Dancemania 3
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Dancemania 3 is the third set in the Dancemania series
of dance music
compilation albums, released in 1996 by EMI Music Japan.
The non-stop mixing
was done by Flex Records
, a Danish
dance label.
was handled by Danish dance label Flex Records
, mainly, its two main producers; Kenneth Bager
and Michael Pfundheller.
The album's overall average tempo is 138 bpm;
Several tracks are cover version
s or remix versions
.
Several tracks on the album can also be found on other Dancemania albums, such as Delux, Zip Mania, Extra, Best Red or Summers.
Dancemania
Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...
of dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
compilation albums, released in 1996 by EMI Music Japan.
The non-stop mixing
DJ mix
A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track. When a DJ mix or DJ mixset is recorded onto some medium, it is often referred to as a mix tape...
was done by Flex Records
FLEX Records
FLEX Records is a Danish record label. Label founded by Scandinavian Records in 1994 to release various electronic music...
, a Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
dance label.
Tracks
| # | Track | By | Ref |
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| 1 | Help Me Dr. Dick | E-Rotic E-Rotic E-Rotic is a German Eurodance project. They are mostly known for their use of sexual topics and innuendo in their music. Some of the female vocalists who fronted E-Rotic over the years also fronted Missing Heart vocals.-History:... |
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| 2 | Soldier Soldier | Captain Jack Captain Jack (band) Captain Jack is a musical duo, specializing in Eurodance music, originating from Germany.- History :Its members were Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez , and Sunny... |
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| 3 | Ladies Night Ladies' Night (song) "Ladies' Night" is the hit title track single on the album Ladies' Night released in 1979 by Kool and the Gang. The song as a single was a success, and became a radio staple... |
7T feat. Kool & The Gang Kool & the Gang Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and... , J.T. and Takia |
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| 4 | Let's Groove Rap | Big Mama feat. DJ Max | |
| 5 | Can't Stop This Feeling | Nina | |
| 6 | Xanadu | Olivia feat. Paula | |
| 7 | Sunshine | Umboza Umboza Umboza were a house duo from Germany composed of Stuart Crichton and Michael Kilkie. They recorded for Positiva Records.Umboza released a single entitled "Cry India" in 1995 which was a hit both in the U.S. and the UK which was based around a sample of Lionel Richie's hit All Night Long. The song... |
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| 8 | Everybody | Worlds Apart Worlds Apart (boyband) Worlds Apart were a multi-national boy band of the 1990s that featured Marcus Patrick in the original group and Totally Scott-Lee's Nathan Moore in one of the later incarnations of the band... |
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| 9 | Come On and Do It | Pandora Pandora (singer) Anneli Magnusson , known by her stage name Pandora, is a Swedish eurodance artist. She was most popular during the mid 1990s in the Nordic countries,in Asia and Australia in the end of 1990s to mid 2000s but is still active and releasing material more recently as United DJs vs... |
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| 10 | Dream of the Night | EXP Exp (band) Exp is an Italian group which released several dance singles in the 1990s, great hits particularly in the discothèques.-Singles:* "Before the Night" - #25 in France* "Save Me" * "Shake Your Body"... |
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| 11 | Got To Believe | Amya | |
| 12 | You and Me | Airbag | |
| 13 | Around and 'Round | Ann Bell Fell | |
| 14 | Move Your Body | Sultans of Dance | |
| 15 | World of Freedom | Magic Affair Magic Affair Magic Affair is a German eurodance project founded in 1993 by Mike Staab.-History:Magic Affair originated with the band Mysterious Art, which in 1989 topped the German charts with their singles, "Das Omen - Teil 1" and "Carma - Omen 2".... |
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| 16 | Got To Get It On | KC Linn | |
| 17 | Give Me Something To Dance To | Spikey | |
| 18 | Without You | Body Parts | |
| 19 | United States of Japan | Mach 7 | |
| 20 | Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Central Park | |
| 21 | I Want Your Mind | Habegale |
Further details
The non-stop mixingDJ mix
A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track. When a DJ mix or DJ mixset is recorded onto some medium, it is often referred to as a mix tape...
was handled by Danish dance label Flex Records
FLEX Records
FLEX Records is a Danish record label. Label founded by Scandinavian Records in 1994 to release various electronic music...
, mainly, its two main producers; Kenneth Bager
Kenneth Bager
Kenneth Bager is a Danish musician and record producer.- History :Kenneth started his musical career back in the mid 1980s as a DJ. In 1994, Bager released a compilation called "Music for Dreams" featuring, among others, Peter Gabriel and Michael Nyman...
and Michael Pfundheller.
The album's overall average tempo is 138 bpm;
#1 The slowest track is "Help Me Dr. Dick" at 103 bpm.#21 The fastest track is "I Want Your Mind" at 180 bpm.
Several tracks are cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
s or remix versions
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
.
#4 "Let's Groove Rap" is a cover version of Earth, Wind & FireEarth, Wind & FireEarth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of...
's "Let's GrooveLet's Groove"Let's Groove" is a 1981 song from the album Raise! by the R&B act Earth, Wind & Fire. The song peaked at #3 in the U.S. and in the UK. It also spent eight weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in late-1981/early-1982 and was the second R&B song of 1982 on the year end charts...
".#6 "Xanadu" is a cover remix version of Olivia Newton John's "Xanadu".#7 "Sunshine" sampled Gipsy KingsGipsy KingsThe Gipsy Kings are a group of musicians from Arles and Montpellier, who perform in Spanish with an Andalucían accent. Although group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos, Spanish Romani people who fled Catalonia during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. Chico Bouchikhi is of...
' "Bamboleo".#20 "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" is a cover version of Marlene DietrichMarlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films...
's "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" is a folk song. The first three verses were written by Pete Seeger in 1955, and published in Sing Out! magazine...
".
Several tracks on the album can also be found on other Dancemania albums, such as Delux, Zip Mania, Extra, Best Red or Summers.
| # | Track | BPM | Ref | Artist(s) | From / based in | Ref |
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| 1 | Help Me Dr. Dick | 103 | E-Rotic |  GermanyGermany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| 2 | Soldier Soldier | 124 | Captain Jack | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| 3 | Ladies Night | 124 | 7T feat. Kool & The Gang, J.T. and Takia | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| 4 | Let's Groove Rap | 125 | Big Mama feat. DJ Max |  GhanaGhana Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south... /  ItalyItaly Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
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| 5 | Can't Stop This Feeling | 125 | Nina | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| 6 | Xanadu | 127 | Olivia feat. Paula |  AustraliaAustralia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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| 7 | Sunshine | 128 | Umboza |  United KingdomUnited Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
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| 8 | Everybody | 140 | Worlds Apart | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| 9 | Come On and Do It | 140 | Pandora |  SwedenSweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
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| 10 | Dream of The Night | 137 | EXP | Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
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| 11 | Got To Believe | 135 | Amya | Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
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| 12 | You and Me | 135 | Airbag | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| 13 | Around and 'Round | 136 | Ann Bell Fell |  FinlandFinland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
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| 14 | Move Your Body | 139 | Sultans of Dance |  IsraelIsrael The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... |
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| 15 | World of Freedom | 140 | Magic Affair | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| 16 | Got To Get It On | 140 | KC Linn | Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
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| 17 | Give Me Something To Dance To | 140 | Spikey |  DenmarkDenmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
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| 18 | Without You | 156 | Body Parts |  NetherlandsNetherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
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| 19 | United States of Japan | 157 | Mach 7 | Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
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| 20 | Where Have All the Flowers Gone | 162 | Central Park | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| 21 | I Want Your Mind | 180 | Habegale | Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |