Dancemania 3 is the third set in the Dancemania series of dance music compilation albums, released in 1996 by EMI Music Japan.

[2] The non-stop mixing was done by Flex Records, a Danish dance label.

[4] The non-stop mixing was handled by Danish dance label Flex Records, mainly, its two main producers; Kenneth Bager and Michael Pfundheller.

[4] The album's overall average tempo is 138 bpm;[8] Several tracks are cover versions or remix versions.

[8] Several tracks on the album can also be found on other Dancemania albums, such as Delux, Zip Mania, Extra, Best Red or Summers.