Boney M. - wikipedia Boney M.. This article 's lead section does not adequately summarize key points of its contents. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. Please discuss this issue on the article 's talk page. ( September 2017 ) Boney M. Boney M. in 1981 Background information Genres Disco eurodisco R&B reggae Years active 1974 -- 1986 1987 -- 1989 1992 -- 1994 1996 -- 2010 ( other versions ) Labels Hansa Atlantic Sony Past members Liz Mitchell Marcia Barrett Maizie Williams Bobby Farrell Reggie Tsiboe Boney M. was a German vocal group created by German record producer Frank Farian. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group 's official line - up were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica, Maizie Williams from Montserrat and Bobby Farrell from Aruba. The group was formed in 1976 and achieved popularity during the disco era of the late 1970s. Since the 1980s, various line - ups of the band have performed with different personnel. With more than 150 million records sold, they are one of the best - selling artists of all time. Contents 1 History 1.1 1970s 1.1. 1 Take the Heat off Me 1.1. 2 Love for Sale 1.1. 3 Nightflight to Venus 1.1. 4 Oceans of Fantasy 1.2 1980s 1.2. 1 Boonoonoonoos 1.2. 2 Ten Thousand Lightyears 1.2. 3 Eye Dance 1.3 Later years 1.4 1990s 1.5 2000s 1.6 2010s 2 UK sales mark 3 Back catalogue 4 Popularity outside the West 5 Personnel 5.1 Original members 5.2 Other members 6 Discography 7 References 8 External links History 1970s German singer - songwriter Frank Farian ( real name Franz Reuther ) recorded the dance track `` Baby Do You Wanna Bump '' in December 1974. Farian sang the repeated line `` Do you do you wan na bump ? '' in a deep voice ( entirely studio created ) as well as performing the high falsetto chorus. When the record was released as a single, it was credited to `` Boney M. '', a pseudonym Farian had created for himself after watching the Australian detective show Boney. He said : I turned on the TV one day and it was the end of a detective series. I just caught the credits and it said Boney. Nice name, I thought -- Boney, Boney, Boney... Boney M. Boney, Boney, Boney M. Nice sound. Simple. After a slow start, the song became a hit in the Netherlands and Belgium. It was then that Farian decided to hire performers to ' front ' the group for TV performances. Farian found Maizie Williams ( originally from Montserrat ) who brought in Bobby Farrell, a male exotic dancer from Aruba. Singer Marcia Barrett ( also from Jamaica ) joined the group, who brought in Liz Mitchell, former member of the Les Humphries Singers and Boney M was finalised. Take the Heat off Me Boney M. 's first album, Take the Heat off Me, was released in 1976. It contained tracks that Marcia Barrett had already recorded with Farian, including the title track and `` Lovin ' or Leavin ' '', both of which were previously recorded in German by another Farian act, Gilla. As Maizie Williams ' voice was not considered suitable for recording purposes by Farian, and a try - out with Bobby Farrell performing `` No Woman No Cry '' did not work, Farian decided to use only Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett along with his own studio - enhanced voice to create the Boney M. sound. The album 's commercial performance was initially lukewarm. However, the group rigorously toured discos, clubs and even country fairs to earn a reputation for themselves. The group 's big break came when, at the end of summer 1976, German television producer Michael ' Mike ' Leckebusch ( of Radio Bremen ) requested the group for his show Musikladen. Boney M. appeared on the live music show on 18 September 1976, after 10 pm and in their daring stage costumes, where they performed the song `` Daddy Cool ''. The song quickly went to no. 1 in Germany, with the album following the success of the single. Another single, `` Sunny '' ( a cover of the 1966 Bobby Hebb song ) gave the group their second no. 