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  2. Brown Girl in the Ring (song) - Wikipedia

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    Arguably the most popular version of the song, Boney M.'s recording was originally the B-side to the group's number-one hit single "Rivers of Babylon" (1978).In July 1978, following ten weeks in UK Top Ten, five of them at number one, "Rivers of Babylon" slipped to number 18 and then to 20, when radio stations flipped the single.

  3. Boney M. - Wikipedia

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    1979 saw Boney M. release a brand new single, "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday", which became another Top 10 hit across Europe. Later in the year they released their fourth album, Oceans of Fantasy, containing two hit singles – "Gotta Go Home"/"El Lute" and "I'm Born Again"/"Bahama Mama". The album also included lead and backing vocals ...

  4. List of UK top-ten singles in 1978 - Wikipedia

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    Boney M. had the best selling single of 1978 with "Rivers of Babylon/Brown Girl in the Ring", which spent five weeks at number-one in May and June.They achieved a second chart topper in December with "Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord", which also became the year's Christmas number-one, while "Rasputin" peaked at number two in October.

  5. Nightflight to Venus - Wikipedia

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    Nightflight to Venus is the third studio album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M., and was released in June 1978.The album became a major success in continental Europe, Scandinavia, and Canada, topping most of the album charts during the second half of 1978 and also became their first UK number one album.

  6. Boney M. discography - Wikipedia

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    "Brown Girl in the Ring" (1978) is a traditional Caribbean nursery rhyme and uses an arrangement from Malcolm's Locks "Brown Girl" (1975). "Nightflight to Venus" (1978) with its characteristic drums, the rock guitar theme, and the march interludes, was rewritten from Cozy Powell's No.3 hit "Dance with the Devil" (1974).

  7. Rivers of Babylon - Wikipedia

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    "Brown Girl in the Ring" was also issued separately in Canada as an A-side in the summer of 1979. It reached no. 8 on the Canadian AC chart in July 1979, becoming the third Boney M. song to reach the top 10 on that chart after "Rivers of Babylon" and "Rasputin". On RPM's Top 100 singles chart, the song stalled at no. 79.

  8. Norske Hits - Wikipedia

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    Norske Hits is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG-Ariola in Norway in late 1998.. The compilation includes Boney M.'s greatest hits from a Norwegian perspective: singles "Daddy Cool"/"No Woman No Cry" (#1, 1976), "Sunny" (#4, 1977), "Ma Baker" (#1 1977), "Rivers Of Babylon"/"Brown Girl In The Ring" (#1, 1978), "Rasputin" (#10, 1978), "Hooray!

  9. List of Platinum singles in the United Kingdom awarded before ...

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    Boney M. "Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring" April 1978: May 1978: Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta "You're the One That I Want" May 1978: July 1978: Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta "Summer Nights" September 1978: October 1978: Village People "Y.M.C.A." November 1978: January 1979: Boney M "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord ...