| Boney M. discography | |
|---|---|
 Boney M. in 1981 | |
| Studio albums | 8 |
The discography of German disco group Boney M. includes 8 studio albums, 50 singles, and numerous compilation albums.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
GER [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [4] |
NLD [5] |
NOR [6] |
NZ [7] |
SWE [8] |
UK [9] |
US [10] | ||||
| Take the Heat off Me |
|
2 | 26 | 6 | — | 5 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 40 | — | ||
| Love for Sale |
|
1 | 27 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 13 | — | ||
| Nightflight to Venus |
|
1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 134 | ||
| Oceans of Fantasy |
|
1 | 21 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | ||
| Boonoonoonoos |
|
15 | — | 14 | — | 35 | 21 | — | 31 | — | — | ||
| Christmas Album |
|
14 | 53 | — | 80 | 42 | 10 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ten Thousand Lightyears |
|
23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Eye Dance |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or not available. | |||||||||||||
Charting and/or certified compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
GER [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [16] |
NLD [5] |
NZ [7] |
NOR [6] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [17] |
UK [9] | |||||
| The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits |
|
2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 30 | — | 1 | |||
| The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits |
|
3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | |||
| Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88 |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | |||
| The Greatest Hits of Boney M / The Village People |
|
— | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Daddy Cool – Star Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| Happy Christmas |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| Gold – 20 Super Hits |
|
5 | 40 | 6 | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 5 | — | |||
| The Greatest Hits |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | |||
| More Gold – 20 Super Hits Vol. II |
|
— | — | 38 | — | 87 | 43 | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Best of Boney M. |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Norske Hits |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | |||
| 20th Century Hits |
|
30 | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | 8 | 37 | — | |||
| 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool |
|
— | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Greatest Hits |
|
— | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 |
| ||
| The Magic of Boney M. |
|
7 | 28 | 10 | — | 94 | 2 | 2 | — | 39 | 45 | |||
| Feliz Navidad – A Wonderful Christmas |
|
93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Essential Boney M. |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| Diamonds |
|
20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Worldmusic for Christmas |
|
53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Gold |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | |||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
GER [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
IRE [24] |
NLD [25] |
NZ [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [26] |
UK [9] |
US [27] | ||||
| " Baby Do You Wanna Bump" | 1975 | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | Take the Heat off Me | |
| " Daddy Cool" | 1976 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 65 | ||
| " Sunny" | 1 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | — | |||
| " Ma Baker" | 1977 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 96 | Love for Sale | |
| "Still I'm Sad" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | |||
| " Belfast" | 1 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 8 | — | |||
| "
Rivers of Babylon" / " Brown Girl in the Ring" |
1978 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | Nightflight to Venus | |
| " Rasputin" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | |||
| " Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" | 1 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 85 | Christmas Album | ||
| "Dancing in the Streets" | 1979 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
| "
Painter Man" (UK/Ireland and Netherlands only) |
— | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — |
|
Nightflight to Venus | |
| "Voodoonight" (Japan only) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| " Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | — | Non-album track | ||
| "
Gotta Go Home" / " El Lute" |
1 | 44 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 12 | — | Oceans of Fantasy | ||
| " I'm Born Again" / "Bahama Mama" | 7 | — | 9 | 12 | 7 | — | 17 | 6 | 35 | — | |||
| " I See a Boat on the River" / " My Friend Jack" | 1980 | 5 | 81 | 3 | — | 4 | — | — | 9 | 57 | — | The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits | |
| "
Children of Paradise" / "Gadda-Da-Vida" |
11 | — | 12 | — | 13 | — | — | — | 66 | — | Non-album tracks | ||
| " Felicidad (Margherita)" | 6 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | |||
| " Malaika" / " Consuela Biaz" | 1981 | 13 | — | 7 | — | 14 | — | — | 4 | — | — | Boonoonoonoos | |
| " We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" | 12 | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | 3 | 39 | — | |||
| " Little Drummer Boy" | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Christmas Album | ||
| " 6 Years of Boney M. Hits" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| " The Carnival Is Over" / "Going Back West" | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | |||
| " Zion's Daughter" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Christmas Album | ||
| " Jambo – Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" | 1983 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | Non-album track | |
| " Somewhere in the World" | 1984 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ten Thousand Lightyears | |
| " Kalimba de Luna" | 16 | — | 11 | — | 20 | — | — | 23 | — | — | Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs | ||
| " Happy Song" (with Bobby Farrell) | 7 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | |||
| " My Chérie Amour" | 1985 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Eye Dance | |
| " Young, Free and Single" | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| " Daddy Cool '86" | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
| " Bang Bang Lulu" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Eye Dance | ||
| " Rivers of Babylon (Remix '88)" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88 | |
| " Megamix" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | — |
|
Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II | |
| " The Summer Mega Mix" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92 | — | ||
| " Malaika (Lambada Remix)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| " Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" (short available, withdrawn) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||
| " Stories" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 94 | — | ||
| " Megamix" | 1992 | 26 | 70 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 49 | — | — | 7 | — | Gold - 20 Super Hits | |
| " Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix)" | 1993 | — | — | — | 25 | — | 20 | — | — | 38 | — | ||
| " Ma Baker (Remix '93)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II | ||
| "
Papa Chico" (featuring Liz Mitchell) |
1994 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "
Ma Baker (Somebody Scream)" (vs. Horny United/ Sash!) |
1999 | 28 | — | 19 | 11 | 34 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 22 | — | 20th Century Hits | |
| "
Daddy Cool '99" (featuring Mobi T.) |
47 | — | — | 16 | — | — | 19 | 49 | — | — | |||
| " Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever) 2000" | 79 | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | 80 | — | — | |||
| " Sunny (Remix) 2000" | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | 80 | — | — | ||
| " Daddy Cool 2001" | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | Greatest Hits | |
| " Sunny ( Mousse T. Remix)" | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Magic of Boney M. | |
| "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" (featuring Daddy Cool Kids) |
2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Christmas with Boney M. | |
| "
Felicidad America (Obama-Obama)" (featuring Sherita O. & Yulee B.) |
2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
| "
Rasputin" (Majestic x Boney M) |
2021 | 38 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 7 | — | 26 | 27 | 11 | — | Non-album track | |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Videography
- Boney M – VHS, Mirror Vision (1981)
- Gold – VHS/VCD (in Hong Kong) (1993)
- Gold DVD (2001, Europe)
- Greatest Hits (2001, UK)
- Special Edition (2002, South Korea)
- Special Edition EP (2003, UK)
- The Magic of Boney M. (2006)
- Fantastic Boney M. – On Stage and on the Road (2007)
- Legendary TV Performances (2010)
- Diamonds (2015)
Songs that were re-worked into Boney M. titles
Frank Farian's right hand Hans-Jörg Mayer (aka Georg Reyam) sought out songs from all over the world, often public domain (non-copyrighted) folk tunes but as well works from other musicians/composers (usually not credited) and rewrote them for Boney M.
Borrowed themes
- The first Boney M. recording " Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (1975) is based on Prince Buster's " Al Capone" (1967).
- " Motherless Child" (1977) is a rewrite of " Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child".
- " Ma Baker" is a rewrite of a Tunisian traditional song, Sidi Mansur.
- " Brown Girl in the Ring" (1978) is a traditional Caribbean nursery rhyme and uses an arrangement from Malcolm's Locks "Brown Girl" (1975).
- " Nightflight to Venus" (1978) with its characteristic drums, the rock guitar theme, and the march interludes, was rewritten from Cozy Powell's No.3 hit " Dance with the Devil" (1974).
- " Rasputin" (1978) features a melody line present in both a Serbian ("Ај, русе косе цуро имаш") and Turkish traditional ("Üsküdar'a Gider İken / Kâtibim").
- " He Was a Steppenwolf" (1978) borrows arrangement-wise from The Temptations' lengthy epic " Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (1972)" and The Drifters' " Under the Boardwalk" (1964).