1 hit. The group 's popularity had also grown throughout Europe, with `` Daddy Cool '' reaching no. 1 in Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, and Austria. Both singles were also Top 10 hits in the UK, which would become one of their biggest markets. Love for Sale In 1977, Boney M. released their second album, Love for Sale, which contained the hits `` Ma Baker '' and `` Belfast ''. The group embarked on their first major concert tours with a live band of musicians called ' The Black Beauty Circus ' ( given their name after Maizie Williams ' first band, ' Black Beautiful People ' ). Love for Sale was certified Gold a year after its release in the UK. Both singles from the album reached no. 1 in Germany and the UK Top 10. Nightflight to Venus 1978 was the group 's biggest year. They released a new double A-sided single, `` Rivers of Babylon / Brown Girl in the Ring '', which became a massive hit all over Europe, reaching No. 1 in several countries as well as becoming one of the biggest selling singles of all time in the UK. It also became their most successful single in the United States, peaking at No. 30 on the U.S. pop singles chart. Following this came their biggest - selling album, Nightflight to Venus, which spawned further hit singles with `` Rasputin '' and `` Painter Man ''. Continuing with their success, they released `` Mary 's Boy Child -- Oh My Lord '', which was the 1978 Christmas number one single in the United Kingdom and became another of the biggest selling singles of all time there. Also during 1978, Boney M. made a much publicized promotional visit to the Soviet Union, one of the very few Western acts along with Elton John to do so, although tracks like `` Rasputin '' were not released in the Soviet Union due to their lyrics. While it had never been a secret that Bobby Farrell never sang on the group 's records ( Farian did the male vocals in the studio ), in 1978 it became public knowledge that Maizie Williams did not sing on the studio recordings either since `` her voice was n't suited for this kind of music '', as Farian stated in an interview with German teen magazine Bravo. Since this had become common practice within the disco genre of the late ' 70s, few people cared -- unlike when Farian did the same thing with Milli Vanilli in the late 1980s. While only two of Boney M. 's official members actually contributed to the band 's records, all four members of the group, including Williams and Farrell, performed the vocals live at Boney M. concerts. The band 's live sound was also augmented by several backing vocalists, which served to enhance any vocal deficiencies the group may have had compared with the studio productions. Oceans of Fantasy 1979 saw Boney M. release a brand new single, `` Hooray ! Hooray ! It 's a Holi - Holiday '', which became another Top 10 hit across Europe. Later in the year they released their fourth album, Oceans of Fantasy, containing two hit singles -- `` Gotta Go Home '' / `` El Lute '' and `` I 'm Born Again '' / `` Bahama Mama ''. The album also included a `` Lead '' and `` Backing Vocals '' credit for the first time. Oceans of Fantasy reached no. 1 in the UK and was certified Platinum, though their run of Top 10 singles had now ended with `` Gotta Go Home '' peaking at no. 12 and `` I 'm Born Again '' peaking at 35. 1980s In 1980, Boney M. released a greatest hits album, The Magic of Boney M. -- 20 Golden Hits, which also contained two new songs, `` My Friend Jack '' and `` I See a Boat on the River ''. It made the No. 1 spot in the UK, reaching Gold status within six weeks of release, though it was their last big - selling album in the UK. Boonoonoonoos Boney M. 