''Dancemania 7'' is the seventh set in the Dancemania series of

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, released in 1997 by

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. The album debuted at #10 on

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's weekly album chart in October 1997 and remained within the top 20 positions on the chart for 3 consecutive weeks, peaking at #8. The non-stop mixing was done by

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Tracks

Further details

The album's overall average tempo is 133 bpm;Electronic Emotion
Dancemania DATA Dancemania 7
:The slowest track is "That's The Way '97" (#4) at 116 bpm. :The fastest track is "I Believe" (#23) at 160 bpm. Several tracks are

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s or remix versions. :#2 "The Winner Takes It All" is a cover version of

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The Winner Takes It All "The Winner Takes It All" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released as the first single from the group's seventh studio album, '' Super Trouper'' (1980), it is a ballad in the key of G-flat major, reflecting on the end of a relatio ...

". :#4 "That's The Way '97" is a remix version of

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".''Dancemania 7'', CD booklet p.5 : "4. X-TREME / THAT'S THE WAY '97" :#22 "Moonlight Shadow" is a dance cover version of

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Moonlight Shadow "Moonlight Shadow" is a song written and performed by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, released as a single in May 1983 by Virgin Records, and included on his eighth album, ''Crises'', of the same year. The vocals were performed by ...

".''Dancemania 7'', CD booklet p.23 : "22. MISSING HEART / MOONLIGHT SHADOW" 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''.

References

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