Dancemania 7 is the seventh set in the Dancemania series of dance music compilation albums, released in 1997 by EMI Music Japan.[2]

Dancemania 7
Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedOctober 16, 1997[1]
GenreElectronic, pop[1]
(house, Euro house, synthpop)[1]
Length67:00[2]
LabelEMI Music Japan[2]
ProducerMasaaki Saito (executive producer)[3]
Hiro Kadoma (producer)[3]
Dancemania chronology
6
(1997)
Dancemania 7
(1997)
8
(1998)

The album debuted at #10 on Oricon's weekly album chart in October 1997 and remained within the top 20 positions on the chart for 3 consecutive weeks, peaking at #8.[4]

The non-stop mixing was done by Captain Jack.[5]

Tracks

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# Track By Ref
1 Secret Agent Captain Jack [6]
2 The Winner Takes It All E-Rotic [6]
3 Sexual Madness E-Rotic [6]
4 That's The Way '97 X-Treme [6]
5 Dam Dam Deo Felicidad [6]
6 Lovin' & Devotion Love & Devotion [6]
7 Snow On A Hot Day Bertine [6]
8 Crazy Marysia [6]
9 Wanna B Like A Man Simone Jay [6]
10 Every Life Unfolds T42 [6]
11 In My Arms Wildside [6]
12 Feel The Power of Love Jampack feat. Bee [6]
13 Dance With Me Claudja [6]
14 I Can Never Get Enough In Heaven [6]
15 We Can Do It Exil [6]
16 Kiss Verona [6]
17 Dunga! Dunga! EXP feat. Julia [6]
18 Honeymoon Couple Pa-Do-Do [6]
19 Open Your Eyes Koko [6]
20 Get On Up Nylon [6]
21 Try My Love Jacynthe [6]
22 Moonlight Shadow Missing Heart [6]
23 I Believe Jemma & Elise [6]

Further details

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The album's overall average tempo is 133 bpm;[8]

The slowest track is "That's The Way '97" (#4) at 116 bpm.[8]
The fastest track is "I Believe" (#23) at 160 bpm.[8]

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

#2 "The Winner Takes It All" is a cover version of ABBA's "The Winner Takes It All".[9]
#4 "That's The Way '97" is a remix version of Redhead Kingpin and the F.B.I.'s "Do the Right Thing".[10]
#22 "Moonlight Shadow" is a dance cover version of Mike Oldfield's "Moonlight Shadow".[11]

Several tracks on the album, including different remixes, can also be found on other Dancemania albums such as Classics, Club Classics, Club The Earth, Club The Earth Disco Classics, Summers, Extra, Diamond, Diamond Complete Edition, Best Yellow, Best Red, Zip Mania, Zip Mania Best, Scorccio Super Hit Mix, Disco Groove, Delux 2, Delux 5, Speed 1, Covers 1 or X8.[8]