's fifth album had been scheduled for release in November 1980 but the recording sessions dragged on all through 1981. When Boonoonoonoos was finally released by the end of that year, Bobby Farrell was fired from the group due to his unreliability. While still a healthy seller in continental Europe, `` Boonoonoonoos '' failed to crack the UK Top 100 after three consecutive No. 1 albums, and Farrell 's departure left the group unable to promote it. Following this, the group released a Christmas Album. Ten Thousand Lightyears Reggie Tsiboe was hired to replace Farrell as the new male member of Boney M. in 1982 but the singles `` The Carnival Is Over '' and `` Jambo '' fared poorly, and the group 's seventh album Ten Thousand Lightyears, issued in 1984, marked another commercial low point peaking at # 23 in the German album charts. The group, however, returned to the German Top 20 in the autumn of 1984 with `` Kalimba de Luna '' ( a Top 10 hit in France ) and `` Happy Song '', the latter seeing Bobby Farrell return to the group. Both songs were carbon - copies of the original Italian hits by Tony Esposito and Baby 's Gang respectively. Eye Dance By 1985, Farian clearly began losing interest in the group, and their final and eighth studio album Eye Dance was widely regarded as uninspired and disappointing. After celebrating Boney M. 's 10th anniversary in early 1986, the group officially disbanded after the release of the commercially unsuccessful single ' Young, Free and Single ' ( still : # 49 in the German charts ). Later years From this point, different versions of the group were formed by members, some with cooperation of Farian, others without ( for example by independently obtaining the rights to use the Boney M. name in a different country ). One version began touring in the first half of 1987 with Marilyn Scharbaai ( Carrilho ) taking Liz Mitchell 's place. Mitchell returned for a second leg of the tour late 1987, and Marcia Barrett soon left the band. At the same time, Bobby Farrell had set up a deal for a new Boney M. album to be recorded without Farian in Belgium. When Farrell failed to show up for either recording or tour, and Maizie Williams had never sung on record, the album ended up being released as Liz Mitchell 's first solo album No One Will Force You. Mitchell and Williams completed a tour during 1987 -- 88, adding singer Celena Duncan and Ron Gale as replacements for Barrett and Farrell. Carol Grey later replaced Celena Duncan and Curt De Daran later replaced Ron Gale. In October 1988, the classic Boney M. line - up reunited without producer Frank Farian for the album Greatest Hits of All Times -- Remix ' 88 but tensions ran high between the members, and Liz Mitchell left in the spring of 1989 to be replaced by Madeleine Davis. While Mitchell promoted her solo album, the group recorded the single `` Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker '', without Farian 's knowledge or approval. Threatened with legal action by the producer over the use of the Boney M. name, the single was subsequently withdrawn and Farian issued `` Stories '' with his own new Boney M. line - up featuring Liz Mitchell, Reggie Tsiboe and two new members, Sharon Stevens and Patty Onoyewenjo, `` Stories '' peaked at # 11 in the Swiss charts. A second remix album Greatest Hits of All Times -- Remix ' 89 -- Volume II was released but fared poorly. 1990s 1992 saw a renewed interest in Boney M. 's music with the `` Boney M. Megamix '' single returning the group to the UK Top 10 for the first time since 1980, and a subsequent Greatest Hits album reaching the UK Top 20 in 1993. While Marcia Barrett, now residing in Florida, was battling cancer and unable to perform, Boney M. toured the world with a line - up of Liz Mitchell, Carol Grey, Patricia Lorna Foster and Curt Dee Daran ( replaced by Tony Ashcroft in 1994 ). They released the single ' Papa Chico ' but failed to chart. Maizie Williams assembled her own Boney M. line - up with her friend and short - time Boney M. member in the early days in 1975, Sheyla Bonnick, and two others. Bobby Farrell also toured with three ever changing female performers. 