"6 Years of Boney M. Hits
(Boney M. on 45)"
Single by Boney M.
ReleasedJanuary 1982
Recorded1981
Genre
LabelHansa Records (FRG)
Producer(s)Frank Farian
Boney M. singles chronology
"Little Drummer Boy" / "6 Years of Boney M. Hits"
(1981)		 "6 Years of Boney M. Hits
(Boney M. on 45)"
(1982)		 "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)
  • "Boney M. On 45" / "Strange" - 3:28 (Greece)

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)

Sources

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