The Greatest Hits (Boney M. 1993)

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The Greatest Hits
Compilation album by Boney M.
Released	March 1993
Recorded	1976-1979, 1992, 1993
Genre	Eurodance, Pop, Disco
Length	56:03
Label	Telstar (UK)
Producer	Frank Farian
Boney M. chronology
The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World The Greatest Hits More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II

The Greatest Hits is a 1993 greatest hits album by Boney M., the UK version of BMG's Gold - 20 Super Hits with alternate album art and a slightly diffefrent tracklisting, omitting songs like "Felicidad (Margherita)", "Kalimba de Luna" and "Happy Song" which never had been released as singles in the UK. Besides Boney M.'s best known hits like "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker" and "Rivers Of Babylon" this fourteen track compilation also includes the 1993 remix of "Brown Girl In The Ring" (UK #38, 1 week) that was issued in both the UK and the rest of Europe as the follow-up single to the 1992 "Megamix". While still in overdubbed form, three tracks on this compilation, "Rasputin", "Ma Baker" and "No Woman No Cry" are also featured in their full length as opposed to the German BMG predecessor Gold - 20 Super Hits.
The Greatest Hits album itself was released by the now defunct Telstar Records while the singles "Megamix" and "Brown Girl In The Ring (Remix '93)" were issued by Arista Records, which at this time was operating as a sublabel to BMG.
The Greatest Hits reached number 14 on the UK albums chart in early 1993, which made it their highest charting album since 1980's The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Release history 5 Single Releases 6 Sources and external links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Rivers of Babylon (Farian, Reyam) - 4:15
   • 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
2. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:26
   • 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
3. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:56
   • 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
4. "Brown Girl in the Rain" (Farian) - 4:00
   • Remix '93, radio edit
5. "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:43
   • 1992 overdub version, full-length. Original 7" mix remains unreleased on CD.
6. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:34
   • 1992 overdub version, full-length
7. "Still I'm Sad" (April, McCarty, Samwell-Smith) - 4:34
   • 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
8. "Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday" (Farian) - 3:55
   • 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix remains unreleased on CD.
9. "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickette) - 3:16
   • 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
10. "Belfast" (Billybury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:25
    • 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
11. "No Woman, No Cry" (Vincent Ford, Bob Marley) - 4:54
    • 1992 overdub version, full-length
12. "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:01
    • 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
13. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Huth, Jay) - 2:30
    • 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix ( - 4:40) remains unreleased on CD.
14. "Boney M. Megamix" (Farian, Reyam, Hebb, Jay) - 3:51
    • 1992 version, radio edit. ("Rivers of Babylon" / "Sunny" / "Daddy Cool" / "Ma Baker" / "Rasputin")

[edit] Personnel

• Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals

[edit] Production

• Frank Farian - producer, remixer

[edit] Release history

• 1993 UK: Telstar TCD2656

[edit] Single Releases

UK

CD

• "Megamix" (Arista Records 74321 12512-2, 1992)
  1. "Megamix" (Radio Edit) - 3:51
  2. "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Remix '92) - 3:58
  3. "Megamix" (Long Version) - 6:12

• "Brown Girl In The Ring (Remix '93)" (Arista Records 74321 13705 2, 1993)
  1. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Radio Version) - 3:58
  2. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Funny Girl Club Mix) - 5:35
  3. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Club Mix - Rap Version) - 5:35
  4. "The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Remix '93) - 3:14

[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)