Boney M. discography

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Boney M. discography
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Boney M. in 1981
Studio albums8

The discography of German disco group Boney M. includes 8 studio albums, 50 singles, and numerous compilation albums.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
GER
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
NLD
[5]
NOR
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
Take the Heat off Me
  • Released: June 1976
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
22665234140
Love for Sale
  • Released: May 1977
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
12712222113
Nightflight to Venus
  • Released: July 1978
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
171711311134
Oceans of Fantasy
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
12114431551
Boonoonoonoos
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
1514352131
Christmas Album
  • Released: December 1981
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
1453804210
Ten Thousand Lightyears
  • Released: May 1984
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
23
Eye Dance
  • Released: October 1985
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or not available.

Charting and/or certified compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
GER
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[16]
NLD
[5]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[6]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[17]
UK
[9]
The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits
  • Released: May 1980
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
235162214301
The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits
  • Released: January 1986
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
335
Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88
  • Released: October 1988
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
48
The Greatest Hits of Boney M / The Village People
  • Released: October 1990
    (with The Village People) (Available in Australia only)
  • Label: Concept
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
68
Daddy Cool – Star Collection
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
Happy Christmas
  • Released: November 1991
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
Gold – 20 Super Hits
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: MCI
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
5406226145
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: March 1993
    (Available in UK only)
  • Label: Telstar
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
14
More Gold – 20 Super Hits Vol. II
  • Released: October 1993
  • Label: MCI
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
388743
The Best of Boney M.
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Camden
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Norske Hits
  • Released: November 1998 (Available in Norway only)
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette
17
20th Century Hits
  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: MCI
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3050837
25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool
  • Released: September 2000
    (Available in the Netherlands only)
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette
27
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2001
    (Available in UK, Australia & New Zealand only)
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
7866
The Magic of Boney M.
  • Released: October 2006
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
7281094223945
Feliz Navidad – A Wonderful Christmas
  • Released: November 2010
  • Label: Farian (Sony Music)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
93
The Essential Boney M.
  • Released: 27 August 2012
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: 2× CD
Diamonds
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: MCI
  • Format: CD
20
Worldmusic for Christmas
  • Released: November 2017
  • Label: MCI
  • Formats: CD
53
Gold
  • Released: November 2019 (Available in UK only)
  • Label: Crimson (Demon Music Group)
  • Formats: CD
41
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
GER
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
IRE
[24]
NLD
[25]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[26]
UK
[9]
US
[27]
"Baby Do You Wanna Bump"197512 Take the Heat off Me
"Daddy Cool"197615131511665
"Sunny"136141171123
"Ma Baker"197715141211296 Love for Sale
"Still I'm Sad"17
"Belfast"15721318
"Rivers of Babylon" /
"Brown Girl in the Ring"
197811111111130 Nightflight to Venus
"Rasputin"11135422
"Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord"133312811185 Christmas Album
"Dancing in the Streets"1979Non-album track
"Painter Man"
(UK/Ireland and Netherlands only)
510 Nightflight to Venus
"Voodoonight"
(Japan only)
"Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday"4735171143Non-album track
"Gotta Go Home" /
"El Lute"
14411124210212 Oceans of Fantasy
"I'm Born Again" / "Bahama Mama"7912717635
"I See a Boat on the River" / "My Friend Jack"198058134957 The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits
"Children of Paradise" /
"Gadda-Da-Vida"
11121366Non-album tracks
"Felicidad (Margherita)"663
"Malaika" / "Consuela Biaz"1981137144 Boonoonoonoos
"We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)"1213339
"Little Drummer Boy"20 Christmas Album
"6 Years of Boney M. Hits"1982Non-album tracks
"The Carnival Is Over" / "Going Back West"4111
"Zion's Daughter" Christmas Album
"Jambo – Hakuna Matata (No Problems)"19834811Non-album track
"Somewhere in the World"198449 Ten Thousand Lightyears
"Kalimba de Luna"16112023 Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs
"Happy Song" (with Bobby Farrell)71521
"My Chérie Amour"198555 Eye Dance
"Young, Free and Single"48
"Daddy Cool '86"1986Non-album track
"Bang Bang Lulu" Eye Dance
"Rivers of Babylon (Remix '88)"198846 Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88
"Megamix"52Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II
"The Summer Mega Mix"198992
"Malaika (Lambada Remix)"
"Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" (short available, withdrawn)Non-album tracks
"Stories"19902694
"Megamix"1992267011312497 Gold - 20 Super Hits
"Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix)"1993252038
"Ma Baker (Remix '93)" More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
"Papa Chico"
(featuring Liz Mitchell)
1994
"Ma Baker (Somebody Scream)"
(vs. Horny United/Sash!)
1999281911349102122 20th Century Hits
"Daddy Cool '99"
(featuring Mobi T.)
47161949
"Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever) 2000"794780
"Sunny (Remix) 2000"20005980
"Daddy Cool 2001"200147 Greatest Hits
"Sunny (Mousse T. Remix)"2006 The Magic of Boney M.
"Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord"
(featuring Daddy Cool Kids)
2007 Christmas with Boney M.
"Felicidad America (Obama-Obama)"
(featuring Sherita O. & Yulee B.)
2009Non-album track
"Rasputin"
(Majestic x Boney M)
2021382618217262711Non-album track
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Videography

Songs that were re-worked into Boney M. titles

Frank Farian's right hand Hans-Jörg Mayer (aka Georg Reyam) sought out songs from all over the world, often public domain (non-copyrighted) folk tunes but as well works from other musicians/composers (usually not credited) and rewrote them for Boney M.

Borrowed themes

See also

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