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Song artist 61 - Boney M
This page lists the song chart entries of Boney M.A list of the hit albums by Boney M is also available. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.
It has been pointed out (by Chet Pitek one of our major contributors) that the Boney M albums Rivers Of Babylon, Belfast and Gotta Go Home are probably mistakes in the French chart.
| # | Artist | Song Title | Year | Chart Entries |
| 1 | Boney M | Rivers of Babylon | 1978 | UK 1 - Apr 1978 (40 weeks), Holland 1 - Apr 1978 (19 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - May 1978 (32 weeks), France (SNEP) 1 - May 1978 (4 months), France 1 - May 1978 (5 weeks), Austria 1 - May 1978 (8 months), Switzerland 1 - Apr 1978 (22 weeks), Switzerland 1 of 1978, Norway 1 - May 1978 (29 weeks), Belgium 1 - Apr 1978 (17 weeks), Germany 1 - Apr 1978 (7 months), ODK Germany 1 - Apr 1978 (37 weeks) (17 weeks at number 1) (23 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 5 weeks - May 1978, New Zealand 1 for 14 weeks - Jul 1978, RIANZ 1 - Jun 1978 (28 weeks), Australia 1 for 6 weeks - Jul 1978, Springbok 1 - Jun 1978 (21 weeks), Europe 1 for 13 weeks - May 1978, France 1 for 4 weeks - Jun 1978, Germany 1 for 17 weeks - Apr 1978, South Africa 1 of 1978, Mexico 1 for 1 week - Oct 1978, UK sales 2 of the 1970s (1,990 k in 1978), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1978), Australia 3 of 1978, Germany 3 of the 1970s (peak 1 26 weeks), TOTP 8, UKMIX 18, US Billboard 30 - Jun 1978 (17 weeks), Italy 36 of 1978, France (InfoDisc) 37 of the 1970s (peak 1, 25 weeks, 1,070k sales estimated, 1978), Brazil 64 of 1978, OzNet 867, RYM 77 of 1978, Global 100 (5 M sold) - 1978 |
| 2 | Boney M | Ma Baker | 1977 | Holland 1 - May 1977 (19 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - May 1977 (26 weeks), France (SNEP) 1 - Jul 1977 (4 months), France 1 - Jun 1977 (4 weeks), Austria 1 - Jun 1977 (7 months), Switzerland 1 - May 1977 (20 weeks), Norway 1 - Jun 1977 (23 weeks), Belgium 1 - May 1977 (22 weeks), Germany 1 - May 1977 (6 months), ODK Germany 1 - May 1977 (28 weeks) (3 weeks at number 1) (15 weeks in top 10), Europe 1 for 8 weeks - Jun 1977, France 1 for 4 weeks - Sep 1977, Germany 1 for 3 weeks - Jun 1977, Mexico 1 for 5 weeks - Dec 1977, UK 2 - Jun 1977 (13 weeks), RIANZ 2 - Sep 1977 (15 weeks), Springbok 2 - Aug 1977 (13 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Feb 1980), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1978), Switzerland 7 of 1977, Italy 16 of 1977, France (InfoDisc) 17 of the 1970s (peak 1, 27 weeks, 704k sales estimated, 1977), Australia 24 of 1977, Germany 55 of the 1970s (peak 1 21 weeks), Brazil 62 of 1977, Scrobulate 80 of disco, US Billboard 96 - Aug 1977 (3 weeks), RYM 101 of 1977, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1978 |
