"Kalimba de Luna" is a 1982 single by Italian musician and drummer Tony Esposito. It was written by Esposito with his long-time collaborator Remo Licastro, pianist Giuseppe "Joe" Amoruso, keyboardist Mauro Malavasi and vocalist Gianluigi Di Franco. It was taken from Esposito's album Il grande esploratore (The great explorer). "Kalimba de Luna" was a European success and reached no. 12 in the Austrian chart, no. 6 in the Swiss charts and no. 14 in the Italian charts.

"Kalimba de Luna"
Single by Tony Esposito
from the album Il grande esploratore
Released1984
Recorded1982
GenrePop
Length
  • 3:50 (7" mix)
  • 5:13 (12" mix)
LabelBubble Record – BLU 9227
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Mauro Malavasi
  • Willy David

Charts edit

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[1] 12
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[2] 6
West Germany (Official German Charts)[3] 25

Boney M. version edit

"Kalimba de Luna"
 
Single by Boney M.
from the album Ten Thousand Lightyears
ReleasedAugust 1984
Recorded1982
StudioFar Studios, Rosbach
GenrePop
Length
  • 4:31 (7" mix)
  • 3:26 (LP edit)
  • 7:07 (12" mix)
  • 9:15 (Remix)
LabelHansa
Songwriter(s)
  • Tony Esposito
  • Mauro Malavasi
  • Remo Licastro
  • Giuseppe Amoruso
  • Gianluigi di Franco
Producer(s)Frank Farian
Boney M. singles chronology
"Somewhere in the World"
(1982)
"Kalimba de Luna"
(1984)
"Happy Song"
(1984)

"Kalimba de Luna" was instantly covered by German group Boney M. for the German market, giving the group their first Top 20 hit in three years, peaking at no. 16. It was added to their current album Ten Thousand Lightyears,[4] seeing it rise to No. 23 in the German charts in October 1984.[5] It was also included on the Fantastic Boney M. and Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs with Boney M. compilations. With lead vocals by new group member Reggie Tsiboe, the original idea was to release it as a solo single, and a video was shot with Reggie only before the plans were changed to release it as a Boney M. single, and a new video with the group was done. Neither Liz Mitchell nor Marcia Barrett sang on this recording — the backing vocals were done by producer Frank Farian and session singers Amy & Elaine Goff and La Mama.

Charts edit