Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Boney M. released in late 1984. On the strength of two carbon-copy cover versions, "Kalimba de Luna

Kalimba de Luna

"Kalimba de Luna" is a 1984 single by Italian musician Tony Esposito, taken from his album Il grande esploratore. The single reached #6 in the Swiss charts and #14 in the Italian charts. A cover was produced by Jacques Fred Petrus for the band Macho the same year.-Boney M. version:Kalimba de Luna...

" (Germany #17, 22 weeks - originally by Tony Esposito) and "Happy Song

Happy Song

"Happy Song" is a 1983 hit single by Baby's Gang. The single became a European hit single when covered by German band Boney M. the following year.-Boney M. version:...

" (Germany #7, 16 weeks - original version by Baby's Gang) which gave Boney M. their first Top 20 hits in Germany in three years, this compilation was rush-released in November 1984. Besides the 12" versions of the two singles, the latter marking Bobby Farrell's return to the band but neither featuring Liz Mitchell or Marcia Barrett, the compilation includes 3-minute edits of tracks from albums Boonoonoonoos

Boonoonoonoos

Boonoonoonoos is the fifth studio album by Boney M. It was released on November 1, 1981.Despite producer Frank Farian having announced that Boney M...

and Ten Thousand Lightyears

Ten Thousand Lightyears

Ten Thousand Lightyears is the seventh studio album by Boney M. and the first to feature new member Reggie Tsiboe who had taken over Bobby Farrell's role as the band's leading man in early 1982...

as well as non-album singles "Children Of Paradise"/"Gadda Da Vida" (1980), "Felicidad (Margherita)" (1981), "Going Back West" (1982) and "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (1983), as well as a new remix of "Calendar Song" from the Oceans Of Fantasy

Oceans of Fantasy

Oceans of Fantasy is the fourth studio album by Boney M. Released in September 1979, Oceans Of Fantasy became the second Boney M. album to top the UK charts and features hits "El Lute" based on Eleuterio Sánchez life, "I'm Born Again", "Bahama Mama" and "Gotta Go Home"...

album. Just like in the case of 1980 compilation The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits

The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits

The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits is a greatest hits album by Boney M. issued in May 1980 which contained all their biggest hits up until that point, including non-album singles "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" and "Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday", key album tracks from Take The Heat Off Me,...

, many of these edits were to re-surface on a number of hits compilations in the future, the latest being 2007 Sony-BMG release Hit Collection

Hit Collection (Boney M. 2007)

Hit Collection is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by Sony BMG in 2007.This is a re-release of the 1995 Ariola Express budget compilation Sunny, also issued in 2001, with new artwork.- Track listing :...

.

The "Happy Song" single was originally released under the name 'Boney M. with Bobby Farrell & the School-Rebels' and this compilation as 'Boney M. with Bobby Farrell'.

Additional information

The artwork was a replica of that which Carrere (France) had used for their release of the Ten Thousand Lightyears

Ten Thousand Lightyears

Ten Thousand Lightyears is the seventh studio album by Boney M. and the first to feature new member Reggie Tsiboe who had taken over Bobby Farrell's role as the band's leading man in early 1982...

album which had been renamed "Kalimba de Luna" - and the Carrere edition of Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs therefore was released with an alternative cover.

2007 re-issue

On August 31, 2007, the album has been remastered as part of the Boney M. re-issues series on Sony BMG and the song selection has been revised, leaving out the dublets from Ten Thousand Lightyears

Ten Thousand Lightyears

Ten Thousand Lightyears is the seventh studio album by Boney M. and the first to feature new member Reggie Tsiboe who had taken over Bobby Farrell's role as the band's leading man in early 1982...

and Boonoonoonoos

Boonoonoonoos

Boonoonoonoos is the fifth studio album by Boney M. It was released on November 1, 1981.Despite producer Frank Farian having announced that Boney M...

, instead seeing the original full-length single versions of "Going Back West", "Children Of Paradise" and "Gadda Da Vida" making their debut on CD for the first time. The CD also includes the 1993 songs, recorded by Liz Mitchell for "More Gold". The original suggestion to also include the original single edit of "Ribbons Of Blue" as well as Liz Mitchell's 1991 single "Mocking Bird" / "Tropical Fever" was rejected so the album was trimmed to 14 songs, and the sub-title "16 Happy Songs" subsequently dropped.

Track listing

Side A:

1. "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocchi, Spagna) - 6:41
   • (1984) Non-album track. Edited Club Mix. Full-length - 8:10.
2. "Going Back West" (Jimmy Cliff
   Jimmy Cliff
   Jimmy Cliff, OM is a Jamaican musician, singer and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences...
   
   ) - 3:11
   • (1982) Non-album track. Edited version.
3. "Barbarella Fortuneteller" (Davis, Farian, Kawohl) - 2:54
   • (1984) From Ten Thousand Lightyears
     Ten Thousand Lightyears
     Ten Thousand Lightyears is the seventh studio album by Boney M. and the first to feature new member Reggie Tsiboe who had taken over Bobby Farrell's role as the band's leading man in early 1982...
     
