 2, Delux 4, Extra, Diamond, Diamond Complete Edition, Zip Mania, Zip Mania II, Zip Mania Best, Speed 1, Happy Paradise, Happy Paradise 2, Bass #1, Best Red, Club the Earth II or Disco Groove.[10]

# Track Length BPM Ref Artist(s) From / based in Ref
1 Together and Forever 3:14 150 [7][10] Captain Jack GermanyGermany [20]
2 Ring a Ling 3:27 136 [7][10] Tiggy DenmarkDenmark [21]
3 Freedom 3:02 140 [7][10] DJ BoBo SwitzerlandSwitzerland [22]
4 Midnight 2:25 135 [7][10] Fargetta ItalyItaly [9]
5 I Was Born to Love You 2:55 135 [7][10] Worlds Apart GermanyGermany / United KingdomUK [23]
6 Physical 3:13 136 [7][10] The Olivia Project feat. Paula AustraliaAustralia [12]
7 Dancing Queen 2:40 132 [7][10] Abbacadabra United KingdomUnited Kingdom [13]
8 Ai no Corrida 2:32 132 [7][10] Lisa Milton United KingdomUnited Kingdom [14]
9 Cyber Queen 2:51 130 [7][10] Sister Queen with Richard Clayderman FranceFrance [15]
10 Europa Europa 3:19 132 [7][10] Intense Unknown —
11 Let Me Be Free 2:32 132 [7][10] Samantha Fox United KingdomUnited Kingdom [24]
12 Power of Music 3:37 136 [8][10] BC Dance South AfricaSouth Africa [25]
13 Day By Day 3:14 138 [8][10] 100th Debut LatviaLatvia [26]
14 Layla 2:57 138 [8][10] Chica United KingdomUnited Kingdom [16]
15 Light My Fire 3:32 138 [8][10] Nausikaa ItalyItaly [27]
16 Charlene 3:13 148 [8][10] Missing Heart GermanyGermany [28]
17 Sexuality (I Feel So Young) 4:06 147 [8][10] Claudja ItalyItaly [29]
18 Independent Love Song 2:53 148 [8][10] Bombers SpainSpain [17]
19 Share a Piece of Your Heart 3:19 148 [8][10] Concept of Sound SwedenSweden [30]
20 Super Super Hero 3:20 160 [8][10] Fireman ItalyItaly [31]
21 Sun Always Shines on TV 2:38 159 [8][10] Interactive GermanyGermany [18]
22 I'm Not in Love 3:08 185 [8][10] Megababe GermanyGermany [19]

References

  1. ^ a b c Discogs, Dancemania 5
  2. ^ a b c Amazon.co.jp, Dancemania (5) (in Japanese)
  3. ^ a b Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.25
  4. ^ Oricon Database, Oricon Album 1997-5-5 (in Japanese)
  5. ^ Oricon Database, Oricon Album 1997-5-12 (in Japanese)
  6. ^ Oricon Database, Oricon Album 1997 Top 100 (in Japanese)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.0
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.1
  9. ^ a b Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.6 : "4. FARGETTA / MIDNIGHT" (in Japanese)
  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 y z aa Electronic Emotion, Dancemania DATA Dancemania 5 (in Japanese)
  11. ^ Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.7 : "5. WORLDS APART / I WAS BORN TO LOVE YOU" (in Japanese)
  12. ^ a b Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.8 : "6. THE OLIVIA PROJECT featuring PAULA / PHYSICAL" (in Japanese)
  13. ^ a b Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.9 : "7. ABBACADABRA / DANCING QUEEN" (in Japanese)
  14. ^ a b Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.10 : "8. LISA MILTON / AI NO CORRIDA" (in Japanese)
  15. ^ a b Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.11 : "9. SISTER QUEEN with RICHARD CLAYDERMAN / CYBER QUEEN" (in Japanese)
  16. ^ a b Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.16 : "14. CHICA / LAYLA" (in Japanese)
  17. ^ a b Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.20 : "18. BOMBERS / INDEPENDENT LOVE SONG" (in Japanese)
  18. ^ a b Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.23 : "21. INTERACTIVE / SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV" (in Japanese)
  19. ^ a b Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.24 : "22. MEGABABE / I'M NOT IN LOVE" (in Japanese)
  20. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.3 : "2. CAPTAIN JACK / SOLDIER SOLDIER" (in Japanese)
  21. ^ Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.4 : "2. TIGGY / RING A LING" (in Japanese)
  22. ^ Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.5 : "3. DJ BOBO / FREEDOM" (in Japanese)
  23. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.9 : "8. WORLDS APART / EVERYBODY" (saying Germany) / Dancemania 8, CD booklet p.10 : "9. WORLDS APART / RISE LIKE THE SUN" (saying UK) (in Japanese)
  24. ^ Discogs, Samantha Fox
  25. ^ Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.14 : "12. BC DANCE / POWER OF MUSIC" (in Japanese)
  26. ^ Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.15 : "13. 100TH DEBUT / DAY BY DAY" (in Japanese)
  27. ^ Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.17 : "15. NAUSIKAA / LIGHT MY FIRE" (in Japanese)
  28. ^ Discogs, Missing Heart
  29. ^ Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.19 : "17. CLAUDJA / SEXUALITY (I FEEL SO YOUNG)" (in Japanese)
  30. ^ Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.21 : "19. CONCEPT OF SOUND / SHARE A PIECE OF YOUR HEART" (in Japanese)
  31. ^ Dancemania 5, CD booklet p.22 : "20. FIREMAN / SUPER SUPER HERO" (in Japanese)