The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits
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The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits also known as 32 Superhits - Non-Stop Digital Remix is a remix album
by Boney M. released in 1986.
In 1981 producer Frank Farian
created a thirteen minute medley in the style of Stars On 45
called "6 Years of Boney M. Hits (Boney M. on 45)" which was issued as both A- and B-side singles in certain territories - in the UK the medley was the B-side of Boonoonoonoos
12" single "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)", in Germany the edited 7" version appeared as the B-side of Christmas Album single "Little Drummer Boy" and the longer version as a separate A-side 12" release in early 1982.
Five years later, shortly after the unsuccessful Eye Dance
project, when Boney M. were celebrating their first decade as a group - although it in reality was dissolved at the time - Farian took the non-stop medley idea one step further and extended the medley to a thirty-two track, forty-six minutes full-length album of Boney M's greatest hits with additional percussive and synthesized overdubs.
The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits reached #35 on the UK albums chart.
Side B
As "In the Mix"
7"
12"
The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits also known as 32 Superhits - Non-Stop Digital Remix is a remix album
Remix album
A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...
by Boney M. released in 1986.
In 1981 producer 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...
created a thirteen minute medley in the style of Stars On 45
Stars on 45
Stars on 45 was a Dutch novelty pop act that was briefly very popular in the United Kingdom, throughout Europe, the United States and Australia in the early 1980s. The group later shortened its name to Stars On in the U.S., while in the U.K. and Ireland it was known as Starsound...
called "6 Years of Boney M. Hits (Boney M. on 45)" which was issued as both A- and B-side singles in certain territories - in the UK the medley was the B-side 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...
12" single "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)", in Germany the edited 7" version appeared as the B-side of Christmas Album single "Little Drummer Boy" and the longer version as a separate A-side 12" release in early 1982.
Five years later, shortly after the unsuccessful Eye Dance
Eye Dance
Eye Dance is the eighth and final studio album released under the Boney M. moniker and was released in the autumn of 1985. The cover artwork was significant of the state the group was in at that time : neither the famous "Boney M." logo nor the "singers" photograph did appear, replaced by an...
project, when Boney M. were celebrating their first decade as a group - although it in reality was dissolved at the time - Farian took the non-stop medley idea one step further and extended the medley to a thirty-two track, forty-six minutes full-length album of Boney M's greatest hits with additional percussive and synthesized overdubs.
The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits reached #35 on the UK albums chart.
In the Mix
In 2008, Sony-BMG re-issued the album with a new cover and title as "In the Mix".Track listing
Side A- "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 1:43
- "SunnySunny (song)"Sunny" is the name of a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most covered popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century."...
" (Bobby HebbBobby HebbBobby Hebb was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his writing and recording of "Sunny".-Biography:...
) - 1:37 - "Ma BakerMa 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) - 1:53 - "Belfast" (Hillsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 1:13
- "RasputinRasputin (song)"Rasputin" is a 1978 disco hit single by the Germany-based pop and disco group Boney M., the second single off their hugely successful album Nightflight to Venus. The song is a semi-biographical song whose subject and namesake is Grigori Rasputin, a friend and advisor of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia...
" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 1:34 - "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 1:40
- "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 1:36
- "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 1:45
- "Dreadlock HolidayDreadlock Holiday-In popular culture:* The song is featured on the first episode, "Killeroo", of the first series of the British cult comedy The Mighty Boosh. Bob Fossil, head of the Zooniverse, dances to the first verse of the song while a confused Howard Moon looks on, before switching it off and explaining "And...
" (Graham GouldmanGraham GouldmanGraham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...
, Eric StewartEric StewartEric Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer most known for his tenure with The Mindbenders in the 1960s, and 10cc from 1972 to 1995....
) - 1:22 - "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 1:40
- "Barbarella Fortuneteller" (Davis, Farian, Kawohl) - 1:40
- "Gadda-Da-Vida" (Doug IngleDoug IngleDoug 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,...
) - 1:43 - "Got Cha Loco" (Applegate, Baierl, Farian, Reyam) - 1:25
- "Todos Buenos" (Applegate, Farian) - 1:50
Side B
- "No Woman, No CryNo Woman, No Cry"No Woman, No Cry" is a reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers. The song first became known in 1974 through the studio album Natty Dread. The live version from the 1975 album Live! is perhaps best known — it was this version which was released on the greatest hits compilation Legend. The original...
" (Ford, Bob MarleyBob MarleyRobert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
) - 1:42 - "Brown Girl in the RingBrown Girl in the Ring (song)"Brown Girl in the Ring" is a traditional children's song in the West Indies. It was originally featured in the game of the same name.Brown Girl in the Ring is a children's ring game thought to have originated in Jamaica....
" (Farian) - 1:41 - "B.M. à GoGo" - 5:52 (Arr. Farian)
- "New York City"
- "Gloria Can You Waddle"
- "Baby Do You Wanna Bump"
- "He Was a Steppenwolf"
- "Bye Bye Bluebird"
- "Nightflight to Venus"
- "Rivers of BabylonRivers of Babylon"Rivers of Babylon" is a rastafarian song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The Melodians' original versions of the song appeared in the sound track to the 1972 movie The Harder They Come and the 1999 Nicolas Cage movie...
" (Farian, Reyam) - 1:45 - "El Lute" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer, Kolonovits) - 1:43
- "The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Farian) - 1:50
- "Bang Bang Lulu" (Farian) - 1:32
- "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian) - 0:59
- "Kalimba De Luna" (Davis, Farian, Kawohl) - 1:38
- "My Cherie Amour" (Cosby, Moy, Stevie WonderStevie WonderStevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
) - 1:32 - "I Feel Good" (Bischof, Farian) - 1:21
- "Young, Free and Single" (Applegate, Farian, Reyam) - 1:42
- "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocchi, Spagna) - 1:48
Personnel
- Liz MitchellLiz MitchellLiz Mitchell is a singer, best known as the former lead singer of the 1970s disco/pop band, Boney M.-Early life:...
- lead vocals, backing vocals - Marcia BarrettMarcia BarrettMarcia Barrett , is one of the original singers with the vocal group, Boney M.-The early years:...
- lead vocal "Belfast", backing vocals - Frank FarianFrank FarianFrank Farian , is a German record producer and songwriter. He started out as a trained cook before moving into the music industry...
- lead vocals, backing vocals - Reggie TsiboeReggie TsiboeReggie 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, backing vocals
Release history
- 1986 Germany: Hansa 610 550
- 1986 Germany: Hansa 207 500-270
- 1986 UK: Stylus SMR 621
As "In the Mix"
- 2008 EU: Sony-BMG 88697-39671-2
Single releases
Germany7"
- "Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86)" - 5:18 / "B.M.A.G.O." - 4:10 (Hansa RecordsHansa RecordsHansa Records was a record label founded in the 1960s based in Berlin, Germany....
107 994-100, 1986)
12"
- "Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86)" Special Club Mix - 7:45 / Special Club Dub - 6:43 / "B.M.A.G.O." - 3:00 Hansa 607 994-213, 1986)
Sources and external links
- Rate Your Music, detailed discography
- Discogs.com, detailed discography
- [ Allmusic, biography, discography etc.]