Hit Collection (Boney M. 2007)
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Hit Collection is a compilation album
of recordings by Boney M. released by Sony BMG in 2007.
This is a re-release of the 1995 Ariola Express budget compilation Sunny, also issued in 2001, with new artwork.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
of recordings by Boney M. released by Sony BMG in 2007.
This is a re-release of the 1995 Ariola Express budget compilation Sunny, also issued in 2001, with new artwork.
Track listing
- "Sunny" (Bobby HebbBobby HebbBobby Hebb was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his writing and recording of "Sunny".-Biography:...
) - 4:03 - "Painter ManPainter ManPainter Man is a song by the music group, The Creation. The song was the group's second, and most successful, single."Painter Man" was later covered by the 1970s pop group Boney M., and reached number 10 in the UK single charts in 1979...
" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:12 - "Dreadlock HolidayDreadlock Holiday-In popular culture:* The song is featured on the first episode, "Killeroo", of the first series of the British cult comedy The Mighty Boosh. Bob Fossil, head of the Zooniverse, dances to the first verse of the song while a confused Howard Moon looks on, before switching it off and explaining "And...
" (Graham GouldmanGraham GouldmanGraham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...
, Eric StewartEric StewartEric Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer most known for his tenure with The Mindbenders in the 1960s, and 10cc from 1972 to 1995....
) - 4:54 - "Bahama Mama" (Farian, Jay) - 3:18
- "Voodoonight" (Sgarbi) - 3:32
- "Belfast" (Jimmy BilsburyJimmy BilsburyJames Robert "Jimmy" Bilsbury was a pop singer and songwriter most famous for co-writing the Boney M hit Belfast and as a member of the Magic Lanterns and the Les Humphries Singers.-Career:...
, Drafi DeutscherDrafi DeutscherDrafi Deutscher was a German singer and composer of Sinti origin.-Biography:He was born Drafi Franz Richard Deutscher in Berlin. His best known song was the 1965 Schlager "Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht" which sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc...
, Menke) - 3:32 - "Fever" (Cooley, Davenport) - 4:01
- "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 2:51
- Edited version, from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy SongsKalimba de Luna - 16 Happy SongsKalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs is a compilation album by Boney M. released in late 1984. On the strength of two carbon-copy cover versions, "Kalimba de Luna" and "Happy Song" which gave Boney M...
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- Edited version, from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs
- "Malaika" (Farian, Reyam, Traditional) - 3:28
- Edited 7" version from BoonoonoonoosBoonoonoonoosBoonoonoonoos is the fifth studio album by Boney M. It was released on November 1, 1981.Despite producer Frank Farian having announced that Boney M...
limited edition double album. Original 7" mix ( - 5:02) remains unreleased on CD.
- Edited 7" version from Boonoonoonoos
- "African Moon" (Farian, Mitchell, Rulofs) - 3:02
- "Still I'm Sad" (McCarty, Smith) - 4:35
- "El Lute" (Blum, Farian, Jay) - 5:57
- 12" version
- "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocci, Spagna) - 6:42
- Edited Club Mix, from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy SongsKalimba de Luna - 16 Happy SongsKalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs is a compilation album by Boney M. released in late 1984. On the strength of two carbon-copy cover versions, "Kalimba de Luna" and "Happy Song" which gave Boney M...
- Edited Club Mix, from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs
- "No Woman, No CryNo Woman, No Cry"No Woman, No Cry" is a reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers. The song first became known in 1974 through the studio album Natty Dread. The live version from the 1975 album Live! is perhaps best known — it was this version which was released on the greatest hits compilation Legend. The original...
" (Vincent FordVincent FordVincent Ford , known as "Tata", was a Jamaican songwriter best known for receiving writing credit for "No Woman, No Cry", the reggae song made famous by Bob Marley & The Wailers, as well as three other Bob Marley songs...
, Bob MarleyBob MarleyRobert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
) - 5:00 - "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi) - 6:53
- "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 7:18
- Edited US Club Mix, from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy SongsKalimba de Luna - 16 Happy SongsKalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs is a compilation album by Boney M. released in late 1984. On the strength of two carbon-copy cover versions, "Kalimba de Luna" and "Happy Song" which gave Boney M...
- Edited US Club Mix, from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs
Personnel
- Liz MitchellLiz MitchellLiz Mitchell is a singer, best known as the former lead singer of the 1970s disco/pop band, Boney M.-Early life:...
- lead vocals, backing vocals - Marcia BarrettMarcia BarrettMarcia Barrett , is one of the original singers with the vocal group, Boney M.-The early years:...
- lead vocals, backing vocals - Frank FarianFrank FarianFrank Farian , is a German record producer and songwriter. He started out as a trained cook before moving into the music industry...
- lead vocals, backing vocals - Reggie TsiboeReggie TsiboeReggie Tsiboe was born on 7 September 1950 in Kumasi was one of the lead singers of the disco group Boney M. between 1982-1986 and later between 1989-1990....
- lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 3, 13 & 16) - Bobby FarrellBobby FarrellRoberto "Bobby" Alfonso Farrell was an Aruban dancer and performer, best known as the male member of the successful 1970s pop and disco group Boney M.-Early years:...
- vocals (track 13)
Release history
- 1995 & 2001 Germany: "Sunny" Ariola Express/BMGBMGBertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
74321 24931 2. - 2007 EU: "Hit Collection" Sony BMG 88697089662.
Sources and external links
- Rate Your Music, detailed discography
- Discogs.com, detailed discography
- [ Allmusic, biography, discography etc.]