Boney M. | |
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| Boney M in 1981 Boney M in 1981 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Richard Y(from 2010) |
| Origin | Jamaica, Montserrat, Aruba, India |
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| Years active |
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| Labels | Hansa Records Sony BMG Music America International ATCO Records Atlantic Records Sire Records Warner Bros. Records Carrere Records (US) |
| Past member(s) | Official Line-Up Liz Mitchell (1976- ) Marcia Barrett (1976- ) Maizie Williams (1975- ) Bobby Farrell (1976-82, 1984- ) Reggie Tsiboe (1982-1986, 1989-1990) |
Boney M. was an R&B, disco and reggae group created by West German record producer Frank Farian. They were very successful in the 1970s.
| Year | Title | Chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE | UK | AUT | SWE | CH | NL | US | ||||
| 1976 | Take The Heat Off Me | 14 | 40 | 6 | 1 | - | 8 | - | ||
| 1977 | Love for Sale | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | ||
| 1978 | Nightflight to Venus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 134 | ||
| 1979 | Oceans Of Fantasy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 3 | - | ||
| 1980 | The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits | 1 | 1 | 5 | 30 | - | 4 | - | ||
| 1981 | Boonoonoonoos | 15 | - | 14 | 31 | - | 28 | - | ||
| Christmas Album | 14 | - | - | - | - | 33 | - | |||
| 1984 | Ten Thousand Lightyears | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1986 | The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits | 3 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1993 | Gold - 20 Super Hits | 5 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | - | ||
| More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II | - | - | 36 | - | - | 85 | - | |||
| 1999 | 20th Century Hits | 30 | - | - | 8 | 37 | - | - | ||
| 2000 | 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | - | ||
| 2006 | The Magic of Boney M. | 19 | 45 | 13 | - | 39 | - | - | ||
Singles chart peaking in various countries. Includes U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart entries.
| Year | Title | Chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | UK | AUT | SWE | CH | NL | US | US Hot Dance Club Play | IRE | ||
| 1975 | "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - |
| 1976 | "Daddy Cool" | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 11 | - |
| 1977 | "Sunny" | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| "Ma Baker" / | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 96 | 31 | 4 | |
| "Still I'm Sad" | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Belfast" | 1 | 8 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 | |
| 1978 | "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl In The Ring" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | - | 1 |
| "Rasputin" | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 8 | - | - | 3 | |
| "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 85 | - | 1 | |
| 1979 | "Painter Man" (UK + Ireland only) | - | 10 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 5 |
| "Hooray Hooray It's A Holi-Holiday" | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 | |
| "El Lute" / "Gotta Go Home" | 1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 11 | |
| "I'm Born Again" / "Bahama Mama" | 7 | 35 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 11 | - | - | 12 | |
| 1980 | "I See A Boat On The River" / | 5 | - | 3 | - | 9 | 7 | - | - | - |
| "My Friend Jack" | - | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Children Of Paradise" | 11 | 66 | - | - | 13 | 28 | - | - | - | |
| 1981 | "Felicidad (Margherita)" | 6 | - | 6 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| "Malaika" / "Consuela Biaz" | 13 | - | 7 | - | 4 | 20 | - | - | - | |
| "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)" | 12 | 39 | - | - | 3 | 25 | - | - | - | |
| "Little Drummer Boy" | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1982 | "The Carnival Is Over" / "Going Back West" | 41 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| 1983 | "Jambo - Hakuna Matata" | 48 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| 1984 | "Somewhere In The World" | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| "Kalimba de luna" | 17 | - | 11 | - | 23 | 27 | - | 49 | - | |
| "Happy Song" | 7 | - | 15 | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1985 | "My Cherie Amour" | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| "Young Free And Single" | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1986 | "Bang Bang Lulu" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 | "Mary's Boy Child (Remix)" / "Megamix" | - | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 | "Summer Megamix" | - | 92 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | "Stories" | - | 94 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1992 | "Boney M. Megamix" | 26 | 7 | 11 | - | - | 13 | - | - | 3 |
| 1993 | "Brown Girl In The Ring (remix)" | - | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 |
| 1999 | "Ma Baker" versus Sash! | 28 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 21 | 26 | - | - | - |
| "Daddy Cool '99" Boney M. 2000 feat. Mobi T. | 47 | - | - | - | 49 | - | - | - | - | |
| "Hooray! Hooray! Caribbean Night Fever" Boney M. 2000 | 79 | - | - | - | 80 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2000 | "Sunny" Boney M. 2000 | - | - | - | - | 80 | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | "Daddy Cool 2001" | - | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" | - | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |