Episode II (album)

For the Eiffel 65 EP, see Episode II (EP).

Episode II is the first mainstream studio album by Danish percussion duo Safri Duo, who released six classical albums before its breakthrough with the Michael Parsberg-produced hit "Played-A-Live", the opening track of the album. It was released on May 28, 2001, and reissued in 2002 with two additional tracks, including a cover version of "Sweet Freedom" with vocals by American R&B/soul singer Michael McDonald.^[3] Later the same year a Remix Edition of the album was released, which included an additional disc with remixes by artists such as Airscape, Cosmic Gate and Future Breeze.^[4]

Episode II
Studio album by Safri Duo
Released	28 May 2001
Recorded	Safri Duo Studio
Length	49:16
Label	Universal
Producer	Safri Duo, Michael Parsberg
Safri Duo chronology
Bach to the Future (1998) Episode II (2001) 3.0 (2003)
Singles from Episode II
"Played-A-Live" Released: 1 December 2000 "Samb-Adagio" Released: 16 July 2001 "Baya Baya" Released: 5 November 2001 "Sweet Freedom" Released: 10 June 2002

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
GAFFA	^[2]

Track listing

First edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Played-A-Live"	6:46
2.	"Snakefood"	6:04
3.	"A-Gusta"	5:39
4.	"Samb-Adagio"	5:58
5.	"Everything"	6:02
6.	"Everything Epilogue"	2:39
7.	"Crazy Benny"	5:33
8.	"Baya Baya"	5:27
9.	"Adagio"	5:12

New Edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Played-A-Live"	6:46
2.	"Snakefood"	6:04
3.	"A-Gusta"	5:39
4.	"Samb-Adagio"	5:58
5.	"Everything"	6:02
6.	"Everything Epilogue"	2:39
7.	"Sweet Freedom" (feat. Michael McDonald)	3:23
8.	"Crazy Benny"	5:33
9.	"Baya Baya"	5:27
10.	"Adagio"	5:12
11.	"Played-A-Live" (Darude vs. JS16)	7:29

The Remix Edition

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Played-A-Live"	6:45
2.	"Snakefood"	6:03
3.	"A-Gusta"	5:38
4.	"Samb-Adagio"	5:57
5.	"Everything"	6:01
6.	"Everything Epilogue"	2:35
7.	"Sweet Freedom" (feat. Michael McDonald)	3:23
8.	"Crazy Benny"	5:32
9.	"Baya Baya"	5:26
10.	"Adagio"	5:11

Disc two: The Remixes

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sweet Freedom" (Extended Club Version) (feat. Michael McDonald)	5:09
2.	"Played-A-Live" (Darude vs. JS16)	7:28
3.	"Played-A-Live" (Airscape)	6:53
4.	"Played-A-Live" (Spanish Fly)	9:35
5.	"Samb-Adagio" (Cosmic Gate)	7:41
6.	"Samb-Adagio" (Riva Mix)	7:28
7.	"Baya Baya" (ATFC Dawn Vocal)	8:16
8.	"Baya Baya" (Future Breeze)	8:49
9.	"Everything" (DJ Asle Deep Dub Edit)	7:23

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2001–03) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[5] 21 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[6] 13 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[7] 1 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[8] 16 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[9] 7 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[10] 2 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[11] 9 Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[12] 14 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[13] 49 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[14] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[15] 23 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[16] 23

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)^[17]	3× Platinum	150,000^^
Germany (BVMI)^[18]	Gold	150,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[19]	Gold	50,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[20]	Platinum	40,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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15. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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18. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Safri Duo; 'Episode II')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
19. Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 958. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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