2000s Boney M. featuring Maizie Williams performing at a concert Liz Mitchell was touring the world with her line - up of Boney M., which is the only line - up officially supported by Farian ( the court ruling of 1990 stated that all four members are entitled to perform their own Boney M. shows ). Bobby Farrell and Liz Mitchell have released solo albums containing their own re-recordings of Boney M. 's classic hits. Maizie Williams released her first solo album in 2006 and her own single version of Boney M. 's `` Sunny ''. In 2007 her rendition of ' Daddy Cool ' with Melo - M hit the number one spot in the Latvian ( LMK ) Charts. Marcia Barrett has released two solo albums with a third scheduled for release in 2010. As recounted in his 1988 book Touching the Void, the British climber Joe Simpson was subsequently to find the catchy tune of `` Brown Girl in the Ring '' haunting him in the final hours of his struggle to survive the descent of Siula Grande in the Andes, and the song was later used in the 2003 film of Touching the Void made by Kevin Macdonald. Simpson recalls : `` I remember thinking, bloody hell, I 'm going to die to Boney M ''. A musical based on the music of Boney M., Daddy Cool, opened in London in August 2006 to mixed reviews and sluggish ticket sales, causing it to close in February 2007. From April to July 2007, the show played in a mobile theatre in Berlin, which was specially designed for it. In April 2007, Australian pop singer Peter Wilson released a song co-written by Frank Farian entitled `` Doin ' Fine ''. It is described as `` paying tribute to the sound of Boney M. '' and features the famous string arrangement from their first number 1 hit, `` Daddy Cool ''. Boney M. ( featuring Marcia Barrett ) made a live appearance at the 37th International Film Festival of India ( IFFI ), which took place on 23 November 2006 in Panaji, the state capital of Goa, India. The group is also popular in the Vietnamese diaspora, and was featured in Thuy Nga music productions. In the UK, a new album of their greatest hits, entitled The Magic of Boney M. was released via BMG on 27 November 2006. Special additions to this release were a Mousse T. remix of `` Sunny '' and a brand new song from 2006, featuring Liz Mitchell, entitled `` A Moment of Love ''. On 10 April 2007, Boney M. 's first four albums were reissued on compact disc with bonus tracks, this time also in the United States ( the first time these were available to the U.S. music market since their original releases in the 1970s ). In September 2007, Boney M. 's last four original albums, Boonoonoonoos, Ten Thousand Lightyears, Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs and Eye Dance were reissued on compact disc in Europe and the United States, all including bonus tracks. In November 2007, a new Christmas compilation was scheduled for release as well as the DVD Fantastic Boney M. -- On Stage and on the Road featuring a live performance recorded in Vienna on 1 November 1977 ( the DVD cover erroneously states it to be a live show from Hamburg ), and a film from the band 's 1981 visit to Jamaica ( made to promote the Boonoonoonoos album that year ). Bobby Farrell 's Boney M. performed a concert at the Amphi in Ra'anana, Israel in May 2007. On 28 June 2007 Boney M. featuring Matthew Felsenfeld and Liz Mitchell performed at the `` Oktiabrsky '' concert hall in St. Petersburg, Russia. In September 2007, Maizie Williams ' Boney M. line - up performed live at the Royal Albert Hall, UK, to raise awareness of HIV / AIDS in Africa, performing her own renditions of `` Brown Girl in the Ring '' and `` Hooray ! Hooray ! It 's a Holi - Holiday ''. The legal rights to the name `` Boney M. '' have been a matter of controversy, and even court cases, between the former members of the band and producer Frank Farian ever since the late 1980s. Farian, the man who in effect created the group, has continued to work with Liz Mitchell and her line - up all through the 1990s and 2000s. In January 2007, Zanillya Farrell ( daughter of Bobby Farrell ) and Yasmina Ayad - Saban ( ex-wife of