Take the Heat Off Me

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Take The Heat Off Me
Studio album by Boney M.
Released	June 1976
Recorded	1975, 1976
Genre	R&B, Pop music, Disco
Length	36:05
Label	Atlantic Records (UK) Atco Records (USA) Hansa Records (FRG)
Producer	Frank Farian
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Boney M. chronology
Take The Heat Off Me Love For Sale

Take The Heat Off Me is the debut album by Boney M.. The album became a major seller outside of the United States, where the album just missed making the chart. Includes the hits "Daddy Cool" (#65 on the Billboard Hot 100, #11 on the Club Play Singles chart), "Sunny" and "Baby Do You Wanna Bump."

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Alternative album editions 3 Additional Track Info 4 Personnel 5 Production 6 Release history 7 CD releases 8 Single releases 9 Charts 10 Sources and external links

[edit] Track listing

Side A:

1. "Daddy Cool" (Frank Farian, George Reyam (Hans-Jörg Mayer)) - 3:29
2. "Take The Heat Off Me" (Bigazzi) - 4:47
3. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 4:03
4. "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi (Frank Farian)) - 6:53

Side B:

1. "No Woman, No Cry" (Vincent Ford, Bob Marley) - 4:59
2. "Fever" (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport) - 4:00
3. "Got a Man On My Mind" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay) - 3:25
4. "Lovin' Or Leavin'" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay) - 4:29

[edit] Alternative album editions

• UK & US - track A4: "Help Help" (Farian) - 6:05.

[edit] Additional Track Info

"Take the Heat off Me" and "Lovin' or Leavin'" had previously been recorded by another Farian-produced artist Gilla on her 1975 album Willst du mit mir schlafen gehn?. Gilla would furthermore record German versions of "Sunny" and "No Woman No Cry" on her Zieh mich aus album later that year, using the same backing tracks. "Got a Man On My Mind" was rewritten from Farian's "Am Samstagabend" which was the B-side of his 1976 hit single "Rocky".

[edit] Personnel

• Liz Mitchell - lead vocals (tracks A3, B1, B2 & B3) backing vocals
• Marcia Barrett - lead vocals (tracks A2 & B4) , backing vocals
• Frank Farian - lead vocals (track A4), backing vocals
• The Rhythm Machine - musicians
• Gary Unwinn - bass guitar
• Keith Forsey - drums
• Nick Woodland - guitar
• Thor Baldursson - keyboards

[edit] Production

• Frank Farian - producer
• Steven Hammer (Stefan Klinkhammer) - arranger, conductor
• Recorded at Union Studios, Munich and Europasound Studios, Frankfurt

[edit] Release history

• UK: Atlantic Records K 50314.
• US: Atco Records Atco (LP) SD 36-143.
• Germany: Hansa Records 27 573 OT.

[edit] CD releases

• Germany 1994: BMG 74321 21271 2.
• EU & US 2007: Sony BMG 88697-08260-2. Bonus tracks: "New York City" - 3:30, "Perfect" (Liz Mitchell solo single B-side, 1977) - 3:16.

[edit] Single releases

UK
7"

• "Baby Do Wanna Bump" (Part I) - 3:35 / "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Part II) - 3:00 (Creole Records CR 119, 1975)
• "Daddy Cool" - 3:27 / "No Woman, No Cry" - 4:59 (Atlantic Records K10827, 1976)
• "Sunny" - 4:01 / "New York City" (Farian / Klinkhammer / Reyam) - 3:42 (Atlantic K10892, 1976)

12"

• "Daddy Cool" - 3:27 / "No Woman, No Cry" - 5:03 (Atlantic K10827, 1976)
• "Baby Do Wanna Bump" (Part I) - 3:35 / "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Part II) - 3:00 (Creole CR 12119, 1978)

US
7"

• "Baby Do Wanna Bump" (Part I) - 3:35 / "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Part II) - 3:00 (Music America International 4001 A, 1976)
• "Daddy Cool" - 3:27 / "Lovin' Or Leavin'" - 4:31 (Atco Records 7063, 1976)
• "Sunny" - 4:01 / "New York City" - 3:42 (Atco 7080, 1976)

10"

• "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" - 7:42 / "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" - 7:42 (Music America International 4001 C BW, 1976)

Germany
7"

• "Baby Do Wanna Bump" (Part I) - 3:35 / "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Part II) - 3:00 (Hansa Records 13 834 AT, 1975)
• "Daddy Cool" - 3:27 / "No Woman, No Cry" - 4:59 (Hansa 16 959 AT, 1976)
• "Sunny" - 4:01 / "New York City" (Farian) - 3:42 (Hansa 17 459 AT, 1976)
• Marcia Barrett: "Take the Heat off Me" - 4:46 / "Lovin' or Leavin'" - 4:30 (Hansa 11 326 AT, 1977)
• Liz Mitchell: "Got a Man on My Mind" - 3:13 / "Perfect" (Magaron / Flaverny) - 3:14 (Hansa 11 327 AT, 1977)

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position (Wks on top)	Wks on chart
1977	UK albums chart	40
1976	Norway's album chart	2 (1)	42
1976	Sweden's album chart	1

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position (Wks on top)	Wks on chart
1976	"Daddy cool"	UK single chart	6
1976	"Daddy cool"	Norway's single chart	1 (10)	33
1976	"Daddy cool"	Sweden's single chart	1
1977	"Sunny"	UK single chart	3
1977	"Sunny"	Norway's single chart	4	17

[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)