- " Dancing in the Streets" borrowed the arrangement from the Bee Gees' " You Should Be Dancing" and the hookline "Keep on dancing in the streets" is melodically similar to The Beatles' "Say the word and you'll be free" "( The Word)"
- " Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (1979) is a rewrite of " Polly Wolly Doodle". [32]
- " Gotta Go Home" (1979) was a rewrite of German band Nighttrain's "Hallo Bimmelbahn" (1973), [33] while the middle-part 'Doo-doo-doop, doo doo doo doo doop' (sung by Farian in his head voice) was borrowed from The Beatles in Hello, Goodbye (1967) as 'hey-la, hey helloa'. The Beatles also whistle it at the closing of Two of Us (1969) which is also covered on that LP.
- " No More Chain Gang" (1979) borrows the bridge 'Then one night he laid in waiting' from folklore " St. James Infirmary Blues" and an arrangement inspired by Johnny Wakelin's "In Zaire" (1976).
- " I'm Born Again" (1979) is based on the Irish traditional "Buachaill Ón Éirne".
- " Children of Paradise" (1980) is based on Younès Mégri's "Leïli Twil" (1973).
- Both " Boonoonoonoos" and " Ride to Agadir" (1981) contain a theme taken from Pink Floyd's " Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)", " The Happiest Days of Our Lives" and " Run Like Hell" (1979).
- " Train to Skaville / That's Boonoonoonoos" (1981) is partly inspired by the No. 1 hit Pop Muzik (1979) by M (the walking bass, the rap parts, and 'Boo-Boo-Boo-Boonoonoonoos' – 'Pop Pop Pop Muzik').
- " Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoy)" (1981) borrows the chorus and lyrics from The O'Jays' " Ship Ahoy" (1973).
- " I'll Be Home for Christmas" (1981) borrows not only the title from the well-known Christmas song but also a theme from Don Williams' " Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" (1977) and also has a strong resemblance to Jona Lewie's " Stop the Cavalry" (1980).
- " Exodus (Noah's Ark 2001)" (1984) features a guitar theme borrowed from The Temptations' " Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (1972) while the chorus borrows from Bob Marley's " Exodus" (1977), and the interlude borrows a bit from Yes's " Owner of a Lonely Heart" (1983).
- " Wild Planet" (1984) is based on Hungarian rock band Omega's "Ajanlott Utvonal" (1982) [34]
- " Future World" (1984) is based on Hungarian rock band Omega's " Tízezer lépés" (10,000 Steps) (1969).
- " 10 000 Lightyears" (1984) is based on "Theme From "The Persuaders"", the TV series theme song by John Barry (1971).
- " Somewhere in the World" (1984) borrows 'mood wise' from Paul McCartney's " Tug of War" (1982), and in specific the chorus line "In another world".
- " Bel Ami" (1984) features an arrangement and brass intro very similar to Mezzoforte's "Garden Party" (1983).
- " The Alibama" (1984) is reworked from a South African standard "Daar kom die Alibama". [35]
- " Living Like a Moviestar" (1984) features a flute theme from Jeff Wayne's " The Eve of the War" (1978).
- " Eye Dance" (1985) is based on Herbie Hancock's "Doin' It" from his album Secrets (1976), written by Melvin Ragin and Ray Parker Jr.
- " Todos Buenos" (1985) borrows elements from Titanic's "Sultana" (1971) and " Mas Que Nada" by Jorge Ben (1963), the latter made famous by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (1966).
- " Sample City" (1985) features the same chord pattern as " I Can't Stand the Rain" (1973), the Ann Peebles classic and a 1978 hit single for Farian's soul band Eruption.
