The Greatest Hits (1993 Boney M. album)
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The Greatest Hits | ||||
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Released | March 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1976–93 | |||
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Length | 56:03 | |||
Label | Telstar (UK) | |||
Producer | Frank Farian | |||
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The Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Boney M., released in 1993. It is the UK version of BMG's Gold – 20 Super Hits, with alternate album art and a slightly different track listing.
Content[]
Besides Boney M.'s best known hits like "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker" and "Rivers of Babylon", this fourteen track compilation also includes the 1993 remix of "Brown Girl in the Ring" (UK #38)[1] that was issued in both the UK and the rest of Europe as the follow-up single to the 1992 "Megamix" (UK #7).[1] While still in overdubbed form, three tracks on this compilation, "Rasputin", "Ma Baker" and "No Woman, No Cry" are also featured in their full length, as opposed to the versions on the German BMG predecessor Gold – 20 Super Hits. The Greatest Hits omits songs like "Felicidad (Margherita)", "Kalimba de Luna" and "Happy Song", which were not hits in the UK (It should also be worth noting "Felicidad" wasn't released as a single in the UK).
The Greatest Hits was released by the now defunct Telstar Records, while the singles "Megamix" and "Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix '93)" were issued by Arista Records, which at the time was operating as a sublabel to BMG.
Commercial performance[]
The Greatest Hits reached number 14 on the UK Albums Chart in early 1993,[1] which made it Boney M.'s highest charting album since 1980's The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits.[1]
Track listing[]
- "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) – 4:15
- 1992 overdub version from Gold – 20 Super Hits
- "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) – 3:26
- 1992 overdub version from Gold – 20 Super Hits
- "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 3:56
- 1992 overdub version from Gold – 20 Super Hits
- "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) – 4:00
- Remix '93, radio edit
- "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) – 4:43
- 1992 overdub version, full length
- "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) – 4:34
- 1992 overdub version, full-length
- "Still I'm Sad" (April, McCarty, Samwell-Smith) – 4:34
- 1992 overdub version, full-length.
- "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian) – 3:55
- 1992 overdub version from Gold – 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix released on the 2007 album Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs.
- "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickette) – 3:16
- 1992 overdub version from Gold – 20 Super Hits
- "Belfast" (Bilsbury, Deutscher, Menke) – 3:25
- 1992 overdub version from Gold – 20 Super Hits
- "No Woman, No Cry" (Vincent Ford, Bob Marley) – 4:54
- 1992 overdub version, full-length
- "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian, Jay, Lorin) – 4:01
- 1992 overdub edit from Gold – 20 Super Hits
- "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Huth, Jay) – 2:30
- 1992 overdub edit from Gold – 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix released on the 2010 CD Hit Story.
- "Boney M. Megamix" (Farian, Reyam, Hebb, Jay) – 3:51
- 1992 version, radio edit. ("Rivers of Babylon" / "Sunny" / "Daddy Cool" / "Ma Baker" / "Rasputin")
Personnel[]
- Liz Mitchell – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Marcia Barrett – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Frank Farian – lead vocals, backing vocals
Production[]
- Frank Farian – producer, remixer
Release history[]
- 1993 UK: Telstar TCD2656
Single Releases[]
UK
CD
- "Megamix" (Arista Records 74321 12512-2, 1992)
- "Megamix" (Radio Edit) - 3:51
- "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Remix '92) - 3:58
- "Megamix" (Long Version) - 6:12
- "Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix '93)" (Arista Records 74321 13705 2, 1993)
- "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Radio Version) - 3:58
- "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Funny Girl Club Mix) - 5:35
- "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Club Mix - Rap Version) - 5:35
- "The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Remix '93) - 3:14
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "BONEY M - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
External links[]
- Albums produced by Frank Farian
- 1993 greatest hits albums
- Boney M. compilation albums