Dancemania 4

Dancemania 4
Compilation album by various artists
Released	January 16, 1997[1]
Genre	Electronic, pop[1] (house, synthpop)[1]
Length	71:00[2]
Label	EMI Music Japan[2]
Producer	Masaaki Saito (executive producer)[3] Hitoshi Namekata (producer)[3]
Dancemania chronology
3 (1996) Dancemania 4 (1997) 5 (1997)

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

#	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)