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

Dancemania 5
Compilation album by various artists
Released	April 28, 1997[1]
Genre	Electronic, Pop[1] (House, Euro house, synthpop)[1]
Length	68:00[2]
Label	EMI Music Japan[2]
Producer	Masaaki Saito (executive producer)[3] Hitoshi Namekata (producer)[3]
Dancemania chronology
4 (1997) Dancemania 5 (1997) 6 (1997)

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

Further details

	Intro with #1 "Together and Forever" (0:40) 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	Germany	[20]
2	Ring a Ling	3:27	136	[7][10]	Tiggy	Denmark	[21]
3	Freedom	3:02	140	[7][10]	DJ BoBo	Switzerland	[22]
4	Midnight	2:25	135	[7][10]	Fargetta	Italy	[9]
5	I Was Born to Love You	2:55	135	[7][10]	Worlds Apart	Germany / UK	[23]
6	Physical	3:13	136	[7][10]	The Olivia Project feat. Paula	Australia	[12]
7	Dancing Queen	2:40	132	[7][10]	Abbacadabra	United Kingdom	[13]
8	Ai no Corrida	2:32	132	[7][10]	Lisa Milton	United Kingdom	[14]
9	Cyber Queen	2:51	130	[7][10]	Sister Queen with Richard Clayderman	France	[15]
10	Europa Europa	3:19	132	[7][10]	Intense	Unknown	—
11	Let Me Be Free	2:32	132	[7][10]	Samantha Fox	United Kingdom	[24]
12	Power of Music	3:37	136	[8][10]	BC Dance	South Africa	[25]
13	Day By Day	3:14	138	[8][10]	100th Debut	Latvia	[26]
14	Layla	2:57	138	[8][10]	Chica	United Kingdom	[16]
15	Light My Fire	3:32	138	[8][10]	Nausikaa	Italy	[27]
16	Charlene	3:13	148	[8][10]	Missing Heart	Germany	[28]
17	Sexuality (I Feel So Young)	4:06	147	[8][10]	Claudja	Italy	[29]
18	Independent Love Song	2:53	148	[8][10]	Bombers	Spain	[17]
19	Share a Piece of Your Heart	3:19	148	[8][10]	Concept of Sound	Sweden	[30]
20	Super Super Hero	3:20	160	[8][10]	Fireman	Italy	[31]
21	Sun Always Shines on TV	2:38	159	[8][10]	Interactive	Germany	[18]
22	I'm Not in Love	3:08	185	[8][10]	Megababe	Germany	[19]

References