Gold – 20 Super Hits

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Gold - 20 Super Hits is a 1992 greatest hits album by group Boney M.. Shortly after record label PolyGram had acquired the rights to the ABBA back catalogue and had issued the multimillion-selling hits package Gold - Greatest Hits, BMG and producer Frank Farian followed suit with Boney M.'s Gold - 20 Super Hits which resulted in their best chart entry in the UK (#14 - see The Greatest Hits) and most other European countries since 1980's The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits.

The album covers of some editions of the Gold career retrospective declared that these were the 'original masters' which was a truth with modification since producer Farian not only had edited most of the tracks but also had overdubbed them with synthesized 90's percussion such as disco hi-hats, sampled tambourines and handclaps. These mixes have since been credited as the original 70's versions on most Boney M. hit collections issued in the 90's and 2000's, including 2006's The Magic of Boney M..

Gold - 20 Super Hits/The Greatest Hits included a new "Boney M. Megamix", also issued as a single, which reached #7 in the UK in December of 1992 and gave the group their tenth UK Top 10 entry.

Track listing

1. "Rivers of Babylon (Dowe, McNaughton) - 4:15
   • 1992 overdub version
2. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:26
   • 1992 overdub version
3. "Sunny" (Hebb) - 3:56
   • 1992 overdub version
4. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 4:00
   • 1992 overdub version
5. "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:24
   • 1992 overdub edit. Original 7" mix ( - 4:43) remains unreleased on CD.
6. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:05
   • 1992 overdub version.
7. "Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday" (Farian) - 3:55
   • 1992 overdub version. Original 7" mix remains unreleased on CD.
8. "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickette) - 3:16
   • 1992 overdub version
9. "Belfast" (Billybury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:25
   • 1992 overdub version
10. "No Woman No Cry" (Bob Marley) - 4:20
    • 1992 overdub edit
11. "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:01
    • 1992 overdub edit
12. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Huth, Jay) - 2:30
    • 1992 overdub edit. Original 7" mix ( - 4:40) remains unreleased on CD.
13. "Still I'm Sad" (April, McCarty, Samwell-Smith) - 4:24
    • 1992 overdub version
14. "Nightflight To Venus" (Farian, Jay, Kawohl) - 3:49
    • 1992 edited version
15. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 2:50
    • 1992 overdub edit
16. "El Lute" (Blum, Farian, Jay) - 3:58
    • 1989 remix version from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II, fade-out
17. "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi) - 2:25
    • 1992 overdub version
18. "Kalimba De Luna" (Amoruso, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 4:11
    • 1992 overdub version
19. "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocci, Spagna) - 3:56
    • Edited 7" version
20. "Boney M. Megamix" (Farian, Reyam, Hebb, Jay) - 3:51
    • 1992 version, radio edit. ("Rivers of Babylon" / "Sunny" / "Daddy Cool" / "Ma Baker" / "Rasputin")

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 (tracks 18 & 19)
• Bobby Farrell - vocals (track 19)

Production

• Frank Farian - producer, remixer

Release history

• 1993 EU: MCI / BMG 74321 12577 1 (LP)
• 1993 EU: MCI / BMG 74321 12577 2 (CD)

Single releases

EU

7"

• "Megamix" (Radio Edit) -3:51 / "Bang Bang Lulu" - 3:01 (MCI/BMG 74321 12606-7, 1992)

12"

• "Megamix" (MCI/BMG 74321 12606-1, 1992)

Side A

1. "Megamix (Long Version) - 6:12
2. "Babysitter" (1983 recording - 1992 remix) - 3:48

Side B

1. "Megamix" (Radio edit) - 3:51
2. "Bang Bang Lulu" - 3:01

• "Brown Girl In The Ring (Remix '93)" (MCI/BMG 74321 13705 1, 1993)

Side A

1. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Funny Girl Club Mix) - 5:35
2. "The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Remix '93) - 3:14

Side B

1. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Club Mix - Rap Version) - 5:35
2. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Radio Version) - 3:58

CD

• "Megamix" (MCI/BMG 74321 12606-2, 1992)
  1. "Mega Mix" (Radio Edit) - 3:51
  2. "Megamix" (Long version) - 6:12
  3. "Bang Bang Lulu" - 3:01
  4. "Babysitter" - 3:48

• "Brown Girl In The Ring (Remix '93)" (MCI/BMG 74321 13705 2, 1993)
  1. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Radio Version) - 3:58
  2. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Funny Girl Club Mix) - 5:35
  3. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Club Mix - Rap Version) - 5:35
  4. "The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Remix '93) - 3:14

Sources and external links

• Rate Your Music, detailed discography
• Discogs.com, detailed discography
• All Music Guide, biography, discography etc.