     
4. "I Feel Good" (Bischof, Farian, Barzscht) - 3:04
   • (1984) From Ten Thousand Lightyears
     Ten Thousand Lightyears
     Ten Thousand Lightyears is the seventh studio album by Boney M. and the first to feature new member Reggie Tsiboe who had taken over Bobby Farrell's role as the band's leading man in early 1982...
     
     
5. "Consuela Biaz" (Courage, Farian, O'Hara) - 2:48
   • (1981) Edited version from Boonoonoonoos
     Boonoonoonoos
     Boonoonoonoos is the fifth studio album by Boney M. It was released on November 1, 1981.Despite producer Frank Farian having announced that Boney M...
     
     vinyl album. Original 7" mix ( - 4:57) remains unreleased on CD.
6. "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (Bischof, Harrison) - 2:49´
   • (1983) Non-album track. Edited version
7. "Jimmy" (Farian) - 2:56
   • (1982) Re-recording of track from Boonoonoonoos
     Boonoonoonoos
     Boonoonoonoos is the fifth studio album by Boney M. It was released on November 1, 1981.Despite producer Frank Farian having announced that Boney M...
     
     
8. "The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Farian) - 2:22
   • (1984) New remix. Original version from the album Oceans of Fantasy
     Oceans of Fantasy
     Oceans of Fantasy is the fourth studio album by Boney M. Released in September 1979, Oceans Of Fantasy became the second Boney M. album to top the UK charts and features hits "El Lute" based on Eleuterio Sánchez life, "I'm Born Again", "Bahama Mama" and "Gotta Go Home"...
     
     (1979).

Side B:

1. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 7:18
   • (1984) Edited US Club Mix. Full-length - 9:15.
2. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 2:52
   • (1980) Non-album track. Edited version
3. "Living Like a Moviestar" (Bischof, Farian, Kawohl) - 2:56
   • (1984) From Ten Thousand Lightyears
     Ten Thousand Lightyears
     Ten Thousand Lightyears is the seventh studio album by Boney M. and the first to feature new member Reggie Tsiboe who had taken over Bobby Farrell's role as the band's leading man in early 1982...
     
     
4. "Gadda-Da-Vida" (Doug Ingle
   Doug Ingle
   Doug Ingle is a founding member and former organist, vocalist and primary composer for the band Iron Butterfly. He also had a short stint with the pop group Stark Naked and the Car Thieves in the early 1970s after he left Iron Butterfly.- Biography :Ingle's father Lloyd, a church organist,...
   
   ) - 2:59
   • (1980) Non-album track. Edited version.
5. "Somewhere in the World" (Davis, Grohe, Keilhauer) - 3:03
   • (1984) Edited version from Ten Thousand Lightyears
     Ten Thousand Lightyears
     Ten Thousand Lightyears is the seventh studio album by Boney M. and the first to feature new member Reggie Tsiboe who had taken over Bobby Farrell's role as the band's leading man in early 1982...
     
     re-issue 206 555-620
6. "African Moon" (Courage, Farian, Mitchell, Rulofs) - 3:00
   • (1983) Remix of track from Boonoonoonoos
     Boonoonoonoos
     Boonoonoonoos is the fifth studio album by Boney M. It was released on November 1, 1981.Despite producer Frank Farian having announced that Boney M...
     
     - edited version
7. "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 2:50
   • (1980) Non-album track. Edited version
8. "Boonoonoonoos" (Farian, Ehrhardt) - 2:12
   • (1981) Edited version of "That's Boonoonoonoos / Train to Skaville" excluding Larry Dillon's "Train to Skaville" elements.

Personnel

• Liz Mitchell
  Liz Mitchell
  Liz Mitchell is a singer, best known as the former lead singer of the 1970s disco/pop band, Boney M.-Early life:...
  
   - lead vocals (A4-A8, B3, B5 & B6), backing vocals
• Frank Farian
  Frank Farian
  Frank Farian , is a German record producer and songwriter. He started out as a trained cook before moving into the music industry...
  
   - lead vocals (B4), backing vocals
• Reggie Tsiboe
  Reggie Tsiboe
  Reggie Tsiboe was born on 7 September 1950 in Kumasi was one of the lead singers of the disco group Boney M. between 1982-1986 and later between 1989-1990....
  
   - lead vocals (A1, A2, A3 & B1), backing vocals (except tracks A7, A8, B2, B4, B6, B7 & B8)
• Marcia Barrett
  Marcia Barrett
  Marcia Barrett , is one of the original singers with the vocal group, Boney M.-The early years:...
  
   - backing vocals
• Bobby Farrell
  Bobby Farrell
  Roberto "Bobby" Alfonso Farrell was an Aruban dancer and performer, best known as the male member of the successful 1970s pop and disco group Boney M.-Early years:...
  
   - vocals & rap (A1 & B8)
• Cathy Bartney (La Mama
  La Mama (band)
  La Mama is a German pop and disco trio who worked in Frank Farian's studios in the first half of the 1980s. Adapting their name from New York theatre La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, they released three singles and two albums and worked as backing singers on a number of recordings for other...
  
