6 Years of Boney M. Hits

Infobox Single
Name = 6 Years of Boney M. Hits (Boney M. on 45)


Artist = Boney M.
Released = January 1982
Format = 7" single, 12" single
Recorded = 1981
Genre = Pop, Disco
Label = Hansa Records (FRG)
Producer = Frank Farian
Last single = "We Kill the World / Boonoonoonoos"
(1981)
This single = "Little Drummer Boy / 6 Years of Boney M. Hits"
(1981)
Next single = "The Carnival Is Over / Going Back West"
(1982) "6 Years of Boney M. Hits (Boney M. on 45)"" is a greatest hits medley by Boney M., inspired by the success of the hit medleys by Stars on 45. Originally released on the B-side of the band's 1981 Christmas single "Little Drummer Boy", the single was flipped over in January 1982 with the medley as an A-side. While failing to chart in Germany, the medley reached #6 in the Spanish charts and was also an A-side release in France and Japan. The 12" version featured a faded version on the German pressing and an unfaded version on the French pressing, while the UK version (included on the B-side of their UK top 40 hit "We Kill the World") was extended with their Christmas chart-topper "Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord".

Track Listing

"+ indicates inclusion in 12" version only"

*"Let It All Be Music" (W. S. van Vugt) +
*"Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam)
*"Ma Baker" (Farian, Reyam, Jay)
*"Belfast" (Drafi Deutscher, Menke, Billsbury)
*"Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Huth, Huth, Jay)
*"Love for Sale" (Porter) +
*"Painter Man" (Pickett, Phillips) +
*"Rasputin" (Farian, Reyam, Jay) +
*"Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian)
*"Oceans of Fantasy" (Dietmar Kawohl, Didi Zill, Fred Jay) +
*"Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay)
*"The Calendar Song (January, February, March)" (Farian)
*"Dancing in the Streets" (Farian) +
*"Bye Bye Bluebird" (Farian, Reyam, Jay) +
*"Baby Do You Wanna Bump (Zambi)
*"Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam, Dowe, McNaughton)
*"Sunny" (Bobby Hebb)
*"Nightflight to Venus" (Farian, Kawohl, Jay) +
*"Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Lorin, Farian, Jay) - UK 12" version only

Releases

7" Singles
*"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" / "Little Drummer Boy" (Hansa 103 777-100, Germany)
*"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" (1-sided record) (Hansa 103 953-000, Promo-only, Germany)
*"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" / "Rivers of Babylon" (Ariola B-103 782, Spain)
*"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" / "Sad Movies" (Atlantic P-1627, Japan)
*"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" / "Bye Bye Bluebird" - 4:17 (France)

12" Singles
* "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" - 6:32 / "6 Years of Boney M. Hits" - 13:26 (Atlantic K11689T, UK)
*"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" - 11:13 / "Little Drummer Boy" (Hansa 600 479-213, Germany)
*"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" - 11:13 / "Rivers of Babylon" (Ariola B-600 539, Spain)
*"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" (unfaded) - 11:15 / "Bye Bye Bluebird" (edit) - 4:17 (Carrere, 8.153, France)

ources

*http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/boney_m_
*http://www.musiclange.dk