25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool

History

The two disc thirty-eight track compilation which celebrated the 25th anniversary of the release of breakthrough single "Daddy Cool" was a co-production between BMG Netherlands and The Liz Mitchell Fan Club and is generally regarded as one of the best Boney M. collections among fans of the group since it gathers the longest versions of the band's best known songs available in digital format, instead of the many short edits used on previous compilations, as well as the most recent remix hits at the time. 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool also saw the CD debut of six rare tracks, single B-sides "New York City" and "Strange" from 1976 and 1980 respectively and the unedited versions of 1982 single "The Carnival Is Over" and Oceans of Fantasy track "Ribbons Of Blue", originally the B-side of single "Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday". As special bonuses it contained a 1999 remix of "Going Back West" previously only available in South Africa, as well as an exclusive new remix of 1978 hit "Rivers of Babylon" by Regi of Belgian band Milk Inc., also issued as a single in the Netherlands in late 2000.

In Belgium the compilation was released by BMG as The Ultimate Collection and in late 2001 it was re-issued twice by another Belgian label, Hot Town Music-Paradiso; the first edition as a double disc release entitled Greatest Hits and the second as a single disc containing CD one only and then renamed The Best of Boney M. – Original Hits.

Disc one

1. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) – 4:36
2. Original album version
3. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 4:03
4. Original album version
5. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) – 3:29
6. Original album version
7. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) – 4:18
8. Original album version
9. "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) – 4:26
10. 1992 overdub edit from Gold – 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix ( – 4:43) remains unreleased on CD.
11. "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) – 3:10
12. Original album version
13. "Belfast" (Hillsbury, Deutscher, Menke) – 3:31
14. Original album version
15. "No Woman, No Cry" (Vincent Ford, Bob Marley) – 4:59
16. Original album version
17. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) – 4:02
18. Original album version
19. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) – 3:56
20. 1992 overdub version from Gold – 20 Super Hits.
21. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) – 3:45
22. Oceans of Fantasy album edit. Original 7" mix ( – 4:40) remains unreleased on CD.
23. "Consuela Biaz" (Courage, Farian, O'Hara) – 4:37
24. Edited 7" version from Boonoonoonoos limited edition double album. Original 7" mix ( – 4:57) remains unreleased on CD.
25. "I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) – 4:31
26. Original album version from The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits
27. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) – 4:31
28. Original 7" version
29. "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi) – 3:09
30. Edited version
31. "El Lute" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer, Kolonovits) – 5:55
32. Original 12" version
33. "I'm Born Again" (Jay, Rulofs) – 3:57
34. Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits
35. "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) – 3:18
36. Edited version from More Gold – 20 Super Hits Vol. II. Original 7" mix ( – 4:28) remains unreleased on CD.
37. "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Farian, Hairston) 4:30
38. Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits

Disc two

1. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) – 4:00
2. Remix 2000 featuring Regi (Milk Inc.)
3. N.B. Second edition and subsequent reissues: "Ma Baker" (Remix 1999) – 4:31
4. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) – 4:18
5. Remix 1999 from 20th Century Hits
6. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Reyam) – 4:31
7. Remix 1999, remixed by Sash! from 20th Century Hits
8. N.B. Second edition and subsequent reissues: "Daddy Cool" (1999 Latino Club Mix) – 3:34
9. "Going Back West" (Jimmy Cliff) – 3:43
10. Remix 1999 from South African edition of 20th Century Hits
11. "Boney M. Megamix" (Farian, Reyam, Hebb, Jay) – 3:51
12. 1992 version, radio edit. ("Rivers of Babylon" / "Sunny" / "Daddy Cool" / "Ma Baker" / "Rasputin")
13. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) – 4:02
14. Remix '93, radio edit
15. "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocchi, Spagna) – 3:54
16. Edited 7" version from Gold – 20 Super Hits.
17. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavas) – 4:31
18. Original 7" version
19. "Papa Chico" (Esposito) – 4:43
20. Rap Version from 1994 single "Papa Chico", original version on album More Gold – 20 Super Hits Vol. II. Performed by Boney M. featuring Liz Mitchell
21. "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" (Farian, Sgarbi) – 6:33
22. Original album version
23. "Bahama Mama" (Farian, Jay) – 3:17
24. Oceans of Fantasy album edit
25. "New York" (Farian, Klinkhammer, Reyam) – 3:41
26. B-side of 1976 single "Sunny", previously unreleased on CD
27. "The Carnival Is Over (Goodbye True Lover)" (Chappell, Farian, Tom Springfield, Traditional) – 4:52
28. 1982 single, previously unreleased on CD
29. "Strange" (Dobson) – 3:28
30. B-side of 1980 single "Felicidad (Margherita)", A-side in the Netherlands, previously unreleased on CD
31. "My Friend Jack" (The Smoke) – 4:28
32. Edited album version from The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits
33. "Malaika" (Farian, Traditional) – 3:26
34. Edited 7" version from Boonoonoonoos limited edition double album. Original 7" mix ( – 5:02) remains unreleased on CD.
35. "Ribbons of Blue" (Forsey) – 4:06
36. Original 7" version, previously unreleased on CD
37. "Jambo – Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (Bischof, Harrison) – 3:38
38. Original 7" version
39. "Gadda-Da-Vida" (Doug Ingle) – 2:59
40. Edited version from Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs. Original 7" mix ( – 4:58) remains unreleased on CD.

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