  ) - backing vocals (A2, A3, A4, & B2), lead vocals (B4)
• Madeleine Davis (La Mama) - backing vocals (A1, A2, A3, A4, B1 & B2), lead vocals (B4)
• Patricia Shockley (La Mama) - bacing vocals (A1, A2, A3, A4, B1 & B2), lead vocals (B4)
• Judy Cheeks
  Judy Cheeks
  Judy Cheeks is a female dance music singer born in Miami, Florida in 1954 and is the daughter of gospel singer and preacher Rev. Julius Cheeks. In 1978 she hit #10 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Mellow Lovin'," and then had a career resurgence in the 1990s, when she re-emerged with a...
  
   (La Mama) - backing vocals (A1, A3, A4 & B1)
• Amy Goff - backing vocals (B1)
• Elaine Goff - backing vocals (B1)

2007 CD edition

(Sony BMG 88697 09483 2)

1. "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocchi, Spagna) - 6:41
   • (1984) Non-album track. Edited Club Mix. Full-length - 8:10.
2. "Going Back West" (Jimmy Cliff
   Jimmy Cliff
   Jimmy Cliff, OM is a Jamaican musician, singer and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences...
   
   ) - 4:14
   • (1982) Non-album track. Original single version. Previously unavailable on CD.
3. "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (Bischof, Harrison) - 3:39
   • (1983) Non-album track. Original single version.
4. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 7:19
   • (1984) Edited US Club Mix. Full-length - 9:15.
5. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 2:51
   • (1980) Non-album track. Edited version as on the 1984 release. Full-length single version available as a bonus track on 2007 CD release of Boonoonoonoos
     Boonoonoonoos
     Boonoonoonoos is the fifth studio album by Boney M. It was released on November 1, 1981.Despite producer Frank Farian having announced that Boney M...
     
     .
6. "Gadda-Da-Vida" (Doug Ingle
   Doug Ingle
   Doug Ingle is a founding member and former organist, vocalist and primary composer for the band Iron Butterfly. He also had a short stint with the pop group Stark Naked and the Car Thieves in the early 1970s after he left Iron Butterfly.- Biography :Ingle's father Lloyd, a church organist,...
   
   ) - 5:05
   • (1980) Non-album track. Original single version. Previously unavailable on CD.
7. "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:28
   • (1980) Non-album track. Original single version. Previously unavailable on CD.
8. "Ma Baker
   Ma Baker
   "Ma Baker" is a 1977 disco hit single by German disco band Boney M. It was the first single of their second album Love for Sale and their third consecutive chart-topper in Germany and their best yet placing in the UK, peaking at #2 although only a minor single in the US .-The song:Frank Farian's...
   
   " (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:02
   • Remix '93, radio edit
9. "Time to Remember" (Farian, Kawohl, Farian, Bischof Fallenstein) - 4:00
   • 1993 recording featuring Liz Mitchell
     Liz Mitchell
     Liz Mitchell is a singer, best known as the former lead singer of the 1970s disco/pop band, Boney M.-Early life:...
     
     
10. "Da La De La" (Kerim Saka, Mike Wonder, M. Hanler Correl) - 4:00
    • 1993 recording featuring Marlon B. and Liz Mitchell
11. "Papa Chico" (T. Esposito
    Tony Esposito (musician)
    Antonio "Tony" Esposito is an Italian musician, singer-songwriter and drummer from Italy.-Career :Esposito was born in Naples.He is well known for his 1984 hit single "Kalimba de Luna" from his album Il grande esploratore....
    
    ) - 4:05
    • 1993 recording featuring Liz Mitchell
12. "Lady Godiva" (Farian, Bischof) - 3:33
    • 1993 recording featuring Liz Mitchell
13. "Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:55
    • (1979) Non-album track. Original single version. Previously unavailable on CD.
14. "6 Years of Boney M. Hits (Boney M. on 45)" (Arr.: Farian) - 4:47
    • (1981) Non-album track. Original single version. Previously unavailable on CD.

Single releases

Germany

7"

• "Kalimba De Luna" - 4:28 / "10.000 Lightyears" - 4:29 (Hansa Records
  Hansa Records
  Hansa Records was a record label founded in the 1960s based in Berlin, Germany....
  
  106 760-100, 1984)
• "Happy Song" - 4:18 / "School's Out" (Vocal Version) - 3:15 (Hansa 106 909-100, 1984)

12"

• "Kalimba De Luna" (12" Mix) - 7:05 / "10.000 Lightyears" - 4:29 (Hansa 601 470-213, 1984)
• "Kalimba De Luna" (US Club Mix) - 9:15 / "Kalimba De Luna" (US Club Mix - Dub Version) - 6:40 (Hansa 601 532-213, 1984)
• "Happy Song" (Club Mix) - 8:10 / "School's Out" (Instrumental Version) - 3:35 (Hansa 601 555-213, 1984)