- " Bang Bang Lulu" (1985) is a traditional folk song.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Offizielle Deutsche Charts: Boney M". GfK Entertainment (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^
a
b
c Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 ( Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 41. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
- Top 50 ( ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "australian-charts.com – Discography Boney M." Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 until December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ a b c "Boney M. in der Österreicherischen Hitparade". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
-
^ For Canadian peaks:
- For Nightflight to Venus: "RPM 50 albums: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 31, No. 6, May 05 1979" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- For Oceans of Fantasy: "RPM 50 albums: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 32, No. 20, February 09 1980" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Artiest: Boney M. (Albums)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Boney M. in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Boney M. in New Zealand's Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Boney M. in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Official Charts Company: Boney M." Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Billboard 200 (Boney M)". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Boney M.)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "British certifications – Boney M". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 11 April 2024. Type Boney M in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ a b c d "Music Canada: Boneyb M". Music Canada. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "NVPI: Goud/Platina". NVPI. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ a b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
-
^ For Canadian peaks:
- For The Magic of Boney M: "RPM 50 albums: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 34, No. 8, January 31, 1981" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Artist: Boney M. (Albums)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ a b "IFPI Austria – Gold & Platin" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Austria. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Boney M's Finnish Certifications". IFPI Finland. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Hitparade: Boney M". SwissCharts. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Switzerland. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b "InfoDisc: Les Certifications depuis 1973" [InfoDisc: Certifications from 1973] (in French). InfoDisc. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ "Trofeer: 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). ifpi.no. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Search for Irish singles by Boney M." Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Peak chart positions of Boney M. singles in the Netherlands". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ "Peak chart positions of Boney M. singles in Switzerland". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ "Boney M Chart History | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b "InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (singles)". InfoDisc. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "ARIA Accreditations 2020". ARIA. January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2021 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Boney M. cover of Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson's 'Polly Wolly Doodle All Day'". WhoSampled.com. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Images for Nighttrain (2)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Boney M. – Full Discography (1975–2009) – Форум ShareReactor.ru". Forum.sharereactor.ru. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Daar kom die Alabama By Sursumkorda". YouTube. Retrieved 19 July 2017.[ dead YouTube link]
External links
- The Magic Of Boney M – Unofficial website with discography, history, biography and more.
| Studio albums | |
|---|---|
| Greatest hits album | |
| Compilations | |
| Christmas compilations | |
| Remix albums | |
| Related articles | |
| Boney M. discography | |
|---|---|
|
Boney M. in 1981 | |
| Studio albums | 8 |
The discography of German disco group Boney M. includes 8 studio albums, 50 singles, and numerous compilation albums.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
GER [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [4] |
NLD [5] |
NOR [6] |
NZ [7] |
SWE [8] |
UK [9] |
US [10] | ||||
| Take the Heat off Me |
|
2 | 26 | 6 | — | 5 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 40 | — | ||
| Love for Sale |
|
1 | 27 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 13 | — | ||
| Nightflight to Venus |
|
1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 134 | ||
| Oceans of Fantasy |
|
1 | 21 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | ||
| Boonoonoonoos |
|
15 | — | 14 | — | 35 | 21 | — | 31 | — | — | ||
| Christmas Album |
|
14 | 53 | — | 80 | 42 | 10 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ten Thousand Lightyears |
|
23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Eye Dance |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or not available. | |||||||||||||
Charting and/or certified compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
GER [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [16] |
NLD [5] |
NZ [7] |
NOR [6] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [17] |
UK [9] | |||||
| The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits |
|
2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 30 | — | 1 | |||
| The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits |
|
3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | |||
| Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88 |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | |||
| The Greatest Hits of Boney M / The Village People |
|
— | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Daddy Cool – Star Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| Happy Christmas |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| Gold – 20 Super Hits |
|
5 | 40 | 6 | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 5 | — | |||
| The Greatest Hits |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | |||
| More Gold – 20 Super Hits Vol. II |
|
— | — | 38 | — | 87 | 43 | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Best of Boney M. |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Norske Hits |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | |||
| 20th Century Hits |
|
30 | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | 8 | 37 | — | |||
| 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool |
|
— | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Greatest Hits |
|
— | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 |
| ||
| The Magic of Boney M. |
|
7 | 28 | 10 | — | 94 | 2 | 2 | — | 39 | 45 | |||
| Feliz Navidad – A Wonderful Christmas |
|
93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Essential Boney M. |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| Diamonds |
|
20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Worldmusic for Christmas |
|
53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Gold |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | |||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
GER [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
IRE [24] |
NLD [25] |
NZ [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [26] |
UK [9] |
US [27] | ||||
| " Baby Do You Wanna Bump" | 1975 | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | Take the Heat off Me | |
| " Daddy Cool" | 1976 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 65 | ||
| " Sunny" | 1 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | — | |||
| " Ma Baker" | 1977 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 96 | Love for Sale | |
| "Still I'm Sad" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | |||
| " Belfast" | 1 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 8 | — | |||
| "
Rivers of Babylon" / " Brown Girl in the Ring" |
1978 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | Nightflight to Venus | |
| " Rasputin" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | |||
| " Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" | 1 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 85 | Christmas Album | ||
| "Dancing in the Streets" | 1979 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
| "
Painter Man" (UK/Ireland and Netherlands only) |
— | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — |
|
Nightflight to Venus | |
| "Voodoonight" (Japan only) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| " Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | — | Non-album track | ||
| "
Gotta Go Home" / " El Lute" |
1 | 44 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 12 | — | Oceans of Fantasy | ||
| " I'm Born Again" / "Bahama Mama" | 7 | — | 9 | 12 | 7 | — | 17 | 6 | 35 | — | |||
| " I See a Boat on the River" / " My Friend Jack" | 1980 | 5 | 81 | 3 | — | 4 | — | — | 9 | 57 | — | The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits | |
| "
Children of Paradise" / "Gadda-Da-Vida" |
11 | — | 12 | — | 13 | — | — | — | 66 | — | Non-album tracks | ||
| " Felicidad (Margherita)" | 6 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | |||
| " Malaika" / " Consuela Biaz" | 1981 | 13 | — | 7 | — | 14 | — | — | 4 | — | — | Boonoonoonoos | |
| " We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" | 12 | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | 3 | 39 | — | |||
| " Little Drummer Boy" | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Christmas Album | ||
| " 6 Years of Boney M. Hits" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| " The Carnival Is Over" / "Going Back West" | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | |||
| " Zion's Daughter" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Christmas Album | ||
| " Jambo – Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" | 1983 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | Non-album track | |
| " Somewhere in the World" | 1984 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ten Thousand Lightyears | |
| " Kalimba de Luna" | 16 | — | 11 | — | 20 | — | — | 23 | — | — | Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs | ||
| " Happy Song" (with Bobby Farrell) | 7 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | |||
| " My Chérie Amour" | 1985 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Eye Dance | |
| " Young, Free and Single" | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| " Daddy Cool '86" | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
| " Bang Bang Lulu" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Eye Dance | ||
| " Rivers of Babylon (Remix '88)" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88 | |
| " Megamix" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | — |
|
Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II | |
| " The Summer Mega Mix" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92 | — | ||
| " Malaika (Lambada Remix)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| " Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" (short available, withdrawn) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||
| " Stories" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 94 | — | ||
| " Megamix" | 1992 | 26 | 70 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 49 | — | — | 7 | — | Gold - 20 Super Hits | |
| " Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix)" | 1993 | — | — | — | 25 | — | 20 | — | — | 38 | — | ||
| " Ma Baker (Remix '93)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II | ||
| "
Papa Chico" (featuring Liz Mitchell) |
1994 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "
Ma Baker (Somebody Scream)" (vs. Horny United/ Sash!) |
1999 | 28 | — | 19 | 11 | 34 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 22 | — | 20th Century Hits | |
| "
Daddy Cool '99" (featuring Mobi T.) |
47 | — | — | 16 | — | — | 19 | 49 | — | — | |||
| " Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever) 2000" | 79 | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | 80 | — | — | |||
| " Sunny (Remix) 2000" | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | 80 | — | — | ||
| " Daddy Cool 2001" | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | Greatest Hits | |
| " Sunny ( Mousse T. Remix)" | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Magic of Boney M. | |
| "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" (featuring Daddy Cool Kids) |
2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Christmas with Boney M. | |
| "
Felicidad America (Obama-Obama)" (featuring Sherita O. & Yulee B.) |
2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
| "
Rasputin" (Majestic x Boney M) |
2021 | 38 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 7 | — | 26 | 27 | 11 | — | Non-album track | |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Videography
- Boney M – VHS, Mirror Vision (1981)
- Gold – VHS/VCD (in Hong Kong) (1993)
- Gold DVD (2001, Europe)
- Greatest Hits (2001, UK)
- Special Edition (2002, South Korea)
- Special Edition EP (2003, UK)
- The Magic of Boney M. (2006)
- Fantastic Boney M. – On Stage and on the Road (2007)
- Legendary TV Performances (2010)
- Diamonds (2015)
Songs that were re-worked into Boney M. titles
Frank Farian's right hand Hans-Jörg Mayer (aka Georg Reyam) sought out songs from all over the world, often public domain (non-copyrighted) folk tunes but as well works from other musicians/composers (usually not credited) and rewrote them for Boney M.