Farrell ) renewed the trademark to the name Boney M. in Germany for a 10 - year period. In November 2008, French disco star Amanda Lear recorded a version of `` Doin ' Fine '' for her new studio album, which she announced on French television is scheduled for release in spring 2009. In January 2009 Frank Farian released a brand new single called Felicidad America ( Obama Obama ) under the name - check Boney M. feat. Sherita O. & Yulee B. featuring two new vocalists. The song is a remake of the 1980 Boney M. classic Felicidad ( Margherita ) with new vocals and re-written lyrics now referring to the new US president Barack Obama. 2010s In July 2010, Maizie Williams headlined a Boney M. performance at Ramallah 's Cultural Palace, in the West Bank, as part of the Palestine International Festival. The band played `` Daddy Cool '', `` Ma Baker '' and `` Brown Girl in the Ring '', but refrained from playing `` Rivers of Babylon '', rumored to be at the event organizers ' request because of its description of the Jewish yearning for Zion. Bobby Farrell died at the age of 61 from heart failure on December 30th, 2010. His agent said Farrell was complaining of breathing problems after performing with his band the evening before. Farrell lived in Amsterdam until his death. The singer was found dead in a hotel room in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he had been performing. It was announced in February 2014 that Maizie Williams ' line - up of Boney M. would be touring Australia in June. They sang at Guilfest, Guildford, UK on 20 July, and Watchet Live music festival UK, on 24 August. In March 2015, Farian released Diamonds, a 3CD box celebrating the 40th anniversary of Boney M. It contained remastered versions of the original hit singles or of previously unreleased versions, a remix disc and the new digital single Song of Joy featuring Liz Mitchell. A major DVD set was also released. In February 2017, they performed at the closing ceremony of Patras Carnival in Patras, Greece. UK sales mark In 1978, `` Rivers of Babylon '', a cover of a track by The Melodians with lyrics partly based on Psalm 137 and partly on Psalm 19, became ( at the time ) the second highest - selling single of all time in the UK. After reaching No. 1 for five weeks, `` Rivers of Babylon '' began dropping down the chart, at which point the B - side `` Brown Girl in the Ring '' was given extensive radio airplay, and the single climbed back up the chart to No. 2. The single spent six months in the UK Top 40, including 19 weeks in the Top 10. It eventually sold over two million copies, the second single to do so, and is still one of only 7 to achieve this feat. ( see List of million - selling singles in the United Kingdom ) The group achieved a second UK million - seller with their version of the calypso classic `` Mary 's Boy Child '', released as a medley `` Mary 's Boy Child -- Oh My Lord '', which was previously a million - seller for Harry Belafonte. The single sold over 1.8 million copies, 1.6 million of which were in the four weeks the song was at No. 1 in December 1978. Boney M. are the only artists to appear twice in the top 11 best selling singles of all time in the UK, with `` Rivers of Babylon '' in 7th place and `` Mary 's Boy Child / Oh My Lord '' at number 11. They are also one of six artists to sell a million copies with two singles in the same year. Back catalogue Compared to other best - selling artists of the 1970s like ABBA, Donna Summer, and the Bee Gees, the Boney M. discography is quite unusual -- while the greater part of the band 's back catalogue has been remixed, remade, remodeled and reissued all through the 80s, 90s and 2000s by producer Frank Farian and record company BMG - Ariola ( now Sony Music ), most of the original 7 '' and 12 '' versions issued on vinyl in the 70s and early 80s remained unavailable on CD until 2008 and the release of the box set The Collection and the single CD compilation Rivers of Babylon ( A Best