# Track Length BPM Ref Artist(s) From / based in Ref
1 Secret Agent 3:57 150 [6][8] Captain Jack  Germany [12]
2 The Winner Takes It All 2:43 130 [6][8] E-Rotic  Germany [13]
3 Sexual Madness 2:42 128 [6][8] E-Rotic  Germany [13]
4 That's The Way '97 2:46 116 [6][8] X-Treme  Italy [10]
5 Dam Dam Deo 2:29 121 [6][8] Felicidad  France [7]
6 Lovin' & Devotion 2:39 120 [6][8] Love & Devotion  Sweden [14]
7 Snow On A Hot Day 2:31 128 [6][8] Bertine  Norway [15]
8 Crazy 2:37 132 [6][8] Marysia  Poland [16]
9 Wanna B Like A Man 2:42 130 [6][8] Simone Jay  USA /  Italy [17]
10 Every Life Unfolds 2:45 129 [6][8] T42  Italy [18]
11 In My Arms 2:42 132 [6][8] Wildside  Italy [19]
12 Feel The Power of Love 3:07 129 [6][8] Jampack feat. Bee  Denmark [20]
13 Dance With Me 2:43 130 [6][8] Claudja  Italy [21]
14 I Can Never Get Enough 2:46 132 [6][8] In Heaven  Germany [22]
15 We Can Do It 2:54 132 [6][8] Exil  Czech [23]
16 Kiss 2:50 135 [6][8] Verona  Germany [24]
17 Dunga! Dunga! 3:11 135 [6][8] EXP feat. Julia  Italy [25]
18 Honeymoon Couple 2:49 139 [6][8] Pa-Do-Do  Hungary [26]
19 Open Your Eyes 3:14 141 [6][8] Koko  United Kingdom [27]
20 Get On Up 2:42 138 [6][8] Nylon Unknown
21 Try My Love 2:57 138 [6][8] Jacynthe  Canada [28]
22 Moonlight Shadow 3:54 140 [6][8] Missing Heart  Germany [29]
23 I Believe 3:57 160 [6][8] Jemma & Elise  Sweden [30]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Discogs, Dancemania 7
  2. ^ a b c Amazon.co.jp, Dancemania (7) (in Japanese)
  3. ^ a b Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.25
  4. ^ Oricon Database, Oricon Album 1997-10-27 (#10) - Oricon Album 1997-11-3 (#8) - Oricon Album 1997-11-10 (#8) - Oricon Album 1997-11-17 (#15) (in Japanese)
  5. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.2 : "1. CAPTAIN JACK / SECRET AGENT" (in Japanese)
  6. ^ 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 ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.0-1
  7. ^ a b Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.6 : "5. FELICIDAD / DAM DAM DEO" (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 aa ab Electronic Emotion, Dancemania DATA Dancemania 7 (in Japanese)
  9. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.3 : "2. E-ROTIC / THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL" (in Japanese)
  10. ^ a b Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.5 : "4. X-TREME / THAT'S THE WAY '97" (in Japanese)
  11. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.23 : "22. MISSING HEART / MOONLIGHT SHADOW" (in Japanese)
  12. ^ Dancemania 3, CD booklet p.3 : "2. CAPTAIN JACK / SOLDIER SOLDIER" (in Japanese)
  13. ^ a b Dancemania X1, CD booklet p.2 : "1. E-ROTIC / KISS ME" (in Japanese)
  14. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.7 : "6. LOVE & DEVOTION / LOVIN' & DEVOTION" (in Japanese)
  15. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.8 : "7. BERTINE / SNOW ON A HOT DAY" (in Japanese)
  16. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.9 : "8. MARYSIA / CRAZY" (in Japanese)
  17. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.10 : "9. SIMONE JAY / WANNA B LIKE A MAN" (in Japanese)
  18. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.11 : "10. T42 / EVERY LIFE UNFOLDS" (in Japanese)
  19. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.12 : "11. WILDSIDE / IN MY ARMS" (in Japanese)
  20. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.13 : "12. JAMPACK feat. BEE / FEEL THE POWER OF LOVE" (in Japanese)
  21. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.14 : "13. CLAUDJA / DANCE WITH ME" (in Japanese)
  22. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.15 : "14. IN HEAVEN / I CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH" (in Japanese)
  23. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.16 : "15. EXIL / WE CAN DO IT" (in Japanese)
  24. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.17 : "16. VERONA / KISS" (in Japanese)
  25. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.18 : "17. EXP feat. JULIA / DUNGA! DUNGA!" (in Japanese)
  26. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.19 : "18. PA-DO-DO / HONEYMOON COUPLE" (in Japanese)
  27. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.20 : "19. KOKO / OPEN YOUR EYES" (in Japanese)
  28. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.22 : "21. JACYNTHE / TRY MY LOVE" (in Japanese)
  29. ^ Discogs, Missing Heart
  30. ^ Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.24 : "23. JEMMA & ELISE / I BELIEVE" (in Japanese)