Boney M.

**Boney M.** was an R&B, disco and reggae group created by West German record producer Frank Farian. They were very successful in the 1970s.

### Studio albums

- _Rivers of Babylon_
- Rasputin
- Daddy Cool
- Ma Baker
- Hooray Hooray

### Compilations

- _The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits_ (1980)
- _Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2_ (1981)
- _Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs_ (1984)
- _Christmas With Boney M._ (1984)
- _The Best Of 10 Years - 32 Superhits_ (1986)
- _Die 20 schönsten Weihnachtslieder der Welt_ (1986)
- _The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs_ (1986)
- _Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88_ (1988)
- _Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II_ (1989)
- _The Collection_ (1991)
- _Daddy Cool - Star Collection_ (1991)
- _Gold - 20 Super Hits_ (1992)
- _The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World_ (1992)
- _The Greatest Hits_ (1993)
- _More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II_ (1993)
- _Sunny_ (1995)
- _Hit Collection_ (1996)
- _Hit Collection_ (1996)
- _Hit Collection_ (1996)
- _Hit Collection_ (1996)
- _Best In Spain_ (1996)
- _The Best Of Boney M._ (1997)
- _Norske Hits_ (1998)
- _The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World_ (1998)
- _Christmas Party_ (1998)
- _Ultimate_ (1999)
- _20th Century Hits_ (1999)
- _25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool_ (2000)
- _25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool_ (2000)
- _The Complete Collection_ (2000)
- _Their Most Beautiful Ballads_ (2000)
- _The Collection_ (2001)
- _25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool_ (2001)
- _25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool_ (2001)
- _The Greatest Hits_ (2001)
- _Christmas Party_ (2003)
- _The Magic of Boney M._ (2006)
- _Hit Collection_ (2007)
- _Christmas with Boney M._ (2007)

### Main Singles Discography

- "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (1975)
- "Daddy Cool"/"No Woman No Cry" (1976)
- "Sunny" (1976)
- "Ma Baker"/"Still I'm Sad" (1977)
- "Belfast"/"Plantation Boy" (1977)
- "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl in the Ring" (double A-side) (1978)
- "Rasp
- "Painter Man" (1979)
- "Hooray Hooray It's A Holi-Holiday"/"Ribbons Of Blue" (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" (1
- "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)"/"Boonoonoonoos" (1981)
- "Little Drummer Boy"/"Boney M. On 45" (1981)
- "The Carnival Is Over (Goodbye True Lover)" / "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
- "Daddy Cool (Anniversary Remix)" (1986)
- "Bang Bang Lulu" (1986)
- "Rivers Of Babylon´88" (1988)
- "Megamix" (1988)
- "The Summer Megamix" (1989)
- "Malaika (Lambada Mix)" (1989)
- "Everybody Wants To Dance Like Josephine Baker" (1990) (withdrawn)
- "Stories" - Boney M. Feat. Liz Mitchell (1990)
- "Boney M. Megamix" (1992)
- "Christmas Megamix" (1992)
- "Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix '93)" (1993)
- "Ma Baker (Remix '93)" (1993)
- "Papa Chico" - Boney M. Feat. Liz Mitchell (1994)
- "Ma Baker '99" - Boney M. vs. Horny United/Sash! (1999)
- "Daddy Cool '99" - Boney M. 2000 featuring Mobi T. (1999)
- "Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever)" - Boney M. 2000 (1999)
- "Sunny (Remix)" - Boney M. 2000 (2000)
- "Daddy Cool 2001" (2001)
- "Sunny" (Mousse T. Remix) (2006)
- "Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord" (2007)

### Video / DVD / VCD releases

- Gold - VHS (1993 Germany)
- Gold - VHS (1993 Europe)
- Gold - Video / 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)

### Albums

|width="28" rowspan="2"|Year|width="250" rowspan="2"|Title|colspan="9"|Chart positions|||||||||||||
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|align="left" rowspan="1"|1976|align="left|_Take The Heat Off Me_|align="center"|14|align="center"|40|align="center"|6|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|-|align="center"|8|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1977|align="left"|_Love for Sale_|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|13|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|-|align="center"|2|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1978|align="left"|_Nightflight to Venus_|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|-|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|134|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1979|align="left"|_Oceans Of Fantasy_|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|5|align="center"|-|align="center"|3|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1980|align="left"|_The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits_|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|**1**|align="center"|5|align="center"|30|align="center"|-|align="center"|4|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="2"|1981|align="left"|_Boonoonoonoos_|align="center"|15|align="center"|-|align="center"|14|align="center"|31|align="center"|-|align="center"|28|align="center"|-|
|align="left"|_Christmas Album_|align="center"|14|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|33|align="center"|-|||
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1984|align="left"|_Ten Thousand Lightyears_|align="center"|23|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1986|align="left"|_The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits_|align="center"|3|align="center"|35|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="2"|1993|align="left"|_Gold - 20 Super Hits_|align="center"|5|align="center"|14|align="center"|6|align="center"|14|align="center"|5|align="center"|2|align="center"|-|
|align="left"|_More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II_|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|36|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|85|align="center"|-|||
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1999|align="left"|_20th Century Hits_|align="center"|30|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|8|align="center"|37|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|2000|align="left"|_25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool_|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|27|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|2006|align="left"|_The Magic of Boney M._|align="center"|19|align="center"|45|align="center"|13|align="center"|-|align="center"|39|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|

### Singles

Singles chart peaking in various countries. Includes U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart entries.

