25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool

25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool
Compilation album by Boney M.
Released	September 28, 2000
Recorded	1976-1985, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000
Genre	Eurodance, pop, Euro disco
Length	156:36
Label	BMG (Netherlands)
Producer	Frank Farian
Compiler	Peter Moree, Casper Janssen
Boney M. chronology
20th Century Hits (1999)20th Century Hits1999 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool (2000) The Complete Collection (2000)The Complete Collection2000

The Ultimate Collection (2000)
Compilation album by Boney M.
Released	2000

Greatest Hits (2001)
Compilation album by Boney M.
Released	2001

25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG in the Netherlands in 2000. The album includes a number of rare versions.

History

The two disc thirty-eight track compilation which celebrated the 25th anniversary of the release of breakthrough single "Daddy Cool" was a co-production between BMG Netherlands and The Liz Mitchell Fan Club and is generally regarded as one of the best Boney M. collections among fans of the group since it gathers the longest versions of the band's best known songs available in digital format, instead of the many short edits used on previous compilations, as well as the most recent remix hits at the time. 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool also saw the CD debut of six rare tracks, single B-sides "New York City" and "Strange" from 1976 and 1980 respectively and the unedited versions of 1982 single "The Carnival Is Over" and Oceans of Fantasy track "Ribbons Of Blue", originally the B-side of single "Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday". As special bonuses it contained a 1999 remix of "Going Back West" previously only available in South Africa, as well as an exclusive new remix of 1978 hit "Rivers of Babylon" by Regi of Belgian band Milk Inc., also issued as a single in the Netherlands in late 2000.

In Belgium the compilation was released by BMG as The Ultimate Collection and in late 2001 it was re-issued twice by another Belgian label, Hot Town Music-Paradiso; the first edition as a double disc release entitled Greatest Hits and the second as a single disc containing CD one only and then renamed The Best of Boney M. – Original Hits.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) – 4:36
   • Original album version
2. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 4:03
   • Original album version
3. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) – 3:29
   • Original album version
4. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) – 4:18
   • Original album version
5. "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) – 4:26
   • 1992 overdub edit from Gold – 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix ( – 4:43) remains unreleased on CD.
6. "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) – 3:10
   • Original album version
7. "Belfast" (Hillsbury, Deutscher, Menke) – 3:31
   • Original album version
8. "No Woman, No Cry" (Vincent Ford, Bob Marley) – 4:59
   • Original album version
9. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) – 4:02
   • Original album version
10. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) – 3:56
    • 1992 overdub version from Gold – 20 Super Hits.
11. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) – 3:45
    • Oceans of Fantasy album edit. Original 7" mix ( – 4:40) remains unreleased on CD.
12. "Consuela Biaz" (Courage, Farian, O'Hara) – 4:37
    • Edited 7" version from Boonoonoonoos limited edition double album. Original 7" mix ( – 4:57) remains unreleased on CD.
13. "I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) – 4:31
    • Original album version from The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits
14. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) – 4:31
    • Original 7" version
15. "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi) – 3:09
    • Edited version
16. "El Lute" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer, Kolonovits) – 5:55
    • Original 12" version
17. "I'm Born Again" (Jay, Rulofs) – 3:57
    • Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits
18. "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) – 3:18
    • Edited version from More Gold – 20 Super Hits Vol. II. Original 7" mix ( – 4:28) remains unreleased on CD.
19. "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Farian, Hairston) 4:30
    • Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits

Disc two

1. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) – 4:00
   • Remix 2000 featuring Regi (Milk Inc.)
   • N.B. Second edition and subsequent reissues: "Ma Baker" (Remix 1999) – 4:31
2. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) – 4:18
   • Remix 1999 from 20th Century Hits
3. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Reyam) – 4:31
   • Remix 1999, remixed by Sash! from 20th Century Hits
   • N.B. Second edition and subsequent reissues: "Daddy Cool" (1999 Latino Club Mix) – 3:34
4. "Going Back West" (Jimmy Cliff) – 3:43
   • Remix 1999 from South African edition of 20th Century Hits
5. "Boney M. Megamix" (Farian, Reyam, Hebb, Jay) – 3:51
   • 1992 version, radio edit. ("Rivers of Babylon" / "Sunny" / "Daddy Cool" / "Ma Baker" / "Rasputin")
6. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) – 4:02
   • Remix '93, radio edit
7. "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocchi, Spagna) – 3:54
   • Edited 7" version from Gold – 20 Super Hits.
8. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavas) – 4:31
   • Original 7" version
9. "Papa Chico" (Esposito) – 4:43
   • Rap Version from 1994 single "Papa Chico", original version on album More Gold – 20 Super Hits Vol. II. Performed by Boney M. featuring Liz Mitchell
10. "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" (Farian, Sgarbi) – 6:33
    • Original album version
11. "Bahama Mama" (Farian, Jay) – 3:17
    • Oceans of Fantasy album edit
12. "New York" (Farian, Klinkhammer, Reyam) – 3:41
    • B-side of 1976 single "Sunny", previously unreleased on CD
13. "The Carnival Is Over (Goodbye True Lover)" (Chappell, Farian, Tom Springfield, Traditional) – 4:52
    • 1982 single, previously unreleased on CD
14. "Strange" (Dobson) – 3:28
    • B-side of 1980 single "Felicidad (Margherita)", A-side in the Netherlands, previously unreleased on CD
15. "My Friend Jack" (The Smoke) – 4:28
    • Edited album version from The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits
16. "Malaika" (Farian, Traditional) – 3:26
    • Edited 7" version from Boonoonoonoos limited edition double album. Original 7" mix ( – 5:02) remains unreleased on CD.
17. "Ribbons of Blue" (Forsey) – 4:06
    • Original 7" version, previously unreleased on CD
18. "Jambo – Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (Bischof, Harrison) – 3:38
    • Original 7" version
19. "Gadda-Da-Vida" (Doug Ingle) – 2:59
    • Edited version from Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs. Original 7" mix ( – 4:58) remains unreleased on CD.

Release history

• 2000 The Netherlands: BMG 74321 777822

Alternate album editions

• 2000 Belgium: The Ultimate Collection, BMG 74321 786582
• 2001 Belgium: Greatest Hits, Hot Town Music-Paradiso 25876
• 2001 Belgium: The Best of Boney M. – Original Hits (disc one only), Hot Town Music-Paradiso PA 757/2

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
• Sash! – remixers
• Regi Penxten (Milk Inc.) – remixer
• Peter Moree – compilation assistant
• Casper Janssen – compilation assistant

Single releases

• "Rivers of Babylon" (Remixed By Regi (Milk Inc.)) – 3:53 / "Megamix" (1992, Radio Version) – 3:52 (BMG Netherlands 74321 81308 2)

Sources and external links

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