Hit Collection (Boney M. 1996)
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Hit Collection is a 3 CD box set of recordings by Boney M. issued by BMG-Ariola in 1996.
The forty-two track release contains tracks from the seven Boney M. studio albums as well as edited or remixed versions of the band's hits from compilations The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits, Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs, Gold - 20 Super Hits, The Greatest Hits and More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II.
The three discs of the box set have also been available separately as Happy Songs, Daddy Cool and Painter Man.
Track listing
Disc one - Happy Songs
- "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocchi, Spagna) - 3:30
- "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian) - 3:55
- "Kalimba De Luna" (Amoruso, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 4:11
- "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 2:50
- "Brown Girl in the Ring (Farian) - 3:03
- Remix '93, edited version
- "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 2:52
- "Malaika" (Farian, Traditional) - 3:28
- Edited 7" version from Boonoonoonoos limited edition double album. Original 7" mix ( - 5:02) remains unreleased on CD.
- "Take The Heat Off Me" (Bigazzi) - 4:47
- "Gotta Go Home" (Farian) - 3:45
- "The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Farian) - 2:24
- "My Cherie Amour" (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) - 3:55
- "Barbarella Fortuneteller" (Davis, Farian, Kawohl) - 2:58
- "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (Bischof, Harrison) - 2:49
- "Bang Bang Lulu" (Farian) - 3:01
Disc two - Daddy Cool
- "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:27
- "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 4:03
- "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 4:15
- "Motherless Child" (Farian, Mitchell) - 4:15
- "No Woman, No Cry" (Ford, Bob Marley) - 3:30
- "Dreadlock Holiday" (Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman) - 4:20
- "Fever" (Cooley, Davenport) - 4:00
- "Hold On I'm Coming" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 3:37
- "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:59
- "Boonoonoonoos" (Courage, Farian, Jay, Sgarbi) - 2:12
- "Voodoonight" (Sgarbi) - 3:31
- "I Feel Good" (Bischof, Farian) - 3:05
- "Bel Ami" (Bischof, Farian, Rainford) - 3:12
- "Gloria, Can You Waddle" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:57
Disc three - Painter Man
- "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:10
- "Belfast" (Hillsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:31
- "Living Like a Moviestar" (Bischof, Farian, Kawohl) - 3:04
- "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:05
- "Plantation Boy" (Jay, King) - 4:27
- "King of the Road" (Roger Miller) - 2:36
- "Going Back West" (Jimmy Cliff) - 3:11
- "Bahama Mama" (Farian, Jay) - 3:16
- "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:24
- "Got a Man On My Mind" (Farian, Jay) - 3:25
- "The Alibama" (Davis, Farian, Reyam) - 3:11
- "I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 3:55
- "Gadda-Da-Vida" (Doug Ingle) - 2:59
- "Nightflight To Venus" (Farian, Jay, Kawohl) - 3:49
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Release history
- 1996 Germany: Ariola Express 74321 61562 2.
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