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Released
  
October 27, 2006

The Magic of Boney M. (2006)
  
Hit Collection (2007)

Release date
  
27 October 2006

Label
  
MCI

Length
  
74:24

Artist
  
Boney M.

Producer
  
Frank Farian

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Recorded
  
1975-1984, 1989, 1992, 2006

Genres
  
Disco, Pop music, Euro disco, Eurodance

Similar
  
Boonoonoonoos, Oceans of Fantasy, 20th Century Hits, The Greatest Hits, Take the Heat off Me

The Magic of Boney M. is a greatest hits album of recordings by Boney M. released by Sony BMG in October 2006.

Contents

The compilation which is an updated version of 1993's Gold - 20 Super Hits and 2001's The Greatest Hits includes eighteen of Boney M's best known hits from the 1970s and 1980s, a new remix of 1976 single "Sunny" by German DJ and record producer Mousse T. as well as one new recording featuring original Boney M. lead vocalist Liz Mitchell.

While this compilation is digitally remastered it contains both original recordings and overdubbed or remixed versions dating from Gold - 20 Super Hits.

Track listing

  1. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:26
  2. Original album version
  3. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:56
  4. 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
  5. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 4:15
  6. 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
  7. "El Lute" (Blum, Farian, Jay) - 4:00
  8. 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix ( - 4:58) remains unreleased on CD.
  9. "No Woman, No Cry" (Bob Marley) - 4:20
  10. 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
  11. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:55
  12. 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix released on CD compilation "Kalimba de luna" (2007).
  13. "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:26
  14. 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix ( - 4:43) released on the double CD compilation "Let it all be music" (2009).
  15. "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:15
  16. 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
  17. "Belfast" (Billybury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:25
  18. 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
  19. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 4:00
  20. 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
  21. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 4:13
  22. 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits Original 7" mix ( -4:31) released on the double CD compilation "Let it all be music" (2009)
  23. "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocci, Spagna) - 3:56
  24. Edited 7" version. Original 7" mix (- 4:20) released on the double CD compilation "Let it all be music" (2009)
  25. "Still I'm Sad" (April, McCarty, Samwell-Smith) - 4:32
  26. 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
  27. "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:01
  28. 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
  29. "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi) - 2:25
  30. 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
  31. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 2:50
  32. 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
  33. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Huth, Jay) - 2:30.
  34. 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix ( - 4:40) released on the double CD compilation "Let it all be music" (2009).
  35. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:34
  36. Original album version
  37. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:30
  38. 2006 remix by Mousse T.
  39. "A Moment of Love" (Bofaba, Farian) - 3:20
  40. 2006 recording featuring Liz Mitchell

UK edition

  1. Rivers of Babylon
  2. Brown Girl in the Ring
  3. Daddy Cool
  4. Sunny
  5. Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord
  6. Rasputin
  7. El Lute
  8. Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday
  9. No Woman No Cry
  10. Painter Man
  11. Belfast
  12. Kalimba De Luna
  13. Happy Song
  14. Still I'm Sad
  15. Baby Do You Wanna Bump
  16. Felicidad
  17. Gotta Go Home
  18. Ma Baker
  19. Sunny (remix by Mousse T.)
  20. A Moment of Love

Release history

  • 2006 EU: Sony-BMG 88697 03290 2.

    • Alternative album editions

  • 2006 bonus CD edition, Sony BMG 88697 02966 2.
    1. "Magic Megamix 2006" - 5:11.

    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 11 & 12)
  • Bobby Farrell - vocals (track 12)

    • Production

  • Frank Farian - producer
  • Mousse T. - remixer

    • Single release

  • "Sunny (Mousse T. Remix)" (digital download, Sony BMG)
    1. "Sunny" (Mousse T. Radio Mix) - 3:21
    2. "Sunny" (Mousse T. Sexy Disco Radio Mix) - 3:27
    3. "Sunny" (Mousse T. Extended Radio Mix) - 4:17
    4. "Sunny" (Mousse T. Sexy Disco Club Mix) - 5:48

    Songs

    1Daddy Cool3:28
    2Sunny3:58
    3Rivers of Babylon4:16

    References

    The Magic of Boney M. Wikipedia
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