Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II

Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II is a remix album by Boney M. released in November 1989. The follow-up to 1988's Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88 includes remixes by both PWL's Pete Hammond and original producer Frank Farian and yielded two single releases, "The Summer Mega Mix" and "Malaika (Lambada Remix)". The latter borrowed its remix title and arrangement from Kaoma's 1989 worldwide hit "Lambada" and the mix of "Happy Song" from Lil Louis' US number one "French Kiss".

The remix of "El Lute" on this compilation which features synth percussion overdubs appears as the original version on a number of compilations including Gold - 20 Super Hits in 1992, The Greatest Hits in 2001 and The Magic of Boney M. in 2006.

The Boney M. reunion of 1988 had been a tense meeting between lead singer Liz Mitchell and the other three members. When Liz Mitchell also had a solo album out that she wanted to promote, she left the group in the spring of 1989. For the "Summer Mega Mix" video, producer Frank Farian employed the other three original members and replaced Mitchell with Madeleine Davis who previously had worked with the band as a backing singer on albums Boonoonoonoos, Ten Thousand Lightyears and Eye Dance. Farian announced that he didn't want to make more Boney M. recordings - only to call back Mitchell to re-record their 1981 hits "Felicidad" and "Malaika". The other three members with Madeleine Davis were unknowing that Farian continued to work on a second remix album and then employed producer Barry Blue for the single "Everybody Wants To Dance Like Josephine Baker" - as Boney M., but without Frank Farian's knowledge or approval. "Josephine Baker" appeared late 1989, co-inciding with the release of the "Malaika" remix single and the second remix album, but was subsequently withdrawn by Farian who promptly rushed Liz Mitchell into the studio to record a new official single "Stories" - with Liz Mitchell's new formation of the group which at that time also included Reggie Tsiboe, and within a few years a number of different line-ups would be touring the world under the name Boney M.

Track listing

"Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 4:29
- Lambada Mix - Long Version
"Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 3:50
- Lambada Mix - Re-recorded lead vocal
"Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocci, Spagna) - 4:21
- French Kiss Mix
"Malaika" (Farian, Traditional) - 2:59
- Lambada Mix - Re-recorded lead vocal
"Bahama Mama" (Farian, Jay) - 2:57
- Remixed version
"Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:05
- Remixed version
"Megamix" (Farian, Reyam, Jay) - 3:54 (LP edit 2:14)
- 1988 version, radio edit. ("Rivers of Babylon" / "Daddy Cool" / "Rasputin")
"Nightflight to Venus" (Farian, Jay, Kawohl) - 3:25
- Remixed version
"Belfast" (Billybury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:26
- Remixed version
"El Lute" (Blum, Farian, Jay) - 4:29
- Overdubbed version
"The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Farian) - 2:28
- Remixed version
"My Cherie Amour" (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) - 2:43
- Lambada Mix
"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi) - 3:35
- Remixed version
"The Summer Mega Mix" (Bobby Hebb, Farian, Jay, Reyam, Klinkhammer, Amoruso, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 4:28 (LP edit - 2:28)
- Radio edit. ("Sunny" / "Ma Baker" / "Gotta Go Home" / "Kalimba De Luna" / "Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday" / "Summer A GoGo")

Personnel

Liz Mitchell - lead vocals (tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11), backing vocals
Marcia Barrett - lead vocals (track 9), backing vocals
Frank Farian - lead vocals (track 13), backing vocals
Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals (tracks 1, 12), backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 12 & 14)
Bobby Farrell - rap (track 3)

Production

Frank Farian - producer, remixer
Pete Hammond - remixer
Alan Coulthard of DMC - (remixer track 7)
Michael Newman - remixer (track 14)
Charley Key B. - remixer (track 14)

Single releases

Germany
7"

"The Summer Mega Mix" (Radio Version) - 4:28 / "The Calendar Song" (Remix) - 2:20 (Hansa Records 112 466-100, 1989)
"Malaika" (Lambada Remix) - 2:59 / "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Remix for the 90s) - 3:35 (Hansa 112 809-100, 1989)
"Everybody Wants To Dance Like Josephine Baker" ((Sharkey/Cussack) 3:37 / " Custer Jammin" ((Blue/Birkett) - 4:15 (Imperative TIV0002, 1989, withdrawn)
"Stories" - 4:23 / "Rumours" (Instrumental) - 3:14 (Hansa 112 997-100, 1990)

12"

"The Summer Mega Mix" (Extended Version) - 7:25 / "The Calendar Song" (Remix) - 2:20 / "The Summer Mega Mix" (Radio Version) - 4:28 (Hansa 612 466-213, 1989)
"Malaika (Lambada Remix - Long Version) - 5:02 / "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Remix for the 90s) - 3:50 / "Happy Song" (French Kiss Remix) - 5:17 / "Malaika" (Lambada Remix - Radio Version) - 2:59 (Hansa 612 809-213, 1989)
"Everybody Wants To Dance Like Josephine Baker" (12" Mix) / 6:45 / "Custer Jammin" 4:15 / "Everybody Wants To Dance Like Josephine Baker" (Imperative TIV0002, 1989, withdrawn)
"Stories" (Special Club Mix) - 8:06 / "Stories" (Radio Mix) - 4:23 / "Rumours" (Instrumental) 3:14 (Hansa 612 997-213, 1990)

"The Summer Mega Mix" (Radio Version) - 4:28 / "The Calendar Song" (Remix) - 2:20 (Hansa 162 466-203, 1989)
"The Summer Mega Mix" (Extended Version) - 7:25 / "The Calendar Song" (Remix) - 2:20 / "The Summer Mega Mix" (Radio Version) - 4:28 (Hansa 662 466-211, 1989)
"Malaika (Lambada Remix - Long Version) - 5:02 / "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Remix for the 90s) - 3:50 / "Happy Song" (French Kiss Remix) - 5:17 / "Malaika" (Lambada Remix - Radio Version) - 2:59 (Hansa 612 809-213, 1989)
"Stories" (Special Club Mix) - 8:06 / "Stories" (Radio Mix) - 4:23 / "Rumours" (Instrumental) - 3:14 (Hansa 662 997-211, 1990)

UK
7"

"Everybody Wants To Dance Like Josephine Baker" 3:37 / " Custer Jammin" - 4:15 (PWL PWS 004, 1989, withdrawn)

12"

"Everybody Wants To Dance Like Josephine Baker" (12" Mix) - 6:45 / "Custer Jammin" - 4:15 / "Everybody Wants To Dance Like Josephine Baker" (PWL PWCS 004, 1989, withdrawn)

References

↑ Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II at AllMusic

Sources and external links

Boney M.

Liz Mitchell Marcia Barrett Maizie Williams Bobby Farrell Reggie Tsiboe

Studio albums and main compilations (1976–1985)	Take the Heat off Me (1976) Love for Sale (1977) Nightflight to Venus (1978) Oceans of Fantasy (1979) The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits (1980) Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2 (1981) Boonoonoonoos (1981) Christmas Album (1981) Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984) Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs (1984) Fantastic Boney M. (1984) Christmas with Boney M. (1984) Eye Dance (1985)

Main compilations and remix albums (1986–present)	The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits (1986) The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs (1986) Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 (1988) Ma Baker (1989) Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II (1989) The Collection (1991) Daddy Cool - Star Collection (1991) The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World (1992) Gold - 20 Super Hits (1992) The Greatest Hits (1993) More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II (1993) Hit Collection (1996) Best in Spain (1996) The Best of Boney M. (1997) Norske Hits (1998) Ultimate (1999) 20th Century Hits (1999) 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool (2000) The Complete Collection (2000) Their Most Beautiful Ballads (2000) The Greatest Hits (2001) The Magic of Boney M. (2006) Hit Collection (2007) Christmas With Boney M. (2007) The Collection (2008) Rivers of Babylon (A Best of Collection) (2008) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 1 (2008) Christmas Time (2008) The Complete Boney M. (2008) In the Mix (2008) The Magic of Boney M. - The Danish Collection (2008) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 2 (2009) Let It All Be Music - The Party Album (2009) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 3 (2009)

Main single discography	"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (1975) "Daddy Cool" (1976) "Sunny" (1976) "Ma Baker" (1977) "Belfast" (1977) "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl in the Ring" (1978) "Rasputin" (1978) "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" (1978) "Painter Man" (1979) "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (1979) "El Lute"/"Gotta Go Home" (1979) "I'm Born Again"/"Bahama Mama" (1979) "I See a Boat on the River"/"My Friend Jack" (1980) "Children of Paradise"/"Gadda-Da-Vida" (1980) "Felicidad (Margherita)" (1980) "Malaika"/"Consuela Biaz" (1981) "We Kill the World"/"Boonoonoonoos" (1981) "The Little Drummer Boy"/"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" (1981) "The Carnival Is Over"/"Going Back West" (1982) "Zion's Daughter" (1982) "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (1983) "Somewhere in the World" (1984) "Kalimba de Luna" (1984) "Happy Song" (1984) "My Cherie Amour" (1985) "Young, Free and Single" (1985) "Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86)" (1986) "Bang Bang Lulu" (1986) "Rivers of Babylon (Remix)"/"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord (Remix)" (1988) "Megamix" (1988) "The Summer Mega Mix" (1989) "Malaika (Lambada Remix)" (1989) "Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" (1989) "Stories" (1990) "Christmas Mega Mix" (1992) "Megamix" (1992) "Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix)" (1993) "Ma Baker (Remix)" (1993) "Papa Chico" (1994) "Somebody Scream - Ma Baker" (1998) "Daddy Cool '99" (1999) "Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever)" (1999) "Sunny (Remix)" (2000) "Daddy Cool 2001" (2001) "Sunny (Mousse T. Remix)" (2006) "Felicidad America (Obama-Obama)" (2009)

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