# Boney M. discography

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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | GER | AUS | AUT | CAN | NLD | NOR | NZ | SWE | UK | US | Certifications |
| Take the Heat off Me | Released: June 1976 Label: Hansa Formats: Cassette, vinyl | 2 | 26 | 6 | — | 5 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 40 | — | GER: Gold UK: Silver |
| Love for Sale | Released: May 1977 Label: Hansa Formats: Cassette, vinyl | 1 | 27 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 13 | — | GER: Platinum UK: Gold |
| Nightflight to Venus | Released: June 1978 Label: Hansa Formats: Cassette, vinyl | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 134 | GER: 2× Platinum CAN: 5× Platinum NLD: Gold UK: Platinum |
| Oceans of Fantasy | Released: September 1979 Label: Hansa Formats: Cassette, vinyl | 1 | 21 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | GER: Platinum NLD: Platinum UK: Platinum |
| Boonoonoonoos | Released: September 1981 Label: Hansa Formats: Cassette, vinyl | 15 | — | 14 | — | 35 | 21 | — | 31 | — | — | |
| Christmas Album | Released: December 1981 Label: Hansa Formats: Cassette, vinyl | 14 | 53 | — | 80 | 42 | 10 | — | — | — | — | AUS: Gold CAN: 2× Platinum |
| Ten Thousand Lightyears | Released: May 1984 Label: Hansa Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Eye Dance | Released: October 1985 Label: Hansa Formats: Cassette, vinyl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or not available. |||||||||||||

### Charting and/or certified compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | GER | AUS | AUT | CAN | NLD | NZ | NOR | SWE | SWI | UK | Certifications |
| The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits | Released: April 1980 Label: Hansa Formats: Cassette, vinyl | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 30 | — | 1 | GER: Gold AUT: Platinum CAN: Platinum FIN: Gold NLD: Platinum SWI: Platinum UK: Gold |
| The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits | Released: January 1986 Label: Hansa Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | |
| Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88 | Released: October 1988 Label: Hansa Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | FRA: Platinum |
| The Greatest Hits of Boney M / The Village People | Released: October 1990 (with The Village People) (Available in Australia only) Label: Concept Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl | — | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Daddy Cool – Star Collection | Released: 1991 Label: Ariola Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | GER: Platinum |
| Happy Christmas | Released: November 1991 Label: Ariola Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | GER: Gold |
| Gold – 20 Super Hits | Released: November 1992 Label: MCI Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl | 5 | 40 | 6 | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 5 | — | GER: Gold AUS: Gold AUT: Platinum FRA: Gold NLD: Gold NOR: Platinum |
| The Greatest Hits | Released: March 1993 (Available in UK only) Label: Telstar Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | |
| More Gold – 20 Super Hits Vol. II | Released: October 1993 Label: MCI Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl | — | — | 38 | — | 87 | 43 | — | — | — | — | |
| The Best of Boney M. | Released: 1997 Label: Camden Formats: CD, cassette | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | AUS: Platinum FIN: Gold UK: Gold |
| Norske Hits | Released: November 1998 (Available in Norway only) Label: Ariola Formats: CD, cassette | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | |
| 20th Century Hits | Released: November 1999 Label: MCI Formats: CD, cassette | 30 | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | 8 | 37 | — | |
| 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool | Released: September 2000 (Available in the Netherlands only) Label: Ariola Formats: CD, cassette | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Greatest Hits | Released: 2001 (Available in UK, Australia & New Zealand only) Label: BMG Formats: CD, cassette | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | UK: Gold |
| The Magic of Boney M. | Released: October 2006 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, cassette | 7 | 28 | 10 | — | 94 | 2 | 2 | — | 39 | 45 | AUS: Gold CAN: Platinum FIN: Gold |
| Feliz Navidad – A Wonderful Christmas | Released: November 2010 Label: Farian (Sony Music) Formats: CD, cassette | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Best Of | Released: 2011 Format: CD Label: Sony Music Germany | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Essential Boney M. | Released: 27 August 2012 Label: Sony Music Format: 2× CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | UK: Gold |
| Diamonds | Released: 2015 Label: MCI Format: CD | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Worldmusic for Christmas | Released: November 2017 Label: MCI Formats: CD | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Gold | Released: November 2019 (Available in UK only) Label: Crimson (Demon Music Group) Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | |
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |||||||||||||

## Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | GER | AUS | AUT | IRE | NLD | NZ | SWE | SWI | UK | US | Certifications | Album |
| "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" | 1975 | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | | Take the Heat off Me |
| "Daddy Cool" | 1976 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 65 | GER: Gold UK: Gold | Take the Heat off Me |
| "Sunny" | 1976 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | — | | Take the Heat off Me |
| "Ma Baker" | 1977 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 96 | GER: Gold UK: Gold | Love for Sale |
| "Still I'm Sad" | 1977 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | | Love for Sale |
| "Belfast" | 1977 | 1 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 8 | — | | Love for Sale |
| "Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring" | 1978 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | GER: Platinum FRA: Gold NLD: Gold UK: Platinum | Nightflight to Venus |
| "Rasputin" | 1978 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | AUS: Platinum NLD: Gold UK: Platinum | Nightflight to Venus |
| "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" | 1978 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 85 | GER: Gold AUS: Gold NLD: Gold UK: Platinum | Christmas Album |
| "Dancing in the Streets" | 1979 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album track |
| "Painter Man" (UK/Ireland and Netherlands only) | 1979 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | UK: Silver | Nightflight to Venus |
| "Voodoonight" (Japan only) | 1979 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Nightflight to Venus |
| "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" | 1979 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | — | NLD: Gold UK: Silver | Non-album track |
| "Gotta Go Home" / "El Lute" | 1979 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 12 | — | GER: Gold NLD: Gold UK: Silver | Oceans of Fantasy |
| "I'm Born Again" / "Bahama Mama" | 1979 | 7 | — | 9 | 12 | 7 | — | 17 | 6 | 35 | — | | Oceans of Fantasy |
| "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" | 1980 | 11 | — | 12 | — | 13 | — | — | — | 66 | — | | Non-album tracks |
| "Felicidad (Margherita)" | 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | | Non-album tracks |
| "Malaika" / "Consuela Biaz" | 1981 | 13 | — | 7 | — | 14 | — | — | 4 | — | — | | Boonoonoonoos |
| "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" | 1981 | 12 | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | 3 | 39 | — | | Boonoonoonoos |
| "Little Drummer Boy" | 1981 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Christmas Album |
| "6 Years of Boney M. Hits" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album tracks |
| "The Carnival Is Over" / "Going Back West" | 1982 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | | Non-album tracks |
| "Zion's Daughter" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 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" | 1984 | 16 | — | 11 | — | 20 | — | — | 23 | — | — | | Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs |
| "Happy Song" (with Bobby Farrell) | 1984 | 7 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | | Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs |
| "My Chérie Amour" | 1985 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Eye Dance |
| "Young, Free and Single" | 1985 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Eye Dance |
| "Daddy Cool '86" | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album track |
| "Bang Bang Lulu" | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Eye Dance |
| "Rivers of Babylon (Remix '88)" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | | Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88 |
| "Megamix" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | FRA: Gold | Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II |
| "The Summer Mega Mix" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92 | — | | Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II |
| "Malaika (Lambada Remix)" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II |
| "Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" (short available, withdrawn) | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album tracks |
| "Stories" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 94 | — | | Non-album tracks |
| "Megamix" | 1992 | 26 | 70 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 49 | — | — | 7 | — | | Gold - 20 Super Hits |
| "Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix)" | 1993 | — | — | — | 25 | — | 20 | — | — | 38 | — | | Gold - 20 Super Hits |
| "Ma Baker (Remix '93)" | 1993 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II |
| "Papa Chico" (featuring Liz Mitchell) | 1994 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II |
| "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.) | 1999 | 47 | — | — | 16 | — | — | 19 | 49 | — | — | | 20th Century Hits |
| "Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever) 2000" | 1999 | 79 | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | 80 | — | — | | 20th Century Hits |
| "Sunny (Remix) 2000" | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | 80 | — | — | | 20th Century Hits |
| "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 | — | ARIA: Platinum GER: Gold UK: Platinum US: Gold | 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".
* "Gotta Go Home" (1979) was a rewrite of German band Nighttrain's "Hallo Bimmelbahn" (1973), 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)
* "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".
* "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.