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Norske Hits Compilation album by Boney M. Released November 1998 Recorded 1976-1980, 1984, 1989, 1992, 1993 Genre Eurodance, Pop, Disco Length 73:37 Label BMG-Ariola (Norway) Producer Frank Farian Boney M. chronology The Best of Boney M.
(1997)Norske Hits
(1998)Ultimate
(1999)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! Hooray! It's A Holiday" (#2, 1979), "Gotta Go Home"/"El Lute" (#4, 1979), "My Friend Jack" (#6, 1980), "The Summer Megamix" (#3, 1989) as well as 1984's "Kalimba de Luna" and selected tracks from their best-selling albums Take The Heat Off Me (#2, 1977), Love For Sale (#2, 1977), Nightflight to Venus (#1, 1978) and Oceans Of Fantasy (#1, 1979).
Norske Hits spent 12 weeks on the Norwegian charts in late 1998 and early 1999, peaking at #17.
Contents
Track listing
- "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:26
- 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
- "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:07
- 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
- "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 4:15
- 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
- "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 4:00
- Remix '93, radio edit
- "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:55
- 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix remains unreleased on CD.
- "The Summer Mega Mix" (Bobby Hebb, Farian, Jay, Reyam, Klinkhammer, Amoruso, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 4:28
- "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:56
- 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
- "El Lute" (Blum, Farian, Jay) - 4:00
- 1989 remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II, edited
- "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Huth, Jay) - 2:30.
- 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix ( - 4:40) remains unreleased on CD.
- "My Friend Jack" (The Smoke) - 4:28
- Original album version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
- "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:26
- 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix ( - 4:43) remains unreleased on CD.
- "Nightflight to Venus" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Kawohl) - 3:50
- 1992 edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
- "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:10
- 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
- "Bahama Mama" (Farian, Jay) - 3:13
- 1993 overdub edit from More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
- "The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Farian) - 3:25
- 1993 remix from More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
- "No Woman, No Cry" (Bob Marley) - 4:20
- 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
- "Belfast" (Billybury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:25
- 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
- "Fever" (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport) - 4:00
- Original album version
- "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavas) - 4:13
- 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
Personnel
- Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals
- Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals
- Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals
- Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals, backing vocals
Production
- Frank Farian - producer, remixer
Sources and external links
- Rate Your Music, detailed discography
- Discogs.com, detailed discography
- Allmusic, biography, discography etc.
Marcia Barrett · Liz Mitchell · Maizie Williams
Bobby Farrell † · Reggie TsiboeStudio albums and
main compilations
(1976–1985)Take the Heat off Me (1976) · Love for Sale (1977) · Nightflight to Venus (1978) · Oceans of Fantasy (1979) – The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits (1980) · Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2 (1981) · Boonoonoonoos (1981) · Christmas Album (1981) · Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984) · Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs (1984) · Fantastic Boney M. (1984) · Christmas with Boney M. (1984) · Eye Dance (1985)
Main compilations
and remix albums
(1986–present)The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits (1986) · The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs (1986) · Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 (1988) · Ma Baker (1989) · Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II (1989) · The Collection (1991) · Daddy Cool - Star Collection (1991) · The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World (1992) · Gold - 20 Super Hits (1992) · The Greatest Hits (1993) · More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II (1993) · Hit Collection (1996) · Best in Spain (1996) · The Best of Boney M. (1997) · Norske Hits (1998) · Ultimate (1999) · 20th Century Hits (1999) · 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool (2000) · The Complete Collection (2000) · Their Most Beautiful Ballads (2000) · The Greatest Hits (2001) · The Magic of Boney M. (2006) · Hit Collection (2007) · Christmas With Boney M. (2007) · The Collection (2008) · Rivers of Babylon (A Best of Collection) (2008) · Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 1 (2008) · Christmas Time (2008) · The Complete Boney M. (2008) · In the Mix (2008) · The Magic of Boney M. - The Danish Collection (2008) · Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 2 (2009) · Let It All Be Music - The Party Album (2009) · Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 3 (2009)
Main single
discography"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (1975) · "Daddy Cool" (1976) · "Sunny" (1976) · "Ma Baker" (1977) · "Belfast" (1977) · "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl in the Ring" (1978) · "Rasputin" (1978) · "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" (1978) · "Painter Man" (1979) · "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (1979) · "El Lute"/"Gotta Go Home" (1979) · "I'm Born Again"/"Bahama Mama" (1979) · "I See a Boat on the River"/"My Friend Jack" (1980) · "Children of Paradise"/"Gadda-Da-Vida" (1980) · "Felicidad (Margherita)" (1980) · "Malaika"/"Consuela Biaz" (1981) · "We Kill the World"/"Boonoonoonoos" (1981) · "The Little Drummer Boy"/"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" (1981) · "The Carnival Is Over"/"Going Back West" (1982) · "Zion's Daughter" (1982) · "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (1983) · "Somewhere in the World" (1984) · "Kalimba de Luna" (1984) · "Happy Song" (1984) · "My Cherie Amour" (1985) · "Young, Free and Single" (1985) · "Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86)" (1986) · "Bang Bang Lulu" (1986) · "Rivers of Babylon (Remix)"/"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord (Remix)" (1988) · "Megamix" (1988) · "The Summer Mega Mix" (1989) · "Malaika (Lambada Remix)" (1989) · "Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" (1989) · "Stories" (1990) · "Christmas Mega Mix" (1992) · "Megamix" (1992) · "Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix)" (1993) · "Ma Baker (Remix)" (1993) · "Papa Chico" (1994) · "Somebody Scream - Ma Baker" (1998) · "Daddy Cool '99" (1999) · "Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever)" (1999) · "Sunny (Remix)" (2000) · "Daddy Cool 2001" (2001) · "Sunny (Mousse T. Remix)" (2006) · "Felicidad America (Obama-Obama)" (2009)
Book:Boney M. Categories:- Albums produced by Frank Farian
- 1998 compilation albums
- Boney M. compilation albums
- "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:26
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