Episode II (album)

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 (The Bongo Song)" 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]

Episode II is the first mainstream studio album by Safri Duo, a percussion duo from Denmark that released six classical albums before its breakthrough with the Michael Parsberg-produced hit "Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song)", the opening track of the album. It was released on 26 June 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]

Track listing

First edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song)"	6:45
2.	"Snakefood"	6:03
3.	"A-Gusta"	5:38
4.	"Samb-Adagio"	5:57
5.	"Everything"	6:01
6.	"Everything Epilogue"	2:38
7.	"Crazy Benny"	5:32
8.	"Baya Baya"	5:26
9.	"Adagio"	5:11

New Edition

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song)"	6:45
2.	"Snakefood"	6:04
3.	"A-Gusta"	5:38
4.	"Samb-Adagio"	5:57
5.	"Everything"	6:01
6.	"Everything Epilogue"	2:36
7.	"Sweet Freedom" (feat. Michael McDonald)	3:23
8.	"Crazy Benny"	532
9.	"Baya Baya"	5:25
10.	"Adagio"	5:13
11.	"Played-A-Live" (Darude vs. JS16)	7:29

The Remix Edition

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song)"	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

Charts Chart (2001/2003) Peak position Austrian Albums Chart[5] 21 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[6] 13 Danish Albums Chart[7] 1 Dutch Albums Chart[8] 16 Finnish Albums Chart[9] 7 German Albums Chart[10] 2 Norwegian Albums Chart[11] 9 Portuguese Albums Chart[12] 14 Swedish Albums Chart[13] 49 Swiss Albums Chart[14] 2

Certifications Country Certification Denmark 3× Platinum[15] Germany Gold[16] Switzerland Platinum[17]

References

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