Dancemania 3 is the third set in the Dancemania series of dance music compilation albums, released in 1996 by EMI Music Japan.[2]

Dancemania 3
Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedOctober 9, 1996[1]
GenreElectronic[1]
(Euro house, Happy hardcore, disco)[1]
Length75:00[2]
LabelIntercord Japan[1]
(EMI Music Japan)[2]
ProducerMasaaki Saito (executive producer)[3]
Hitoshi Namekata (producer)[3]
Dancemania chronology
2
(1996)
Dancemania 3
(1996)
4
(1997)

The non-stop mixing was done by Flex Records, a Danish dance label.[4]

Tracks edit

# Track By Ref
1 Help Me Dr. Dick E-Rotic [5]
2 Soldier Soldier Captain Jack [5]
3 Ladies Night 7T feat. Kool & The Gang, J.T. and Takia [5]
4 Let's Groove Rap Big Mama feat. DJ Max [5]
5 Can't Stop This Feeling Nina [5]
6 Xanadu The Olivia Project feat. Paula [5]
7 Sunshine Umboza [5]
8 Everybody Worlds Apart [5]
9 Come On and Do It Pandora [5]
10 Dream of the Night EXP [5]
11 Got To Believe Amya [5]
12 You and Me Airbag [6]
13 Around and 'Round Ann Bell Fell [6]
14 Move Your Body Sultans of Dance [6]
15 World of Freedom Magic Affair [6]
16 Got To Get It On KC Linn [6]
17 Give Me Something To Dance To Spikey [6]
18 Without You Body Parts [6]
19 United States of Japan Mach 7 [6]
20 Where Have All the Flowers Gone Central Park [6]
21 I Want Your Mind Habegale [6]

Further details edit

The non-stop mixing was handled by Danish dance label Flex Records, mainly, its two main producers; Kenneth Bager and Michael Pfundheller.[4]

The album's overall average tempo is 138 bpm;[8]

#1 The slowest track is "Help Me Dr. Dick" at 103 bpm.[8]
#21 The fastest track is "I Want Your Mind" at 180 bpm.[8]

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

#4 "Let's Groove Rap" is a cover version of Earth, Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove".[9]
#6 "Xanadu" is a cover remix version of Olivia Newton-John's "Xanadu".[10]
#7 "Sunshine" sampled Gipsy Kings' "Bamboleo".[11]
#20 "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" is a cover version of Marlene Dietrich's "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?".[12]

Several tracks on the album can also be found on other Dancemania albums, such as Delux, Zip Mania, Extra, Best Red or Summers.[8]

# Track BPM Ref Artist(s) From / based in Ref
1 Help Me Dr. Dick 103 [8] E-Rotic  Germany [13]
2 Soldier Soldier 124 [8] Captain Jack  Germany [14]
3 Ladies Night 124 [8] 7T feat. Kool & The Gang, J.T. and Takia  Germany [15]
4 Let's Groove Rap 125 [8] Big Mama feat. DJ Max  Ghana /  Italy [9]
5 Can't Stop This Feeling 125 [8] Nina  Germany [16]
6 Xanadu 127 [8] Olivia feat. Paula  Australia [10]
7 Sunshine 128 [8] Umboza  United Kingdom [11]
8 Everybody 140 [8] Worlds Apart  Germany /  UK [17]
9 Come On and Do It 140 [8] Pandora  Sweden [18]
10 Dream of The Night 137 [8] EXP  Italy [19]
11 Got To Believe 135 [8] Amya  Italy [20]
12 You and Me 135 [8] Airbag  Germany [21]
13 Around and 'Round 136 [8] Ann Bell Fell  Finland [22]
14 Move Your Body 139 [8] Sultans of Dance  Israel [23]
15 World of Freedom 140 [8] Magic Affair  Germany [24]
16 Got To Get It On 140 [8] KC Linn  Sweden [25]
17 Give Me Something To Dance To 140 [8] Spikey  Denmark [26]
18 Without You 156 [8] Body Parts  Netherlands [27]
19 United States of Japan 157 [8] Mach 7  Sweden [28]
20 Where Have All the Flowers Gone 162 [8] Central Park  Germany [12]
21 I Want Your Mind 180 [8] Habegale  Italy [29]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Discogs, Dancemania 3
  2. ^ a b c Amazon.co.jp, Dancemania (3) (in Japanese)
  3. ^ a b Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.25
  4. ^ a b Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.24 : "FLEX RECORDS" (in Japanese)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.0
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.1
  7. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.2 : "1. E-ROTIC / HELP ME DR. DICK" (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 Electronic Emotion, Dancemania DATA Dancemania 3[permanent dead link] (in Japanese)
  9. ^ a b Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.5 : "4. BIG MAMA feat. DJ MAX / LET'S GROOVE RAP" (in Japanese)
  10. ^ a b Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.7 : "6. OLIVIA feat. PAULA / XANADU" (in Japanese)
  11. ^ a b Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.8 : "7. UMBOZA / SUNSHINE" (in Japanese)
  12. ^ a b Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.21 : "20. CENTRAL PARK / WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE" (in Japanese)
  13. ^ Dancemania Delux 4, CD booklet p.2 : "1. E-ROTIC / GIMME GIMME GIMME" (in Japanese)
  14. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.3 : "2. CAPTAIN JACK / SOLDIER SOLDIER" (in Japanese)
  15. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.4 : "3. 7t feat. KOOL & THE GANG. J.T. and TAKIA / LADIES NIGHT" (in Japanese)
  16. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.6 : "5. NINA / CAN'T STOP THIS FEELING" (in Japanese)
  17. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.9 : "8. WORLDS APART / EVERYBODY" (in Japanese)
  18. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.10 : "9. PANDORA / COME ON AND DO IT" (in Japanese)
  19. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.11 : "10. EXP / DREAM OF THE NIGHT" (in Japanese)
  20. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.12 : "11. AMYA / GOT TO BELIEVE" (in Japanese)
  21. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.13 : "12. AIRBAG / YOU AND ME" (in Japanese)
  22. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.14 : "13. ANN BELL FELL / AROUND AND 'ROUND" (in Japanese)
  23. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.15 : "14. SULTANS OF DANCE / MOVE YOUR BODY" (in Japanese)
  24. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.16 : "15. MAGIC AFFAIR / WORLD OF FREEDOM" (in Japanese)
  25. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.17 : "16. KC LINN / GOT TO GET IT ON" (in Japanese)
  26. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.18 : "17. SPIKEY / GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DANCE TO" (in Japanese)
  27. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.19 : "18. BODY PARTS / WITHOUT YOU" (in Japanese)
  28. ^ The Eurodance Encyclopaedia, M > Mach 7 Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  29. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.22 : "21. HABEGALE / I WANT YOUR MIND" (in Japanese)