of Collection ). Popularity outside the West During the 2002 presidential election campaign of South Korea, then - candidate Roh Moo - hyun, who eventually won the presidency at that event, took Bahama Mama to promote his aim of positive political reform. The 2005 Chinese film Shanghai Dreams features a scene depicting a rural Chinese disco in 1983, with teenagers dancing to `` Rivers of Babylon '' and `` Gotta Go Home ''. In the 2008 Kazakh film Tulpan, the tractor driver Boni continually plays a cassette of Rivers of Babylon, an example of his fascination for all things Western. In the 2008 Chinese film Cheung Gong 7 hou ( English title : CJ7 ), `` Sunny '' is a vital part of the soundtrack. Boney M was hugely popular in the Soviet Union in the 1970s, although the song `` Rasputin '' was banned by the Soviet authorities during the group 's concert in Moscow in December 1978. In the Soviet film Repentance ( 1987 ), `` Sunny '' is played at a party of high - ranked communist officials. `` Sunny '' is played during a few parts of the successful Korean film of the same name Sunny ( 2011 ). It is the theme song of the 2011 Taiwanese drama starring Rainie Yang and Wu Chun, Sunshine Angel. Personnel Original members Liz Mitchell -- lead and backing vocals ( 1976 -- 1986, 1987 -- 1989, 1989, 1992 -- 1994, 2016 -- current ) Marcia Barrett -- lead and backing vocals ( 1975 -- 1986, 1987, 1988 -- 1989 ) Maizie Williams -- dancer, live vocals ( 1975 -- 1986, 1987 -- 1989, 2012 ) Bobby Farrell -- dancer, rap, live vocals ( 1975 -- 81, 1984 -- 1986, 1987, 1988 -- 1989 ; died 2010 ) Reggie Tsiboe - lead and backing vocals ( 1982 -- 1986, 1989 ) Other members * indicates members not included in any official Boney M recording or original line - up Sheyla Bonnick ( 1975 ) * Claudja Barry - lead and backing vocals ( 1975 -- 1976 ) * Nathalie - lead and backing vocals ( 1975 ) * Marilyn Scharbaai ( Carrilho ) - lead and backing vocals ( 1987 ) * Celena Duncan - lead and backing vocals ( 1987 -- 1988 ) * Curt De Daran - dancer, rap, live vocals ( 1987 -- 1988, 1992 -- 1994 ) Madeleine Davis - lead and backing vocals ( 1989 ) Sharon Stevens - lead and backing vocals ( 1989 ) Patty Onoyewenjo - lead and backing vocals ( 1989 ) Carol Grey - lead and backing vocals ( 1992 -- 1994 ) Bronwen Collins - Bassoon ( 1984 -- 1994 ) Patricia Lorna Foster - lead and backing vocals ( 1992 - 1994 ) Tony Ashcroft - dancer, rap, live vocals ( 1994 ) * Peter Jarrette - lead and backing vocals ( 2012 ) Geoffrey Sung - dancer, rap, live vocals ( 2012 ) Samantha Gareth - lead and backing vocals ( 2012 ) Eileen Quintanilla - lead and backing vocals ( 2012 ) Patricia Dick - lead and backing vocals ( 2016 -- current ) Yvonne Michèle - lead and backing vocals ( 2012 -- current ) Discography Main article : Boney M. discography Studio albums Release date Title 1976 Take the Heat off Me 1977 Love for Sale 1978 Nightflight to Venus 1979 Oceans of Fantasy 1981 Boonoonoonoos 1981 Christmas Album 1984 Ten Thousand Lightyears 1985 Eye Dance References Jump up ^ http://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/musik/id_14363678/wer-ist-die-erfolgreichste-deutsche-band-.html Jump up ^ https://www.sohomen.de/life-taste/die-populaersten-deutschen-musiker-aller-zeiten-11306/ Jump up ^ Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg. `` Starproduzent Frank Farian : `` Deutschland sucht den Superstar - und findet ihn nicht '' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Kultur ``. 