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Released
  
November 1992

Length
  
75:31

Release date
  
November 1992

Label
  
MCI

Recorded
  
1975-84

Artist
  
Boney M.

Producer
  
Frank Farian

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Genres
  
Disco, Pop music, Reggae, Euro disco, Rhythm and blues, Eurodance

Similar
  
Boney M albums, Pop music albums

Gold – 20 Super Hits is a 1992 greatest hits album by group Boney M. Shortly after record label PolyGram had acquired the rights to the ABBA back catalogue and had issued the multimillion-selling hits package Gold: Greatest Hits, BMG and producer Frank Farian followed suit with Boney M.'s Gold - 20 Super Hits which resulted in their best chart entry in the UK (#14 - see The Greatest Hits) and most other European countries since 1980's The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits.

Contents

The album covers of some editions of the Gold career retrospective declared that these were the 'original masters' which was a truth with modification since producer Farian not only had edited most of the tracks but also had overdubbed them with synthesized 1990s percussion such as disco hi-hats, sampled tambourines and handclaps. These mixes have since been credited as the original 1970s versions on most Boney M. hit collections issued in the 1990s and 2000s, including 2006's The Magic of Boney M..

Gold - 20 Super Hits/The Greatest Hits included a new "Boney M. Megamix", also issued as a single, which reached #7 in the UK in December 1992 and gave the group their tenth UK Top 10 entry.

Track listing

  1. "Rivers of Babylon" (Dowe, McNaughton) - 4:15
  2. 1992 overdub version.
  3. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:26
  4. 1992 overdub version.
  5. "Sunny" (Hebb) - 3:56
  6. 1992 overdub version
  7. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 4:00
  8. 1992 overdub version.
  9. "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:24
  10. 1992 overdub edit. Original 7" mix ( - 4:43) remains unreleased on CD.
  11. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:05
  12. 1992 overdub edit.
  13. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian) - 3:55
  14. 1992 overdub version. Original 7" mix remains unreleased on CD.
  15. "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickette) - 3:16
  16. 1992 overdub version.
  17. "Belfast" (Billybury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:25
  18. 1992 overdub version.
  19. "No Woman No Cry" (Bob Marley) - 4:20
  20. 1992 overdub edit.
  21. "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:01
  22. 1992 overdub edit.
  23. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Huth, Jay) - 2:30
  24. 1992 overdub edit. Original 7" mix ( - 4:40) remains unreleased on CD.
  25. "Still I'm Sad" (April, McCarty, Samwell-Smith) - 4:24
  26. 1992 overdub edit.
  27. "Nightflight To Venus" (Farian, Jay, Kawohl) - 3:49
  28. 1992 edited version.
  29. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 2:50
  30. 1992 overdub edit.
  31. "El Lute" (Blum, Farian, Jay) - 3:58
  32. 1989 remix version from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II, fade-out
  33. "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi) - 2:25
  34. 1992 overdub edit.
  35. "Kalimba De Luna" (Amoruso, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 4:11
  36. 1992 overdub edit.
  37. "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocci, Spagna) - 3:56
  38. Edited 7" version.
  39. "Boney M. Megamix" (Farian, Reyam, Hebb, Jay) - 3:51
  40. 1992 version, radio edit. ("Rivers of Babylon" / "Sunny" / "Daddy Cool" / "Ma Baker" / "Rasputin")

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 18 & 19)
  • Bobby Farrell - vocals (track 19)

    • Production

  • Frank Farian - producer, remixer

    • Release history

  • 1993 EU: MCI / BMG 74321 12577 1 (LP)
  • 1993 EU: MCI / BMG 74321 12577 2 (CD)
  • 1993 EU: BMG Ariola 74321 126052 7 (CD)

    • Single releases

    EU

    7"

  • "Megamix" (Radio Edit) -3:51 / "Bang Bang Lulu" - 3:01 (MCI/BMG 74321 12606-7, 1992)


    • 12"

  • "Megamix" (MCI/BMG 74321 12606-1, 1992)

    • Side A

    1. "Megamix (Long Version) - 6:12
    2. "Babysitter" (1983 recording - 1992 remix) - 3:48

    Side B

    1. "Megamix" (Radio edit) - 3:51
    2. "Bang Bang Lulu" - 3:01
  • "Brown Girl In The Ring (Remix '93)" (MCI/BMG 74321 13705 1, 1993)

    • Side A

    1. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Funny Girl Club Mix) - 5:35
    2. "The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Remix '93) - 3:14

    Side B

    1. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Club Mix - Rap Version) - 5:35
    2. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Radio Version) - 3:58


    CD

  • "Megamix" (MCI/BMG 74321 12606-2, 1992)
    1. "Mega Mix" (Radio Edit) - 3:51
    2. "Megamix" (Long version) - 6:12
    3. "Bang Bang Lulu" - 3:01
    4. "Babysitter" - 3:48
  • "Brown Girl In The Ring (Remix '93)" (MCI/BMG 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

    • Songs

    1Rivers of Babylon4:17
    2Daddy Cool3:28
    3Sunny4:00

    References

    Gold – 20 Super Hits Wikipedia
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