Borrowed themes
- The first Boney M. recording " Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (1975) is based on Prince Buster's " Al Capone" (1967).
- " Motherless Child" (1977) is a rewrite of " Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child".
- " Ma Baker" is a rewrite of a Tunisian traditional song, Sidi Mansur.
- " Brown Girl in the Ring" (1978) is a traditional Caribbean nursery rhyme and uses an arrangement from Malcolm's Locks "Brown Girl" (1975).
- " Nightflight to Venus" (1978) with its characteristic drums, the rock guitar theme, and the march interludes, was rewritten from Cozy Powell's No.3 hit " Dance with the Devil" (1974).
- " Rasputin" (1978) features a melody line present in both a Serbian ("Ај, русе косе цуро имаш") and Turkish traditional ("Üsküdar'a Gider İken / Kâtibim").
- " He Was a Steppenwolf" (1978) borrows arrangement-wise from The Temptations' lengthy epic " Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (1972)" and The Drifters' " Under the Boardwalk" (1964).
- " Dancing in the Streets" borrowed the arrangement from the Bee Gees' " You Should Be Dancing" and the hookline "Keep on dancing in the streets" is melodically similar to The Beatles' "Say the word and you'll be free" "( The Word)"
- " Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (1979) is a rewrite of " Polly Wolly Doodle". [32]
- " Gotta Go Home" (1979) was a rewrite of German band Nighttrain's "Hallo Bimmelbahn" (1973), [33] while the middle-part 'Doo-doo-doop, doo doo doo doo doop' (sung by Farian in his head voice) was borrowed from The Beatles in Hello, Goodbye (1967) as 'hey-la, hey helloa'. The Beatles also whistle it at the closing of Two of Us (1969) which is also covered on that LP.
- " No More Chain Gang" (1979) borrows the bridge 'Then one night he laid in waiting' from folklore " St. James Infirmary Blues" and an arrangement inspired by Johnny Wakelin's "In Zaire" (1976).
- " I'm Born Again" (1979) is based on the Irish traditional "Buachaill Ón Éirne".
- " Children of Paradise" (1980) is based on Younès Mégri's "Leïli Twil" (1973).
- Both " Boonoonoonoos" and " Ride to Agadir" (1981) contain a theme taken from Pink Floyd's " Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)", " The Happiest Days of Our Lives" and " Run Like Hell" (1979).
- " Train to Skaville / That's Boonoonoonoos" (1981) is partly inspired by the No. 1 hit Pop Muzik (1979) by M (the walking bass, the rap parts, and 'Boo-Boo-Boo-Boonoonoonoos' – 'Pop Pop Pop Muzik').
- " Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoy)" (1981) borrows the chorus and lyrics from The O'Jays' " Ship Ahoy" (1973).
- " I'll Be Home for Christmas" (1981) borrows not only the title from the well-known Christmas song but also a theme from Don Williams' " Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" (1977) and also has a strong resemblance to Jona Lewie's " Stop the Cavalry" (1980).
