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The Magic of Boney M. is a compilation album by German disco group Boney M., released by Sony BMG in October 2006. An updated version of 1992's Gold – 20 Super Hits and 2001's The Greatest Hits, the compilation includes eighteen of the group's best known hits from the 1970s and 1980s, a new remix of 1976 single "Sunny" by German DJ and record producer Mousse T., as well as one new track ...
1992 saw a renewed interest in Boney M.'s music with the Boney M. Megamix single returning the group to the UK Top 10 for the first time since 1980, and a subsequent Greatest Hits album, Gold – 20 Super Hits, reaching the UK Top 20 in 1993. While Marcia Barrett, by then living in Florida, had cancer and was unable to perform, Boney M. toured ...
The first Boney M. recording "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (1975) is based on Prince Buster's "Al Capone" (1967). " Motherless Child " (1977) is a rewrite of " Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child ". " Ma Baker " is a rewrite of a Tunisian traditional song, Sidi Mansur.
20th Century Hits is a remix album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG in 1999. This remix project which was credited as 'Boney M. 2000' spun off a series of new single releases; "Ma Baker – Somebody Scream" in early 1999 and previously included on French compilation Ultimate, "Daddy Cool '99" featuring Mobi T., "Caribbean Night Fever / Hooray!
"The Summer Megamix" is a 1989 single by German band Boney M. The single peaked at #11 in the French charts [1] and #3 in Norway. In the UK, the single barely reached the top 100, peaking only at #92.
"Sunny" is a soul jazz standard written by the American singer and songwriter Bobby Hebb in 1963. It is one of the most performed and recorded popular songs, with hundreds of versions released and its chord progression influencing later songs. BMI rates "Sunny" No. 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century". [2]
The B-side of the German single, a remix of the group's 1978 hit "Rasputin", was issued as an A-side in the UK where the Megamix was backed with a remix of their 1978 chart-topper "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord".
1988 PWL remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88 "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:12 Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits. Original 7" mix released on the 2007 album Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs. "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" (Björklund, Forsey, Jay) - 5:35