The discography of German disco group Boney M. includes 8 studio albums, 50 singles, and numerous compilation albums.

Boney M. discography
Boney M. in 1981
Studio albums8

Albums edit

Studio albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
GER
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
NLD
[5]
NOR
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
Take the Heat off Me
  • Released: June 1976
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
2 26 6 5 2 34 1 40
Love for Sale
  • Released: May 1977
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
1 27 1 2 2 22 1 13
Nightflight to Venus
  • Released: July 1978
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
1 7 1 7 1 1 3 1 1 134
Oceans of Fantasy
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
1 21 1 44 3 1 5 5 1
Boonoonoonoos
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
15 14 35 21 31
Christmas Album
  • Released: December 1981
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
14 53 80 42 10
Ten Thousand Lightyears
  • Released: May 1984
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
23
Eye Dance
  • Released: October 1985
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or not available.

Charting and/or certified compilation albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
GER
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[16]
NLD
[5]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[6]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[17]
UK
[9]
The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits
  • Released: May 1980
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: Cassette, vinyl
2 3 5 16 2 2 14 30 1
The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits
  • Released: January 1986
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
3 35
Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88
  • Released: October 1988
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
48
The Greatest Hits of Boney M / The Village People
  • Released: October 1990
    (with The Village People) (Available in Australia only)
  • Label: Concept
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
68
Daddy Cool – Star Collection
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
Happy Christmas
  • Released: November 1991
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
Gold – 20 Super Hits
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: MCI
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
5 40 6 2 2 6 14 5
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: March 1993
    (Available in UK only)
  • Label: Telstar
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
14
More Gold – 20 Super Hits Vol. II
  • Released: October 1993
  • Label: MCI
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
38 87 43
The Best of Boney M.
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Camden
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Norske Hits
  • Released: November 1998 (Available in Norway only)
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette
17
20th Century Hits
  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: MCI
  • Formats: CD, cassette
30 50 8 37
25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool
  • Released: September 2000
    (Available in the Netherlands only)
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, cassette
27
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2001
    (Available in UK, Australia & New Zealand only)
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
78 66
The Magic of Boney M.
  • Released: October 2006
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
7 28 10 94 2 2 39 45
Feliz Navidad – A Wonderful Christmas
  • Released: November 2010
  • Label: Farian (Sony Music)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
93
The Essential Boney M.
  • Released: 27 August 2012
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: 2× CD
Diamonds
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: MCI
  • Format: CD
20
Worldmusic for Christmas
  • Released: November 2017
  • Label: MCI
  • Formats: CD
53
Gold
  • Released: November 2019 (Available in UK only)
  • Label: Crimson (Demon Music Group)
  • Formats: CD
41
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Singles edit

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
GER
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
IRE
[24]
NLD
[25]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[26]
UK
[9]
US
[27]
"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" 1975 12 Take the Heat off Me
"Daddy Cool" 1976 1 5 1 3 15 1 1 6 65
"Sunny" 1 36 1 4 1 17 11 2 3
"Ma Baker" 1977 1 5 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 96 Love for Sale
"Still I'm Sad" 17
"Belfast" 1 57 2 1 3 1 8
"Rivers of Babylon" /
"Brown Girl in the Ring"
1978 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 30 Nightflight to Venus
"Rasputin" 1 1 1 3 5 4 2 2
"Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" 1 33 3 1 2 8 1 1 1 85 Christmas Album
"Dancing in the Streets" 1979 Non-album track
"Painter Man"
(UK/Ireland and Netherlands only)
5 10 Nightflight to Venus
"Voodoonight"
(Japan only)
"Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" 4 7 3 5 1 7 11 4 3 Non-album track
"Gotta Go Home" /
"El Lute"
1 44 1 11 2 42 10 2 12 Oceans of Fantasy
"I'm Born Again" / "Bahama Mama" 7 9 12 7 17 6 35
"I See a Boat on the River" / "My Friend Jack" 1980 5 81 3 4 9 57 The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits
"Children of Paradise" /
"Gadda-Da-Vida"
11 12 13 66 Non-album tracks
"Felicidad (Margherita)" 6 6 3
"Malaika" / "Consuela Biaz" 1981 13 7 14 4 Boonoonoonoos
"We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" 12 13 3 39
"Little Drummer Boy" 20 Christmas Album
"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" 1982 Non-album tracks
"The Carnival Is Over" / "Going Back West" 41 11
"Zion's Daughter" Christmas Album
"Jambo – Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" 1983 48 11 Non-album track
"Somewhere in the World" 1984 49 Ten Thousand Lightyears
"Kalimba de Luna" 16 11 20 23 Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs
"Happy Song" (with Bobby Farrell) 7 15 21
"My Chérie Amour" 1985 55 Eye Dance
"Young, Free and Single" 48
"Daddy Cool '86" 1986 Non-album track
"Bang Bang Lulu" Eye Dance
"Rivers of Babylon (Remix '88)" 1988 46 Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88
"Megamix" 52 Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II
"The Summer Mega Mix" 1989 92
"Malaika (Lambada Remix)"
"Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" (short available, withdrawn) Non-album tracks
"Stories" 1990 26 94
"Megamix" 1992 26 70 11 3 12 49 7 Gold - 20 Super Hits
"Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix)" 1993 25 20 38
"Ma Baker (Remix '93)" More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
"Papa Chico"
(featuring Liz Mitchell)
1994
"Ma Baker (Somebody Scream)"
(vs. Horny United/Sash!)
1999 28 19 11 34 9 10 21 22 20th Century Hits
"Daddy Cool '99"
(featuring Mobi T.)
47 16 19 49
"Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever) 2000" 79 47 80
"Sunny (Remix) 2000" 2000 59 80
"Daddy Cool 2001" 2001 47 Greatest Hits
"Sunny (Mousse T. Remix)" 2006 The Magic of Boney M.
"Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord"
(featuring Daddy Cool Kids)
2007 Christmas with Boney M.
"Felicidad America (Obama-Obama)"
(featuring Sherita O. & Yulee B.)
2009 Non-album track
"Rasputin"
(Majestic x Boney M)
2021 38 26 18 21 7 26 27 11 Non-album track
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Videography edit

  • Boney M – VHS, Mirror Vision (1981)
  • Gold – VHS/VCD (in Hong Kong) (1993)
  • Gold DVD (2001, Europe)
  • Greatest Hits (2001, UK)
  • Special Edition (2002, South Korea)
  • Special Edition EP (2003, UK)
  • The Magic of Boney M. (2006)
  • Fantastic Boney M. – On Stage and on the Road (2007)
  • Legendary TV Performances (2010)
  • Diamonds (2015)

Songs that were re-worked into Boney M. titles edit

Frank Farian's right hand Hans-Jörg Mayer (aka Georg Reyam) sought out songs from all over the world, often public domain (non-copyrighted) folk tunes but as well works from other musicians/composers (usually not credited) and rewrote them for Boney M.

Borrowed themes edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Offizielle Deutsche Charts: Boney M". GfK Entertainment (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 41. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
    • Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "australian-charts.com – Discography Boney M." Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
    • Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 until December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  3. ^ a b c "Boney M. in der Österreicherischen Hitparade". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  4. ^ For Canadian peaks:
  5. ^ a b "Artiest: Boney M. (Albums)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Boney M. in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  7. ^ a b c "Boney M. in New Zealand's Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  8. ^ a b c "Boney M. in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  9. ^ a b c "Official Charts Company: Boney M." Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Billboard 200 (Boney M)". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Boney M.)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "British certifications – Boney M". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 10 March 2024. Type Boney M in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  13. ^ a b c d "Music Canada: Boneyb M". Music Canada. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i "NVPI: Goud/Platina". NVPI. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  15. ^ a b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  16. ^ For Canadian peaks:
  17. ^ "Artist: Boney M. (Albums)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  18. ^ a b "IFPI Austria – Gold & Platin" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Austria. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  19. ^ a b c "Boney M's Finnish Certifications". IFPI Finland. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  20. ^ "Hitparade: Boney M". SwissCharts. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Switzerland. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  21. ^ a b "InfoDisc: Les Certifications depuis 1973" [InfoDisc: Certifications from 1973] (in French). InfoDisc. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  22. ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  23. ^ "Trofeer: 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). ifpi.no. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  24. ^ "Search for Irish singles by Boney M." Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  25. ^ "Peak chart positions of Boney M. singles in the Netherlands". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  26. ^ "Peak chart positions of Boney M. singles in Switzerland". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  27. ^ "Boney M Chart History | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  28. ^ a b "InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (singles)". InfoDisc. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  29. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  30. ^ "ARIA Accreditations 2020". ARIA. January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  31. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2021 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  32. ^ "Boney M. cover of Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson's 'Polly Wolly Doodle All Day'". WhoSampled.com. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  33. ^ "Images for Nighttrain (2)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  34. ^ "Boney M. – Full Discography (1975–2009) – Форум ShareReactor.ru". Forum.sharereactor.ru. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  35. ^ "Daar kom die Alabama By Sursumkorda". YouTube. Retrieved 19 July 2017.[dead YouTube link]

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