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Liz Mitchell Marcia Barrett Maizie Williams Bobby Farrell Reggie Tsiboe Studio albums and main compilations ( 1976 -- 1985 ) Take the Heat off Me ( 1976 ) Love for Sale ( 1977 ) Nightflight to Venus ( 1978 ) Oceans of Fantasy ( 1979 ) The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits ( 1980 ) Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2 ( 1981 ) Boonoonoonoos ( 1981 ) Christmas Album ( 1981 ) Ten Thousand Lightyears ( 1984 ) Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs ( 1984 ) Fantastic Boney M. ( 1984 ) Christmas with Boney M. ( 1984 ) Eye Dance ( 1985 ) Main compilations and remix albums ( 1986 -- present ) The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits ( 1986 ) The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs ( 1986 ) Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix ' 88 ( 1988 ) Ma Baker ( 1989 ) Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix ' 89 - Volume II ( 1989 ) The Collection ( 1991 ) Daddy Cool - Star Collection ( 1991 ) The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World ( 1992 ) Gold - 20 Super Hits ( 1992 ) The Greatest Hits ( 1993 ) More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II ( 1993 ) Hit Collection ( 1996 ) Best in Spain ( 1996 ) The Best of Boney M. ( 1997 ) Norske Hits ( 1998 ) Ultimate ( 1999 ) 20th Century Hits ( 1999 ) 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool ( 2000 ) The Complete Collection ( 2000 ) Their Most Beautiful Ballads ( 2000 ) The Greatest Hits ( 2001 ) The Magic of Boney M. ( 2006 ) Hit Collection ( 2007 ) Christmas With Boney M. ( 2007 ) The Collection ( 2008 ) Rivers of Babylon ( A Best of Collection ) ( 2008 ) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 1 ( 2008 ) Christmas Time ( 2008 ) The Complete Boney M. ( 2008 ) In the Mix ( 2008 ) The Magic of Boney M. - The Danish Collection ( 2008 ) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 2 ( 2009 ) Let It All Be Music - The Party Album ( 2009 ) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 3 ( 2009 ) Main single discography `` Baby Do You Wanna Bump '' ( 1975 ) `` Daddy Cool '' ( 1976 ) `` Sunny '' ( 1976 ) `` Ma Baker '' ( 1977 ) `` Belfast '' ( 1977 ) `` Rivers of Babylon '' / `` Brown Girl in the Ring '' ( 1978 ) `` Rasputin '' ( 1978 ) `` Mary 's Boy Child -- Oh My Lord '' ( 1978 ) `` Painter Man '' ( 1979 ) `` Hooray ! Hooray ! It 's a Holi - Holiday '' ( 1979 ) `` El Lute '' / `` Gotta Go Home '' ( 1979 ) `` I 'm Born Again '' / `` Bahama Mama '' ( 1979 ) `` I See a Boat on the River '' / `` My Friend Jack '' ( 1980 ) `` Children of Paradise '' / `` Gadda - Da - Vida '' ( 1980 ) `` Felicidad ( Margherita ) '' ( 1980 ) `` Malaika '' / `` Consuela Biaz '' ( 1981 ) `` We Kill the World '' / `` Boonoonoonoos '' ( 1981 ) `` The Little Drummer Boy '' / `` 6 Years of Boney M. Hits '' ( 1981 ) `` The Carnival Is Over '' / `` Going Back West '' ( 1982 ) `` Zion 's Daughter '' ( 1982 ) `` Jambo - Hakuna Matata ( No Problems ) '' ( 1983 ) `` Somewhere in the World '' ( 1984 ) `` Kalimba de Luna '' ( 1984 ) `` Happy Song '' ( 1984 ) `` My Cherie Amour '' ( 1985 ) `` Young, Free and Single '' ( 1985 ) `` Daddy Cool ( Anniversary Recording ' 86 ) '' ( 1986 ) `` Bang Bang Lulu '' ( 1986 ) `` Rivers of Babylon ( Remix ) '' / `` Mary 's Boy Child -- Oh My Lord ( Remix ) '' ( 1988 ) `` Megamix '' ( 1988 ) `` The Summer Mega Mix '' ( 1989 ) `` Malaika ( Lambada Remix ) '' ( 1989 ) `` Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker '' ( 1989 ) `` Stories '' ( 1990 ) `` Christmas Mega Mix '' ( 1992 ) `` Megamix '' ( 1992 ) `` Brown Girl in the Ring ( Remix ) '' ( 1993 ) `` Ma Baker ( Remix ) '' ( 1993 ) `` Papa Chico '' ( 1994 ) `` Somebody Scream - Ma Baker '' ( 1998 ) `` Daddy Cool ' 99 '' ( 1999 ) `` Hooray ! Hooray ! ( Caribbean Night Fever ) '' ( 1999 ) `` Sunny ( Remix ) '' ( 2000 ) `` Daddy Cool 2001 '' ( 2001 ) `` Sunny ( Mousse T. Remix ) '' ( 2006 ) `` Felicidad America ( Obama - Obama ) '' ( 2009 ) Book Best - selling singles by year in the United Kingdom 1952 -- 1969 1952 : `` Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart '' -- Vera Lynn ( UK ) 1953 : `` I Believe '' -- Frankie Laine 1954 : `` Secret Love '' -- Doris Day 1955 : `` Rose Marie '' -- Slim Whitman 1956 : `` I 'll Be Home '' -- Pat Boone 1957 : `` Diana '' -- Paul Anka 1958 : `` Jailhouse Rock '' -- Elvis Presley 1959 : `` Living Doll '' -- Cliff Richard ( UK ) 1960 : `` It 's Now or Never '' -- Elvis Presley 1961 : `` Wooden Heart '' -- Elvis Presley 1962 : `` I Remember You '' -- Frank Ifield ( UK ) 1963 : `` She Loves You '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1964 : `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1965 : `` Tears '' -- Ken Dodd ( UK ) 1966 : `` Green, Green Grass of Home '' -- Tom Jones ( UK ) 1967 : `` Release Me '' -- Engelbert Humperdinck ( UK ) 1968 : `` Hey Jude '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1969 : `` Sugar, Sugar '' -- The Archies 1970 -- 1989 1970 : `` The Wonder of You '' -- Elvis Presley 1971 : `` My Sweet Lord '' -- George Harrison ( UK ) 1972 : `` Amazing Grace '' -- The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band ( UK ) 1973 : `` Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree '' -- Tony Orlando and Dawn 1974 : `` Tiger Feet '' -- Mud ( UK ) 1975 : `` Bye Bye Baby '' -- Bay City Rollers ( UK ) 1976 : `` Save Your Kisses for Me '' -- Brotherhood of Man ( UK ) 1977 : `` Mull of Kintyre '' / `` Girls ' School '' -- Wings ( UK ) 1978 : `` Rivers of Babylon '' / `` Brown Girl in the Ring '' -- Boney M. 1979 : `` Bright Eyes '' -- Art Garfunkel 1980 : `` Do n't Stand So Close to Me '' -- The Police ( UK ) 1981 : `` Do n't You Want Me '' -- The Human League ( UK ) 1982 : `` Come On Eileen '' -- Dexys Midnight Runners ( UK ) 1983 : `` Karma Chameleon '' -- Culture Club ( UK ) 1984 : `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? '' -- Band Aid ( UK ) 1985 : `` The Power of Love '' -- Jennifer Rush 1986 : `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' -- The Communards ( UK ) 1987 : `` Never Gonna Give You Up '' -- Rick Astley ( UK ) 1988 : `` Mistletoe and Wine '' -- Cliff Richard ( UK ) 1989 : `` Ride on Time '' -- Black Box 1990 -- 2009 1990 : `` Unchained Melody '' -- The Righteous Brothers 1991 : `` ( Everything I Do ) I Do It for You '' -- Bryan Adams 1992 : `` I Will Always Love You '' -- Whitney Houston 1993 : `` I 'd Do Anything for Love ( But I Wo n't Do That ) '' -- Meat Loaf 1994 : `` Love Is All Around '' -- Wet Wet Wet ( UK ) 1995 : `` Unchained Melody '' -- Robson & Jerome ( UK ) 1996 : `` Killing Me Softly '' -- Fugees 1997 : `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' / `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' -- Elton John ( UK ) 1998 : `` Believe '' -- Cher 1999 : ``... Baby One More Time '' -- Britney Spears 2000 : `` Can We Fix It ? '' -- Bob the Builder ( UK ) 2001 : `` It Was n't Me '' -- Shaggy featuring Rikrok ( UK ) 2002 : `` Anything Is Possible '' / `` Evergreen '' -- Will Young ( UK ) 2003 : `` Where Is the Love ? '' -- The Black Eyed Peas 2004 : `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? '' -- Band Aid 20 ( UK ) 2005 : `` Is This the Way to Amarillo '' -- Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay ( UK ) 2006 : `` Crazy '' -- Gnarls Barkley 2007 : `` Bleeding Love '' -- Leona Lewis ( UK ) 2008 : `` Hallelujah '' -- Alexandra Burke ( UK ) 2009 : `` Poker Face '' -- Lady Gaga 2010 -- present 2010 : `` Love the Way You Lie '' -- Eminem featuring Rihanna 2011 : `` Someone Like You '' -- Adele ( UK ) 2012 : `` Somebody That I Used to Know '' -- Gotye featuring Kimbra 2013 : `` Blurred Lines '' -- Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams 2014 : `` Happy '' -- Pharrell Williams 2015 : `` Uptown Funk '' -- Mark Ronson ( UK ) featuring Bruno Mars 2016 : `` One Dance '' -- Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla ( UK ) 2017 : `` Shape of You '' - Ed Sheeran ( UK ) VIAF : 131077168 LCCN : n91051581 ISNI : 0000 0001 0941 4291 GND : 5329927 - 9 SUDOC : 166285129 BNF : cb13902064v ( data ) MusicBrainz : 5403bf6e - bc1d - 4e62 - b31f - 926a2bf66a14 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boney_M.&oldid=820516998 '' Categories : Boney M. 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Question: where does the group boney m come from
Answer: West Germany