|width="28" rowspan="2"|Year|width="250" rowspan="2"|Title|colspan="9"|Chart positions|||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1975|align="left|"Baby Do You Wanna Bump"|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|14|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1976|align="left|"Daddy Cool"|align="center"|1|align="center"|6|align="center"|1|align="center"|1|align="center"|1|align="center"|3|align="center"|65|align="center"|11|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="4"|1977|align="left"|"Sunny"|align="center"|1|align="center"|3|align="center"|1|align="center"|11|align="center"|2|align="center"|1|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|4|
|align="left"|"Ma Baker" /|align="center"|1|align="center"|2|align="center"|1|align="center"|1|align="center"|-|align="center"|1|align="center"|96|align="center"|31|align="center"|4|||
|align="left"|"Still I'm Sad"|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|17|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|align="left"|"Belfast"|align="center"|1|align="center"|8|align="center"|2|align="center"|-|align="center"|3|align="center"|3|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|1|||
|align="left" rowspan="3"|1978|align="left"|"Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl In The Ring"|align="center"|1|align="center"|1|align="center"|1|align="center"|1|align="center"|1|align="center"|1|align="center"|30|align="center"|-|align="center"|1|
|align="left"|"Rasputin"|align="center"|1|align="center"|2|align="center"|1|align="center"|-|align="center"|2|align="center"|8|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|3|||
|align="left"|"Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord"|align="center"|1|align="center"|1|align="center"|3|align="center"|3|align="center"|1|align="center"|3|align="center"|85|align="center"|-|align="center"|1|||
|align="left" rowspan="4"|1979|align="left"|"Painter Man" (UK + Ireland only)|align="center"|-|align="center"|10|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|8|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|5|
|align="left"|"Hooray Hooray It's A Holi-Holiday"|align="center"|4|align="center"|3|align="center"|3|align="center"|11|align="center"|4|align="center"|1|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|5|||
|align="left"|"El Lute" / "Gotta Go Home"|align="center"|1|align="center"|12|align="center"|1|align="center"|10|align="center"|2|align="center"|2|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|11|||
|align="left"|"I'm Born Again" / "Bahama Mama"|align="center"|7|align="center"|35|align="center"|9|align="center"|17|align="center"|6|align="center"|11|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|12|||
|align="left" rowspan="3"|1980|align="left"|"I See A Boat On The River" /|align="center"|5|align="center"|-|align="center"|3|align="center"|-|align="center"|9|align="center"|7|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left"|"My Friend Jack"|align="center"|-|align="center"|57|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|align="left"|"Children Of Paradise"|align="center"|11|align="center"|66|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|13|align="center"|28|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|align="left" rowspan="4"|1981|align="left"|"Felicidad (Margherita)"|align="center"|6|align="center"|-|align="center"|6|align="center"|-|align="center"|3|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left"|"Malaika" / "Consuela Biaz"|align="center"|13|align="center"|-|align="center"|7|align="center"|-|align="center"|4|align="center"|20|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|align="left"|"We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)"|align="center"|12|align="center"|39|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|3|align="center"|25|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|align="left"|"Little Drummer Boy"|align="center"|20|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1982|align="left"|"The Carnival Is Over" / "Going Back West"|align="center"|41|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|11|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1983|align="left"|"Jambo - Hakuna Matata"|align="center"|48|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|11|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="3"|1984|align="left"|"Somewhere In The World"|align="center"|49|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left"|"Kalimba de luna"|align="center"|17|align="center"|-|align="center"|11|align="center"|-|align="center"|23|align="center"|27|align="center"|-|align="center"|49|align="center"|-|||
|align="left"|"Happy Song"|align="center"|7|align="center"|-|align="center"|15|align="center"|-|align="center"|21|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|align="left" rowspan="2"|1985|align="left"|"My Cherie Amour"|align="center"|55|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left"|"Young Free And Single"|align="center"|48|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1986|align="left"|"Bang Bang Lulu"|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1988|align="left"|"Mary's Boy Child (Remix)" / "Megamix"|align="center"|-|align="center"|52|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1989|align="left"|"Summer Megamix"|align="center"|-|align="center"|92|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1990|align="left"|"Stories"|align="center"|-|align="center"|94|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1992|align="left"|"Boney M. Megamix"|align="center"|26|align="center"|7|align="center"|11|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|13|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|3|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|1993|align="left"|"Brown Girl In The Ring (remix)"|align="center"|-|align="center"|38|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|25|
|align="left" rowspan="3"|1999|align="left"|"Ma Baker" <small>versus Sash!</small>|align="center"|28|align="center"|22|align="center"|32|align="center"|10|align="center"|21|align="center"|26|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left"|"Daddy Cool '99" <small>Boney M. 2000 feat. Mobi T.</small>|align="center"|47|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|49|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|align="left"|"Hooray! Hooray! Caribbean Night Fever" <small>Boney M. 2000</small>|align="center"|79|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|80|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|align="left" rowspan="1"|2000|align="left"|"Sunny" <small>Boney M. 2000</small>|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|80|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|2001|align="left"|"Daddy Cool 2001"|align="center"|-|align="center"|47|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|
|align="left" rowspan="1"|2007|align="left"|"Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord"|align="center"|-|align="center"|47|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Boney M.
- **img**: Boney M 1999 19jp
- **img capt**: Boney M in 1981
- **landscape**: Garden
- **background**: group_or_band
- **alias**: Richard Y(from 2010)
- **origin**: Jamaica, Montserrat, Aruba, India
- **label**: Hansa Records
Sony BMG
Music America International
ATCO Records
Atlantic Records
Sire Records
Warner Bros. Records
Carrere Records (US)
- **past members**: <small>Official Line-Up</small>
Liz Mitchell <small>(1976- ) </small>
Marcia Barrett <small>(1976- )</small>
Maizie Williams<small> (1975- ) </small>
Bobby Farrell <small>(1976-82, 1984- )</small>

Reggie Tsiboe <small>(1982-1986, 1989-1990)</small>