The Best of Boney M.

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The Best of Boney M.
Boney M. - The Best Of.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Boney M.
Released1997
Recorded1976-1979, 1988
GenreEurodance, pop, Euro disco
Length71:40
LabelCamden/BMG (UK)
ProducerFrank Farian
Boney M. chronology
Best in Spain
(1996) 		The Best of Boney M.
(1997) 		Norske Hits
(1998)
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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 Take the Heat off Me, Love for Sale and Nightflight to Venus. It also features 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[]

  1. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:47
  2. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:37
    • Original album/single version
  3. "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 5:54
    • Original album version, cold-start
  4. "He Was a Steppenwolf" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 6:53
    • Original album version
  5. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:29
    • Original album/single version
  6. "Motherless Child" (Farian, Mitchell) - 4:59
    • Original album version
  7. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 4:04
    • Original album/single version
  8. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:17
    • Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  9. "No Woman, No Cry" (Ford, Bob Marley) - 3:38
  10. "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Farian, Jester Hairston) - 4:25
  11. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:12
  12. "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" (Björklund, Forsey, Jay) - 5:35
    • Original album version
  13. "Voodoonight" (Sgarbi) - 3:33
    • Original album version
  14. "Still I'm Sad" (McCarty, Samwell-Smith) - 4:36
    • Original album version
  15. "Nightflight to Venus" (Farian, Jay, Kawohl) - 4:49
    • Original album version, fade-out
  16. "Heart of Gold" (Neil Young) - 4:00
    • Original album version
  17. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 4:40

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Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[1] Gold 20,205[1]
United Kingdom (BPI)[2] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Boney M" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. ^ "British album certifications – Boney M – The Best of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 November 2019.Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type The Best of in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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