- " Exodus (Noah's Ark 2001)" (1984) features a guitar theme borrowed from The Temptations' " Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (1972) while the chorus borrows from Bob Marley's " Exodus" (1977), and the interlude borrows a bit from Yes's " Owner of a Lonely Heart" (1983).
- " Wild Planet" (1984) is based on Hungarian rock band Omega's "Ajanlott Utvonal" (1982) [34]
- " Future World" (1984) is based on Hungarian rock band Omega's " Tízezer lépés" (10,000 Steps) (1969).
- " 10 000 Lightyears" (1984) is based on "Theme From "The Persuaders"", the TV series theme song by John Barry (1971).
- " Somewhere in the World" (1984) borrows 'mood wise' from Paul McCartney's " Tug of War" (1982), and in specific the chorus line "In another world".
- " Bel Ami" (1984) features an arrangement and brass intro very similar to Mezzoforte's "Garden Party" (1983).
- " The Alibama" (1984) is reworked from a South African standard "Daar kom die Alibama". [35]
- " Living Like a Moviestar" (1984) features a flute theme from Jeff Wayne's " The Eve of the War" (1978).
- " Eye Dance" (1985) is based on Herbie Hancock's "Doin' It" from his album Secrets (1976), written by Melvin Ragin and Ray Parker Jr.
- " Todos Buenos" (1985) borrows elements from Titanic's "Sultana" (1971) and " Mas Que Nada" by Jorge Ben (1963), the latter made famous by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (1966).
- " Sample City" (1985) features the same chord pattern as " I Can't Stand the Rain" (1973), the Ann Peebles classic and a 1978 hit single for Farian's soul band Eruption.
- " Bang Bang Lulu" (1985) is a traditional folk song.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Offizielle Deutsche Charts: Boney M". GfK Entertainment (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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c Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 ( Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 41. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
- Top 50 ( ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "australian-charts.com – Discography Boney M." Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 until December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ a b c "Boney M. in der Österreicherischen Hitparade". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
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^ For Canadian peaks:
- For Nightflight to Venus: "RPM 50 albums: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 31, No. 6, May 05 1979" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- For Oceans of Fantasy: "RPM 50 albums: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 32, No. 20, February 09 1980" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Artiest: Boney M. (Albums)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Boney M. in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Boney M. in New Zealand's Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Boney M. in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Official Charts Company: Boney M." Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Billboard 200 (Boney M)". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Boney M.)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "British certifications – Boney M". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 11 April 2024. Type Boney M in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ a b c d "Music Canada: Boneyb M". Music Canada. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "NVPI: Goud/Platina". NVPI. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ a b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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^ For Canadian peaks:
- For The Magic of Boney M: "RPM 50 albums: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 34, No. 8, January 31, 1981" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Artist: Boney M. (Albums)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ a b "IFPI Austria – Gold & Platin" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Austria. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Boney M's Finnish Certifications". IFPI Finland. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Hitparade: Boney M". SwissCharts. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Switzerland. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b "InfoDisc: Les Certifications depuis 1973" [InfoDisc: Certifications from 1973] (in French). InfoDisc. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ "Trofeer: 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). ifpi.no. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Search for Irish singles by Boney M." Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Peak chart positions of Boney M. singles in the Netherlands". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ "Peak chart positions of Boney M. singles in Switzerland". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ "Boney M Chart History | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b "InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (singles)". InfoDisc. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "ARIA Accreditations 2020". ARIA. January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2021 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Boney M. cover of Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson's 'Polly Wolly Doodle All Day'". WhoSampled.com. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Images for Nighttrain (2)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Boney M. – Full Discography (1975–2009) – Форум ShareReactor.ru". Forum.sharereactor.ru. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Daar kom die Alabama By Sursumkorda". YouTube. Retrieved 19 July 2017.[ dead YouTube link]
External links
- The Magic Of Boney M – Unofficial website with discography, history, biography and more.
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| Greatest hits album | |
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