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{{Infobox album|
| name = Cha Cha Cha
| type = [[Album]]
| artist = [[EMF (band)|EMF]]
| cover = Cha_Cha_Cha.JPG
| alt =
| released = 2 March 1995
| recorded = 1994
| studio =
| genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| length = 57:27
| label = [[Parlophone]]
| producer = [[Jonny Dollar]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&q=Cha+Cha+Cha+emf+1995&pg=PP350|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=July 9, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| prev_title = [[Stigma (EMF album)|Stigma]]
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = [[Epsom Mad Funkers: The Best of EMF]]
| next_year = 2001
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r220451|pure_url=no}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=Cha+Cha+Cha+emf+1995&pg=PA956|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Smash Hits]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Leesa|last=Daniels|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/54256345045/in/album-72177720323065761|title=New Albums: Best New Album|work=[[Smash Hits]]|date=February 15, 1995|page=53|access-date=January 29, 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''''Cha Cha Cha''''' is the third album by English rock band [[EMF (band)|EMF]], released in 1995 under the [[EMI]] label.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&q=Cha+Cha+Cha+emf+1995&pg=PA356|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=July 9, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''[[Trouser Press]]'' wrote that "flashes of EMF’s early techno-pop sound surface in 'Bleeding You Dry', by far the most listenable track on 1995’s ''Cha Cha Cha''. Almost every other cut on this would-be comeback, however, finds the band groping-unsuccessfully — for some new musical direction."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/emf/|title=EMF}}</ref>

==Track listing==
# "[[Perfect Day (EMF song)|Perfect Day]]" – 3:35
# "La Plage" – 3:44
# "The Day I Was Born" – 3:50
# "Secrets" – 3:56
# "Shining" – 6:10
# "Bring Me Down" – 4:20
# "Skin" – 4:22
# "Slouch" – 2:17
# "Bleeding You Dry" – 5:20
# "Patterns" – 3:37
# "When Will You Come" – 3:39
# "West of the Cox" – 4:08
# "Ballad O' the Bishop" – 4:09
# "Glass Smash Jack" – 4:20

'''Japanese bonus track'''
#<li value=15>"Angel"

==References==
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{{EMF}}

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[[Category:1995 albums]]
[[Category:EMF (band) albums]]
[[Category:Parlophone albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Jonny Dollar]]

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