Boney M. discography

The discography of Boney M. includes 8 studio albums, about 25 singles (released during the group's active years), and numerous compilation albums. Missing is the 2017 released album World Music for Christmas under the name Boney M.and friends with Liz Mitchell doing vocals on 4 songs.

Boney M. discography
Boney M. in 1981
Studio albums8
Compilation albums38
Singles114

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
  • Released: June 1976
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
22665234140
Love for Sale
  • Released: May 1977
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
12712222113
Nightflight to Venus
  • Released: July 1978
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
171711311134
Oceans of Fantasy
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
12114431551
Boonoonoonoos
  • Released: November 1981
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
1514352131
Ten Thousand Lightyears
  • Released: May 1984
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
23
Eye Dance
  • Released: October 1985
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or not available.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
GER
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[15]
FIN
[16]
NLD
[5]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[6]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[17]
UK
[9]
The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  • Released: May 1980
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
235162214301
Children of Paradise – The Greatest Hits of Boney M. – Vol. 2
  • Released: June 1981
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs
  • Released: November 1984
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
Fantastic Boney M.
  • Released: December 1984
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits
  • Released: January 1986
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
335
Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88
  • Released: October 1988
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
48
Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II
  • Released: November 1989
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
The Collection
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
Daddy Cool – Star Collection
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
Gold – 20 Super Hits
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: MCI
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
5406226145
More Gold – 20 Super Hits Vol. II
  • Released: October 1993
  • Label: MCI
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
388743
Sunny
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
Hit Collection
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette
20th Century Hits
  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: MCI
  • Formats: CD, cassette
302150837
The Magic of Boney M.
  • Released: October 2006
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1928132794223945
The Essential Boney M.
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Legacy (Sony Music)
  • Format: CD
Diamonds
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: MCI
  • Format: CD
20
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Christmas studio/compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
GER
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[24]
NLD
[5]
NZ
[7]
Christmas Album
  • Released: December 1981
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
1453801042
  • CAN: 2× Platinum[13]
Christmas with Boney M.
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Gallo Records
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
Happy Christmas
  • Released: November 1991
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette, Vinyl
The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: MCI
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
A Wonderful Christmas Time
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Non-international compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
GER
[1]
AUS
[2]
NLD
[5]
NOR
[6]
UK
[9]
Ma Baker
  • Released: 1989
    (Available in Germany only)
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
The Greatest Hits of Boney M / The Village People
  • Released: October 1990
    (Available in Australia only)
  • Label: Concept
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
68
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: March 1993
    (Available in UK only)
  • Label: Telstar
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
14
Best in Spain
  • Released: 1996
    (Available in Spain only)
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Best of Boney M.
  • Released: 1997 (Available in UK only)
  • Label: Camden
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Norske Hits
  • Released: November 1998 (Available in Norway only)
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette
17
Christmas Party
  • Released: 1998
    (Available in UK only)
  • Label: Camden
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Ultimate
  • Released: July 1999 (Available in France only)
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette
25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool
  • Released: September 2000
    (Available in the Netherlands only)
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette
27
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: September 2000
    (Available in Belgium only)
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Complete Collection
  • Released: November 2000
    (Available in Denmark only)
  • Label: CMC
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Their Most Beautiful Ballads
  • Released: November 2000
  • Label: MCI
  • Formats: CD, cassette
L'Essentiel
  • Released: September 2000
    (Available in France only)
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Greatest Hits
  • Released: September 2001
    (Available in Belgium only)
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2001
    (Available in UK, Australia & New Zealand only)
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
7866
Hit Collection
  • Released: May 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Christmas with Boney M.
  • Released: November 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
57
The Collection
  • Released: March 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Rivers of Babylon (A Best of Collection)
  • Released: May 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Ultimate Boney M. – Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 1
  • Released: August 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Christmas Time
  • Released: September 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Complete Boney M.
  • Released: October 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
In the Mix
  • Released: November 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Magic of Boney M. – The Danish Collection
  • Released: November 2008
    (Available in Denmark only)
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Ultimate Boney M. – Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 2
  • Released: February 2009
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Let It All Be Music – The Party Album
  • Released: May 2009
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Ultimate Boney M. – Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 3
  • Released: August 2009
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Feliz Navidad – A Wonderful Christmas
  • Released: November 2010
  • Label: Farian (Sony Music)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
93
Platinum Hits
  • Released: September 2013 (Available in UK only)
  • Label: Music Club Deluxe (Demon Music Group)
  • Formats: CD
Gold
  • Released: November 2019 (Available in UK only)
  • Label: Crimson (Demon Music Group)
  • Formats: CD
41
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or not available

