Hit Collection (Boney M. 2007)

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Hit Collection
Compilation album by Boney M.
Released	May 2007
Recorded	1975-1985
Genre	Eurodance, Pop, Disco
Label	Sony BMG (EU)
Producer	Frank Farian
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]

Sunny (1995)
Compilation album by Boney M.

Sunny (2001)
Compilation album by Boney M.
Boney M. chronology
The Magic of Boney M. Hit Collection Christmas with Boney M. (2007)

Hit Collection is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by Sony BMG in 2007.
This is a re-release of the 1995 Ariola Express budget compilation Sunny, also issued in 2001, with new artwork.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Release history 5 Sources and external links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 4:03
2. "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:12
3. "Dreadlock Holiday" (Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart) - 4:54
4. "Bahama Mama" (Farian, Jay) - 3:18
5. "Voodoonight" (Sgarbi) - 3:32
6. "Belfast" (Bilsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:32
7. "Fever" (Cooley, Davenport) - 4:01
8. "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 2:51
   • Edited version, from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs.
9. "Malaika" (Farian, Reyam, Traditional) - 3:28
   • Edited 7" version from Boonoonoonoos limited edition double album. Original 7" mix ( - 5:02) remains unreleased on CD.
10. "African Moon" (Farian, Mitchell, Rulofs) - 3:02
11. "Still I'm Sad" (McCarty, Smith) - 4:35
12. "El Lute" (Blum, Farian, Jay) - 5:57
    • 12" version
13. "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocci, Spagna) - 6:42
    • Edited Club Mix, from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs
14. "No Woman, No Cry" (Vincent Ford, Bob Marley) - 5:00
15. "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi) - 6:53
16. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 7:18
    • Edited US Club Mix, from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs

[edit] Personnel

• Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 3, 13 & 16)
• Bobby Farrell - vocals (track 13)

[edit] Production

• Frank Farian - producer

[edit] Release history

• 1995 & 2001 Germany: "Sunny" Ariola Express/BMG 74321 24931 2.
• 2007 EU: "Hit Collection" Sony BMG 88697089662.

[edit] Sources and external links

• Rate Your Music, detailed discography
• Discogs.com, detailed discography
• All Music Guide, biography, discography etc.

v • d • e Boney M. 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 – 2008) The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits (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) · 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) Main single discography (1975-1990) 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) · Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday (1979) · El Lute / Gotta Go Home (1979) · I'm Born Again / Bahama Mama (song) (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)) · 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)