| 3 | Boney M | Daddy Cool | 1976 | Sweden (alt) 1 - Nov 1976 (38 weeks), France (SNEP) 1 - Oct 1976 (4 months), France 1 - Sep 1976 (7 weeks), Austria 1 - Sep 1976 (8 months), Switzerland 1 - Oct 1976 (22 weeks), Norway 1 - Nov 1976 (35 weeks), Belgium 1 - Oct 1976 (13 weeks), Germany 1 - Jan 1977 (7 months), Europe 1 for 4 weeks - Nov 1976, France 1 for 5 weeks - Oct 1976, Germany 1 for 12 weeks - Sep 1976, Springbok 2 - Nov 1976 (19 weeks), Holland 3 - Sep 1976 (14 weeks), ODK Germany 4 - Jan 1977 (11 weeks) (3 weeks in top 10), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1976), Germany 5 of the 1970s (peak 1 28 weeks), UK 6 - Dec 1976 (12 weeks), Switzerland 7 of 1976, RIANZ 15 - Mar 1977 (9 weeks), South Africa 18 of 1977, Italy 23 of 1977, Scrobulate 62 of party, US Billboard 65 - Jan 1977 (5 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 70 of the 1970s (peak 1, 20 weeks, 1,049k sales estimated, 1976), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Feb 1977), RYM 34 of 1976, Guardian Pop 44 |
| 4 | Boney M | Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord | 1978 | UK 1 - Dec 1978 (8 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - Dec 1978 (12 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Dec 1978 (11 weeks), ODK Germany 1 - Dec 1978 (13 weeks) (1 week at number 1) (8 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 7 weeks - Nov 1978, Springbok 1 - Dec 1978 (10 weeks), Europe 1 for 3 weeks - Dec 1978, Germany 1 for 1 week - Jan 1979, Norway 2 - Dec 1978 (12 weeks), Belgium 2 - Dec 1978 (7 weeks), Germany 2 - Jan 1979 (3 months), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 1978), Holland 3 - Dec 1978 (7 weeks), Austria 3 - Jan 1979 (3 months), UK sales 4 of the 1970s (1,790 k in 1978), RIANZ 8 - Jan 1979 (5 weeks), South Africa 9 of 1979, US Billboard 85 - Dec 1978 (4 weeks), Germany 277 of the 1970s (peak 1 9 weeks) |
| 5 | Boney M | Rasputin | 1978 | France 1 - Oct 1978 (4 weeks), Austria 1 - Oct 1978 (5 months), ODK Germany 1 - Sep 1978 (20 weeks) (1 week at number 1) (10 weeks in top 10), Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Dec 1978, Germany 1 for 1 week - Oct 1978, UK 2 - Oct 1978 (11 weeks), France (SNEP) 2 - Oct 1978 (4 months), Switzerland 2 - Sep 1978 (11 weeks), Belgium 2 - Sep 1978 (11 weeks), Germany 3 - Sep 1978 (3 months), RIANZ 4 - Nov 1978 (12 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Nov 1978), Holland 8 - Sep 1978 (9 weeks), Springbok 9 - Sep 1978 (7 weeks), Norway 10 - Nov 1978 (3 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 16 of the 1970s (peak 2, 27 weeks, 586k sales estimated, 1978), Switzerland 17 of 1978, Australia 25 of 1978, Italy 35 of 1978, Scrobulate 40 of disco, Canada 53 of 1979, Germany 220 of the 1970s (peak 1 13 weeks), OzNet 330, RYM 68 of 1978 |
| 6 | Boney M | Sunny | 1977 | Holland 1 - Jan 1977 (11 weeks), France 1 - Mar 1977 (5 weeks), Austria 1 - Jan 1977 (5 months), Belgium 1 - Jan 1977 (12 weeks), Germany 1 - Jan 1977 (5 months), ODK Germany 1 - Jan 1977 (22 weeks) (2 weeks at number 1) (13 weeks in top 10), France 1 for 2 weeks - Mar 1977, Germany 1 for 2 weeks - Jan 1977, Switzerland 2 - Jan 1977 (12 weeks), UK 3 - Mar 1977 (10 weeks), France (SNEP) 3 - Mar 1977 (3 months), Norway 4 - Jan 1977 (19 weeks), Sweden (alt) 11 - Mar 1977 (12 weeks), RIANZ 17 - Jun 1977 (20 weeks), Scrobulate 63 of party, Germany 89 of the 1970s (peak 1 17 weeks), Italy 98 of 1977, France (InfoDisc) 143 of the 1970s (peak 1, 20 weeks, 475k sales estimated, 1977), RYM 63 of 1976 |
