Dancemania 2

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

Dancemania 2
Compilation album by various artists
Released	17 July 1996[1]
Genre	Electronic[1] (Euro house, Happy hardcore)[1]
Length	68:00[2]
Label	EMI Music Japan[2]
Producer	Masaaki Saito (executive producer)[3] Hitoshi Namekata (producer)[3]
Dancemania chronology
1 (1996) Dancemania 2 (1996) 3 (1996)

The megamix album was mixed by Bob Salton, a popular DJ from Italy,^[2] and debuted at #11 on Oricon's weekly album chart in July 1996.^[4]

Tracks

#	Track	By	Ref
1	Nightfever	Ex-It	[5]
2	Good Times	Blaxone	[5]
3	Fresh	Beat System	[5]
4	Ring My Bell	Black Nero	[5]
5	Captain Jack	Captain Jack	[5]
6	Drill Instructor	Captain Jack	[5]
7	Lion Eddie	Me & My	[5]
8	Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex	E-Rotic	[5]
9	Shame	Basic Element	[5]
10	Upside Down	Cut 'N' Move	[5]
11	Climb Any Mountain	Melodie MC	[5]
12	Dance With Me	Voice	[5]
13	Energy of Light	Magic Affair	[5]
14	Love Child	Mylin Brooks	[5]
15	Mr. Fantasy	Fantasy	[5]
16	Feel The Night	Look Twice	[5]
17	Another Dream	Claudja	[5]
18	Believe in Fireman	Fireman	[5]
19	Paradise	C.O.R. feat. Mike Nova	[5]
20	Rainbow To The Stars	Dune	[5]

Further details

The album's overall average tempo is 142 bpm;^[6]

The slowest track is "Nightfever" (#1) at 110 bpm.^[6]

The fastest track is "Rainbow To The Stars" (#20) at 181 bpm.^[6]

Several tracks are cover versions or remix versions.^[6]

#1 "Nightfever" is a cover version of Bee Gees' "Night Fever".^[7]

#2 "Good Times" is a remix / cover version of Chic's "Good Times".^[8]

#3 "Fresh" is a remix / cover version of Kool & The Gang's "Fresh".^[9]

#4 "Ring My Bell" is a cover version of Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell".^[10]

#10 "Upside Down" is a remix / cover version of Diana Ross' "Upside Down".^[11]

Several tracks on the album, including different remixes, can also be found on other Dancemania albums such as 1, Delux, Hyper Delux, Extra, EX1, Zip Mania 1, Zip Mania II, Summers, Summers 2001, Bass #1, Bass #10, Best Red, Speed 2, Speed 3, Speed 9, Speed Best 2001 or Speed G.^[6]

#	Track	Length	BPM	Ref	Artist(s)	From / based in	Ref
1	Nightfever	4:08	110	[5][6]	Ex-It	Germany	[7]
2	Good Times	3:51	112	[5][6]	Blaxone	Germany	[8]
3	Fresh	3:29	116	[5][6]	Beat System	Germany	[9]
4	Ring My Bell	4:05	124	[5][6]	Black Nero	Germany	[10]
5	Captain Jack	3:06	150	[5][6]	Captain Jack	Germany	[12]
6	Drill Instructor	2:59	150	[5][6]	Captain Jack	Germany	[12]
7	Lion Eddie	3:41	136	[5][6]	Me & My	Denmark	[13]
8	Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex	3:22	140	[5][6]	E-Rotic	Germany	[14]
9	Shame	3:19	130	[5][6]	Basic Element	Sweden	[15]
10	Upside Down	3:45	135	[5][6]	Cut 'N' Move	Denmark	[16]
11	Climb Any Mountain	3:16	137	[5][6]	Melodie MC	Sweden	[17]
12	Dance With Me	3:15	140	[5][6]	Voice	Germany	[18]
13	Energy of Light	3:20	145	[5][6]	Magic Affair	Germany	[19]
14	Love Child	3:08	145	[5][6]	Mylin Brooks	USA / Japan	[20]
15	Mr. Fantasy	3:30	150	[5][6]	Fantasy	Unknown	—
16	Feel The Night	3:35	153	[5][6]	Look Twice	Sweden	[21]
17	Another Dream	2:01	160	[5][6]	Claudja	Italy	[22]
18	Believe in Fireman	2:58	160	[5][6]	Fireman	Italy	[23]
19	Paradise	3:23	164	[5][6]	C.O.R. feat. Mike Nova	Germany	[24]
20	Rainbow To The Stars	4:22	181	[5][6]	Dune	Germany	[25]