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
GER
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[26]
IRE
[27]
NLD
[28]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[6]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[29]
UK
[9]
US
[30]
"Baby Do You Wanna Bump?" 1975 12 Take the Heat off Me
"Daddy Cool" 1976 151315111665
"Sunny" 1361411741123
"Ma Baker" 1977 151412111296 Love for Sale
"Still I'm Sad" 17
"Belfast" 15721318
"Rivers of Babylon" /
"Brown Girl in the Ring"
1978 111111111130 Nightflight to Venus
"Rasputin" 1111383541022
"Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" 1333128211185 Christmas Album
"Dancing in the Streets" 1979 Non-album track
"Painter Man"
(UK/Ireland and Netherlands only)
510 Nightflight to Venus
"Voodoonight"
(Japan only)
"Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" 47351721143 Non-album track
"Gotta Go Home" /
"El Lute"
144111242410212 Oceans of Fantasy
"I'm Born Again" / "Bahama Mama" 7912717635
"I See a Boat on the River" 1980 5349 The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits
"My Friend Jack" 81657
"Children of Paradise" /
"Gadda-Da-Vida"
11121366 Non-album tracks
"Felicidad (Margherita)" 663
"Malaika" / "Consuela Biaz" 1981 137144 Boonoonoonoos
"We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" 1213339
"Little Drummer Boy" 20 Christmas Album
"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" 1982 Non-album tracks
"The Carnival Is Over" / "Going Back West" 4111
"Zion's Daughter" Christmas Album
"Jambo – Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" 1983 4811 Non-album track
"Somewhere in the World" 1984 49 Ten Thousand Lightyears
"Kalimba de Luna" 161162023 Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs
"Happy Song" (with Bobby Farrell) 71521
"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" 152 Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II
"The Summer Mega Mix" 1989 11392
"Malaika (Lambada Remix)"
"Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" (short available,withdrawn) Non-album tracks
"Stories" 1990 2694
"Megamix" 1992 267011312497 Gold - 20 Super Hits
"Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix)" 1993 252038
"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 28191111349102122 20th Century Hits
"Daddy Cool '99"
(featuring Mobi T.)
4716161949
"Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever) 2000" 794780
"Sunny (Remix) 2000" 2000 565980
"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
"—" 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)