| 7 | Boney M | Belfast | 1977 | Switzerland 1 - Oct 1977 (19 weeks), Germany 1 - Jan 1978 (4 months), ODK Germany 1 - Oct 1977 (27 weeks) (4 weeks at number 1) (12 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 1 week - Nov 1977, France 1 for 3 weeks - Jan 1978, Germany 1 for 4 weeks - Oct 1977, France (SNEP) 2 - Nov 1977 (4 months), Austria 2 - Nov 1977 (5 months), Belgium 2 - Oct 1977 (12 weeks), Holland 3 - Oct 1977 (11 weeks), France 3 - Oct 1977 (2 weeks), UK 8 - Oct 1977 (13 weeks), Switzerland 27 of 1978, Italy 93 of 1977, France (InfoDisc) 136 of the 1970s (peak 1, 21 weeks, 727k sales estimated, 1977), Germany 147 of the 1970s (peak 1 16 weeks), RYM 166 of 1977 |
| 8 | Boney M | Hooray Hooray It's a Holi-Holiday | 1979 | Holland 1 - Apr 1979 (11 weeks), Belgium 1 - Apr 1979 (11 weeks), Europe 1 for 6 weeks - May 1979, Norway 2 - Apr 1979 (12 weeks), UK 3 - Apr 1979 (9 weeks), Austria 3 - May 1979 (4 months), Switzerland 4 - Apr 1979 (10 weeks), ODK Germany 4 - Apr 1979 (22 weeks) (9 weeks in top 10), Germany 5 - Apr 1979 (4 months), France (SNEP) 6 - May 1979 (3 months), RIANZ 7 - Jun 1979 (13 weeks), France 9 - Jul 1979 (2 weeks), Sweden (alt) 11 - Apr 1979 (10 weeks), Springbok 12 - May 1979 (10 weeks), Germany 273 of the 1970s (peak 4 15 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in May 1979) |
| 9 | Boney M | El Lute | 1979 | Austria 1 - Sep 1979 (5 months), Germany 1 - Jan 1980 (6 months), ODK Germany 1 - Aug 1979 (33 weeks) (8 weeks at number 1) (20 weeks in top 10), Germany 1 for 8 weeks - Aug 1979, Holland 2 - Aug 1979 (12 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Aug 1979 (14 weeks), Belgium 2 - Aug 1979 (10 weeks), Springbok 2 - Oct 1979 (16 weeks), Norway 4 - Aug 1979 (15 weeks), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1979), Switzerland 8 of 1979, UK 12 - Aug 1979 (11 weeks), Germany 22 of the 1970s (peak 1 22 weeks) |
| 10 | Boney M | Brown Girl in the Ring | 1978 | UK 1 - Apr 1978 (43 weeks), Holland 1 - Apr 1978 (19 weeks), Eire 1 for 5 weeks - May 1978, RIANZ 1 - Oct 1978 (13 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in May 1978), Australia 3 of 1978, TOTP 8, UKMIX 18, RYM 77 of 1978, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1978 |
| 11 | Boney M | We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World) | 1981 | France 1 - Nov 1981 (3 weeks), Springbok 1 - Jan 1982 (22 weeks), Spain 1 for 1 week - Jan 1982, Switzerland 3 - Nov 1981 (10 weeks), South Africa 4 of 1982, ODK Germany 12 - Nov 1981 (19 weeks), Germany 15 - Nov 1981 (2 months), Belgium 17 - Nov 1981 (4 weeks), Holland 25 - Dec 1981 (4 weeks), UK 39 - Nov 1981 (5 weeks) |
| 12 | Boney M | Gotta Go Home | 1979 | Europe 1 for 4 weeks - Sep 1979, Holland 2 - Aug 1979 (12 weeks), Belgium 2 - Aug 1979 (10 weeks), Springbok 2 - Oct 1979 (16 weeks), France (SNEP) 3 - Oct 1979 (3 months), Norway 4 - Aug 1979 (15 weeks), Sweden (alt) 10 - Aug 1979 (14 weeks), UK 12 - Aug 1979 (11 weeks), RIANZ 42 - Sep 1979 (6 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Oct 1979) |
| 13 | Boney M | I See A Boat (On The River) | 1980 | Austria 3 - May 1980 (4 months), Springbok 4 - Jul 1980 (12 weeks), ODK Germany 5 - Apr 1980 (25 weeks) (7 weeks in top 10), Germany 6 - Apr 1980 (4 months), Holland 7 - May 1980 (8 weeks), Switzerland 9 - May 1980 (7 weeks), Belgium 10 - May 1980 (9 weeks), Germany 311 of the 1980s (peak 5 12 weeks) |
