The Best of Boney M.

For Hot Town Music/Paradiso 2001 release The Best of Boney M. - Original Hits see 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool

Greatest hits album by Boney M.

Released

1997

Recorded

1976-1979, 1988

Genre

Eurodance, pop, Euro disco

Length

71:40

Label

Camden/BMG (UK)

Producer

Frank Farian

Boney M. chronology

Best in Spain
(1996)

The Best of Boney M.
(1997)

Norske Hits
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

The Best of Boney M. is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG UK's midprice label Camden in 1997.

This compilation includes material from original albums Love for Sale and Nightflight to Venus, edited versions of hits from 1980 compilation The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits as well as tracks from remix album Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88.

Track listing

"Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:47
- 1988 PWL remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88
"Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:37
- Original album version
"Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 5:54
- Original album version, cold start.
"He Was a Steppenwolf" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 6:53
- Original album version
"Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:29
- Original album version
"Motherless Child" (Farian, Mitchell) - 4:59
- Original album version
"Brown Girl in the Ring (Farian) - 4:04
- Original album version
"Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:17
- Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
"No Woman, No Cry" (Ford, Bob Marley) - 3:38
- 1988 PWL remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88
"Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Farian, Jester Hairston) - 4:25
- 1988 PWL remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88
"Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" - (Farian, Jay) - 3:12
- Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits. Original 7" mix remains unreleased on CD.
"Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" (Björklund, Forsey, Jay) - 5:35
- Original album version
"Voodoonight" (Sgarbi) - 3:33
- Original album version
"Still I'm Sad" (McCarty, Samwell-Smith) - 4:36
- Original album version
"Nightflight to Venus" (Farian, Jay, Kawohl) - 4:49
- Original album version, fade-out
"Song of the Century (Reprise) / Mass Hysteria / Heart of Gold" (Neil Young) - 4:32
- Original album version
"Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 4:40
- 1988 PWL remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88

Personnel

Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals
Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals
Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals

Production

Frank Farian - producer
Pete Hammond - remixer

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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