The Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG

BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...

 in the United Kingdom in late 2001.

While the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark celebrated Boney M's 25 year anniversary with comprehensive double albums, BMG UK opted for a one disc release, The Greatest Hits, which is an updated version of 1992's Gold - 20 Super Hits

Gold - 20 Super Hits

Gold – 20 Super Hits is a 1992 greatest hits album by group Boney M.. Shortly after record label PolyGram had acquired the rights to the ABBA back catalogue and had issued the multimillion-selling hits package Gold: Greatest Hits, BMG and producer Frank Farian followed suit with Boney M.'s Gold -...

containing a new remix of 1976 break-through single "Daddy Cool", also a Top 30 hit in the UK in 2001.

While most of the tracks of this hits package are the original album versions it contains three overdubbed or remixed versions dating from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II

Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II

Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II is a remix album by Boney M. released in November 1989. The follow-up to 1988's Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88 includes remixes by both PWL's Pete Hammond and original producer Frank Farian and yielded two single releases, "The Summer Mega...

, Gold - 20 Super Hits

Gold - 20 Super Hits

Gold – 20 Super Hits is a 1992 greatest hits album by group Boney M.. Shortly after record label PolyGram had acquired the rights to the ABBA back catalogue and had issued the multimillion-selling hits package Gold: Greatest Hits, BMG and producer Frank Farian followed suit with Boney M.'s Gold -...

and The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World

The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World

The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World is a compilation/remix album by Boney M. released simultaneously with greatest hits package Gold - 20 Super Hits in November 1992. The album is a slightly re-edited and remixed version of 1986's The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs...

.

In 2002 the compilation was issued in the United States by RCA

RCA

RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...

, now a sub-label of Sony BMG, and it has also been released under the name Australia's Greatest Hits.

Track listing

1. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:30
   • Original album version
2. "Rivers of Babylon
   Rivers 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) - 4:22
   • Original album version
3. "Brown Girl in the Ring
   Brown 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) - 4:03
   • Original album version
4. "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) - 4:36
   • Original album version
5. "Rasputin
   Rasputin (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) - 4:30
   • N.B. Album version with cold start and fade-out. Full-length 5:51. Original 7" mix ( - 4:43) remains unreleased on CD.
6. "Sunny
   Sunny (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 Hebb
   Bobby Hebb
   Bobby Hebb was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his writing and recording of "Sunny".-Biography:...
   
   ) - 4:02
   • Original album version
7. "Belfast" (Billsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:31
   • Original album version
8. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:58
   • 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
     Gold - 20 Super Hits
     Gold – 20 Super Hits is a 1992 greatest hits album by group Boney M.. Shortly after record label PolyGram had acquired the rights to the ABBA back catalogue and had issued the multimillion-selling hits package Gold: Greatest Hits, BMG and producer Frank Farian followed suit with Boney M.'s Gold -...
     
     . Original 7" mix remains unreleased on CD.
9. "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:12
   • Original album version
10. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 3:47
    • 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 edit. Original 7" mix (- 4:40) remains unreleased on CD.
11. "Mary's Boy Child
    Mary's Boy Child
    "Mary's Boy Child" is a 1956 Christmas song, written by Jester Hairston. With its religious content, it is also widely performed as a Christmas carol....
    
    / Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston
    Jester Hairston
    Jester Joseph Hairston was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor. His notable compositions include "Amen," a gospel-tinged theme from the film Lilies of the Field and a 1963 hit for The Impressions, and the Christmas song "Mary's Boy Child".-Early life:Hairston...
    
    , Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 5:09
    • 1992 overdub edit from The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World
      The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World
      The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World is a compilation/remix album by Boney M. released simultaneously with greatest hits package Gold - 20 Super Hits in November 1992. The album is a slightly re-edited and remixed version of 1986's The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs...
      
      .
12. "No Woman, No Cry
    No 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...
    
    " (Vincent Ford
    Vincent Ford
    Vincent Ford , known as "Tata", was a Jamaican songwriter best known for receiving writing credit for "No Woman, No Cry", the reggae song made famous by Bob Marley & The Wailers, as well as three other Bob Marley songs...
    
    , Bob Marley
    Bob Marley
    Robert 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...
    
    ) - 4:19
    • 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
      Gold - 20 Super Hits
      Gold – 20 Super Hits is a 1992 greatest hits album by group Boney M.. Shortly after record label PolyGram had acquired the rights to the ABBA back catalogue and had issued the multimillion-selling hits package Gold: Greatest Hits, BMG and producer Frank Farian followed suit with Boney M.'s Gold -...
      
      
13. "El Lute" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer, Kolonovits) - 4:00
    • 1989 remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II
      Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II
      Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II is a remix album by Boney M. released in November 1989. The follow-up to 1988's Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88 includes remixes by both PWL's Pete Hammond and original producer Frank Farian and yielded two single releases, "The Summer Mega...
      
      , edited
14. "Nightflight to Venus" (Farian, Jay, Kawohl) - 3:51
    • 1992 edited version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
      Gold - 20 Super Hits
      Gold – 20 Super Hits is a 1992 greatest hits album by group Boney M.. Shortly after record label PolyGram had acquired the rights to the ABBA back catalogue and had issued the multimillion-selling hits package Gold: Greatest Hits, BMG and producer Frank Farian followed suit with Boney M.'s Gold -...
      
      
15. "I'm Born Again" (Jay, Rulofs) - 4:10
    • Original album version
16. "My Friend Jack" (The Smoke) - 4:30
    • Edited album version from 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,...
      
      . Full length: - 4:56.
17. "Daddy Cool 2001" (Farian, Reyam) - 5:19
    • Jewels & Stone Club Mix
18. "Boney M. Megamix" (Farian, Reyam, Hebb, Jay) - 3:51
    • 1992 version, radio edit. ("Rivers of Babylon
      Rivers 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...
      
      " / "Sunny
      Sunny (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."...
      
      " / "Daddy Cool" / "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...
      
      " / "Rasputin
      Rasputin (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...
      
      ")

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, backing vocals
• Marcia Barrett
  Marcia Barrett
  Marcia Barrett , is one of the original singers with the vocal group, Boney M.-The early years:...
  
   - lead vocals, 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, backing vocals

Production

• 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...
  
   - producer
  Record producer
  A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
  
  , remixer
• Jewels & Stone
  Julian Gingell
  Julian Gingell , known as Jules, is a British songwriter and record producer, best known for his partnership with fellow writer and producer Barry Stone under the name Jewels and Stone....
  
  - remixers track 17

Release history

• 2001 UK: BMG 74321 896142
• 2001 Australia: Australia's Greatest Hits, BMG International 89614
• 2002 US: RCA 65108

Single releases

UK

CD

• "Daddy Cool 2001" (BMG 74321 91351 2)

1. "Daddy Cool" (Jewels & Stone Radio Edit 2001) - 3:51
2. "Daddy Cool" (Original Mix 1976) - 3:26
3. "Daddy Cool (Jewels & Stone Club Mix 2001)" - 5:18

Sources and external links

• Rate Your Music, detailed discography
• Discogs.com, detailed discography
• [ Allmusic, biography, discography etc.]