| 14 | Boney M | I'm Born Again | 1979 | Switzerland 6 - Dec 1979 (8 weeks), ODK Germany 7 - Dec 1979 (20 weeks) (3 weeks in top 10), Austria 9 - Feb 1980 (1 month), Germany 10 - Jan 1980 (2 months), Holland 11 - Dec 1979 (7 weeks), Belgium 13 - Dec 1979 (7 weeks), Sweden (alt) 17 - Jan 1980 (2 weeks), UK 35 - Dec 1979 (7 weeks) |
| 15 | Boney M | Children of Paradise | 1980 | France 3 - Apr 1981 (2 weeks), Belgium 11 - Nov 1980 (5 weeks), ODK Germany 11 - Oct 1980 (19 weeks), Germany 17 - Oct 1980 (2 months), Holland 28 - Nov 1980 (5 weeks), UK 66 - Feb 1981 (2 weeks), RYM 140 of 1980 |
| 16 | Boney M | Kalimba De Luna | 1984 | France 1 - Sep 1984 (2 weeks), France (SNEP) 11 - Dec 1984 (1 month), Belgium 15 - Oct 1984 (8 weeks), ODK Germany 16 - Sep 1984 (23 weeks), Germany 18 - Oct 1984 (1 month), Switzerland 23 - Sep 1984 (3 weeks), Holland 27 - Oct 1984 (5 weeks) |
| 17 | Boney M | Painter Man | 1979 | France 3 - May 1979 (3 weeks), Holland 8 - Sep 1978 (9 weeks), UK 10 - Mar 1979 (6 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Apr 1979), RYM 68 of 1978 |
| 18 | Boney M | Felicidad | 1981 | Switzerland 3 - Jan 1981 (8 weeks), Austria 6 - Feb 1981 (4 months), ODK Germany 6 - Dec 1980 (27 weeks) (10 weeks in top 10), Germany 7 - Jan 1981 (4 months), Germany 229 of the 1980s (peak 6 14 weeks) |
| 19 | Boney M | Malaika | 1981 | Switzerland 4 - Jul 1981 (8 weeks), Belgium 8 - Aug 1981 (3 weeks), Germany 13 - Jun 1981 (3 months), ODK Germany 13 - Jun 1981 (16 weeks), Holland 20 - Jul 1981 (6 weeks) |
| 20 | Boney M | Happy Song | 1985 | France 5 - Dec 1984 (1 week), ODK Germany 7 - Dec 1984 (17 weeks) (3 weeks in top 10), Germany 9 - Jan 1985 (2 months), Austria 17 - Feb 1985 (3 months), Switzerland 21 - Feb 1985 (7 weeks), Belgium 29 - Jan 1985 (1 week) |
| 21 | Boney M | Megamix | 1993 | Belgium 5 - May 1989 (9 weeks), Austria 11 - Feb 1993 (3 months), Holland 13 - Jan 1993 (6 weeks), ODK Germany 26 - Feb 1993 (11 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 84 of the 1980s (peak 1, 27 weeks, 554k sales estimated, 1989) |
| 22 | Boney M | My Friend Jack | 1980 | Norway 6 - Jun 1980 (7 weeks), France 8 - Jun 1980 (1 week), UK 57 - Apr 1980 (5 weeks) |
| 23 | Boney M | The Summer Megamix | 1989 | Norway 3 - Jul 1989 (9 weeks), Belgium 11 - Sep 1989 (1 week), UK 92 - Sep 1989 (1 week) |
| 24 | Boney M | Baby Do You Wanna Bump | 1975 | Belgium 4 - Jan 1976 (5 weeks), Holland 14 - Dec 1975 (7 weeks), RYM 152 of 1975 |
| 25 | Boney M | Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord (rerelease) | 2007 | UK 47 - Dec 2007 (3 weeks), Switzerland 98 - Jan 2009 (1 week) |
| 26 | Boney M | Silly Confusion | 1981 | France 1 - Dec 1981 (4 weeks) |
| 27 | Boney M | Nightflight To Venus | 1978 | France 1 - Dec 1978 (2 weeks) |
| 28 | Boney M | Love for Sale | 1978 | Brazil 88 of 1978 |
| 29 | Boney M | Little Drummer Boy | 1981 | ODK Germany 20 - Dec 1981 (4 weeks), Germany 31 - Dec 1981 (1 month) |
| 30 | Boney M | Boney M Megamix | 1992 | UK 7 - Dec 1992 (9 weeks) |
| 31 | Boney M | Still I'm Sad | 1977 | Sweden (alt) 17 - May 1977 (2 weeks), RYM 101 of 1977 |
| 32 | Boney M | In-A-Godda-Da-Vida | 1980 | Austria 13 - Dec 1980 (2 months), RYM 140 of 1980 |
| 33 | Boney M | Hakuna Matata | 1983 | Switzerland 11 - Oct 1983 (5 weeks), ODK Germany 48 - Sep 1983 (5 weeks) |
| 34 | Boney M | No Woman, No Cry | 1976 | Italy 48 of 1977, RYM 34 of 1976 |