Covers of Boney M. songs

  • American rock'n'reel group Boiled in Lead covered "Rasputin".
  • Shortly after the worldwide success of the Nightflight to Venus album, disco/soul singer-songwriter, Millie Jackson covered "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night'" (a Marcia Barrett lead vocal) for her 1979 album, A Moment's Pleasure. It was released as a single and became a Top 40 R&B chart hit for Jackson, peaking at No. 33.
  • Gilla – also produced by Frank Farian – covered "Sunny", "No Woman No Cry" and "Belfast" on her album Zieh mich aus as well as "Rasputin" as a single in 1978.
  • Austrian duo and Eurovision Song Contest participants Waterloo & Robinson covered "Brown Girl in the Ring", using Boney M.'s original backing track (and Marcia Barrett's original "Tra la la la" backing vocals).
  • In 1979, Michael Holm covered "El Lute" in German, also using Boney M.'s original backing track with Farian singing backing vocals. His version peaked at No. 11 in the German charts.
  • Roland Kaiser also covered "El Lute" in German in 1979 as well as a German version of "I'm Born Again" under the title "Im Dunkel der Nacht".
  • Ricky Martin covered "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" in Spanish on his 1993 album "Me Amarás".
  • Frank Farian also produced a German version of "Felicidad (Margherita)" by Anette Anke und Andrea to coincide with Boney M.'s release of the song, 1980.
  • The Finnish folk metal band Turisas have played a cover of "Rasputin" at several live events. They released this cover as their debut single August 2007. They have also released it on a re-release of their album The Varangian Way.
  • Placebo covered "Daddy Cool" in 2003 for the bonus disc of their Sleeping with Ghosts album.
  • Peaches (Swedish duo) also covered "Daddy Cool" in 2004.
  • Liz Mitchell and Russian singer Alexander Buynov covered "Rasputin" in 1996 for a Russian compilation album.
  • Marcia Barrett did a solo version of "Rivers of Babylon" in 2001 which was aired on Dutch radio but ultimately never released.
  • Bobby Farrell released his own version of 'Baby Do You Wanna Bump' in 2006 on The Bump EP.
  • The Latvian cello trio Melo-M covered "Daddy Cool" in 2007, featuring Maizie Williams on vocals (hitting the No.1 spot on the Latvian LMK Charts).
  • The Spanish group Fangoria recorded a cover of "Rasputin" (sung in Spanish), and "Ma Baker" (this time in English).
  • Their song "Ma Baker" has been widely covered. One of the more unusual covers is Knorkator's version, which changes the disco/pop tunes for heavy guitar riffs. According to BBC, the "Mum-mum-mum-mah" hook used in the Lady Gaga song Poker Face is sampled from Ma Baker."[33]
  • The US ska/punk band Sublime covered "Rivers of Babylon" as a Bonus Track on their first album, 40 Oz. to Freedom.
  • British ska-punk band Sonic Boom Six recorded a version of "Rasputin" in 2010.
  • Finnish pop/rock/punk band Sleepy Sleepers covered Rasputin on their 1979 album The Mopott Show. This version is an obscene parody of the original.

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

Cover versions

See also

References

  1. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts: Boney M". GfK Entertainment (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. "Boney M. in der Österreicherischen Hitparade". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  4. For Canadian peaks:
  5. "Artiest: Boney M. (Albums)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  6. "Boney M. in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  7. "Boney M. in New Zealand's Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  8. "Boney M. in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  9. "Official Charts Company: Boney M." Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  10. "Billboard 200 (Boney M)". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  11. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Boney M.)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  12. "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  13. "Music Canada: Boneyb M". Music Canada. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  14. "NVPI: Goud/Platina". NVPI. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  15. For Canadian peaks:
  16. "Finnishcharts.com: Boney M (Albums)". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  17. "Artist: Boney M. (Albums)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  18. "IFPI Austria – Gold & Platin" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Austria. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  19. "Boney M's Finnish Certifications". IFPI Finland. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  20. "Hitparade: Boney M". SwissCharts. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Switzerland. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  21. "InfoDisc: Les Certifications depuis 1973" [InfoDisc: Certifications from 1973] (in French). InfoDisc. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  22. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  23. "Trofeer: 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). ifpi.no. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  24. Peak positions for Canada:
  25. https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/
  26. "Peak chart positions of Boney M. singles in France". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  27. "Search for Irish singles by Boney M." Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  28. "Peak chart positions of Boney M. singles in the Netherlands". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  29. "Peak chart positions of Boney M. singles in Switzerland". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  30. https://www.billboard.com/music/boney-m/chart-history
  31. "InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (singles)". InfoDisc. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  32. "ARIA Accreditations 2020". ARIA. January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  33. McAlpine, Fraser (1 March 2009). "Lady GaGa – 'Poker Face'". BBC. BBC Online. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  34. "Boney M. cover of Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson's 'Polly Wolly Doodle All Day'". WhoSampled.com. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  35. "Images for Nighttrain (2)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  36. "Boney M. – Full Discography (1975–2009) – Форум ShareReactor.ru". Forum.sharereactor.ru. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
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