| 35 | Boney M | Young Free & Single | 1985 | France 10 - Nov 1985 (1 week), ODK Germany 48 - Oct 1985 (6 weeks) |
| 36 | Boney M | Daddy Cool 2001 | 2001 | UK 47 - Dec 2001 (2 weeks) |
| 37 | Boney M | Mary's Boy Child (Megamix) | 1988 | UK 52 - Dec 1988 (3 weeks) |
| 38 | Boney M | Consuela biaz | 1981 | Austria 11 - Jul 1981 (3 months) |
| 39 | Boney M | Bahama Mama | 1980 | Austria 12 - Mar 1980 (1 month) |
| 40 | Boney M | The Girl Can't Help It | 1976 | UK Silver (certified by BPI in Feb 1977) |
| 41 | Boney M | The Carnival is Over | 1982 | Switzerland 11 - Jul 1982 (4 weeks) |
| 42 | Boney M | Going Back West | 1982 | ODK Germany 41 - Jul 1982 (14 weeks) |
| 43 | Boney M | My Cherie Amour | 1985 | ODK Germany 55 - Jun 1985 (5 weeks) |
| 44 | Boney M | Somewhere In The World | 1984 | ODK Germany 49 - Jun 1984 (5 weeks) |
In addition to the above listed songs Boney M also contributed to the following entries:
| # | Artist | Song Title | Year | Chart Entries |
| 1 | Boney M & Horny United | Ma Baker - Somebody Screamed | 1999 | Austria 19 - Mar 1999 (3 months), Switzerland 21 - Feb 1999 (14 weeks), UK 22 - May 1999 (2 weeks) |
| 2 | Boney M & Liz Mitchell | Stories | 1990 | Switzerland 26 - Apr 1990 (1 week), UK 94 - Apr 1990 (1 week) |
| 3 | Boney M & Sash! | Ma Baker | 1999 | ODK Germany 28 - Feb 1999 (15 weeks) |
| 4 | Majestic & Boney M | Rasputin | 2021 | UK 61 of 2021 |
The comments here are from the the MusicID impact site site. This version is not able to accept comments yet
22 Mar 2019
drums
Hello, I'm looking for a Boney M song which starts with 1 minute (at least) ofdrums only (african style). I know it's Boney M but I don't know the title or the album. Thank you for your help!
23 Feb 2018
(2) Double Listings
#20 & #37 are the same (Felicidad). Also #43 & #44 (Hakuna Matata).
Data fixed, thanks
17 May 2015
Triple Listing-Mary's Boy Child-Oh My Lord
I know you already commented on this recording on 26 Aug 2014, but could youplease take a closer look at it. I feel #5 & #14 & #15 should be combined. Per Wikipedia Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord is one song. It's true that a few of these chart entries are already in (2) of these listings (Sweden, Switzerland & Austria); but there are (2) more chart entries that are not (Springbok 1 - 10 weeks & Norway 2 - 12 weeks). Your thoughts?
On further review you are clearly correct. We've changed the data to have "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (1978-9), "Mary's Boy Child (Megamix)" (1988) and "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord (rerelease)" (2007-8). Hopefully that fixes it.
Thanks for pushing us
26 Aug 2014
Mary's Boys Child
Track 5 and 15 are identical tracks, titled differently. The song was a cover from Harry Belafonte's Mary's Boy Child with a little chant added in the end called Oh My Lord. So the full title of the hit single is "Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord". So I think points should be combined.
Every entry with the title "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" is a seperate entry in a chart that already has "Mary's Boy Child" in it. We have to trust the original charts from the UK, Norway and Switzerland that all think this is a different release.
Combining the points would have no impact (since all the entries are duplicates anyway)