Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs explained

Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs
Type:Compilation
Artist:Boney M.
Cover:Boney M. - Kalimba De Luna - 16 Happy Songs.jpg
Released:November 1984
Recorded:1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Genre:Reggae, Euro disco, R&B
Length:53:48
Label:Hansa Records (FRG)
Producer:Frank Farian
Prev Title:Ten Thousand Lightyears
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Fantastic Boney M.
Next Year:1984

Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs is a compilation album by Boney M. released in late 1984. On the strength of two carbon-copy cover versions, "Kalimba de Luna" (Germany #17, 22 weeks - originally by Tony Esposito) and "Happy Song" (Germany #7, 16 weeks - original version by Baby's Gang) which gave Boney M. their first Top 20 hits in Germany in three years, this compilation was rush-released in November 1984. Besides the 12" versions of the two singles, the latter marking Bobby Farrell's return to the band but neither featuring Liz Mitchell or Marcia Barrett, the compilation includes 3-minute edits of tracks from albums Boonoonoonoos and Ten Thousand Lightyears as well as non-album singles "Children Of Paradise"/"Gadda Da Vida" (1980), "Felicidad (Margherita)" (1981), "Going Back West" (1982) and "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (1983), as well as a new remix of "Calendar Song" from the Oceans Of Fantasy album. Just like in the case of 1980 compilation The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits, many of these edits were to re-surface on a number of hits compilations in the future, the latest being 2007 Sony-BMG release Hit Collection.
The "Happy Song" single was originally released under the name 'Boney M. with Bobby Farrell & the School-Rebels' and this compilation as 'Boney M. with Bobby Farrell'.

Additional information

The artwork was a replica of that which Carrere (France) had used for their release of the Ten Thousand Lightyears album which had been renamed "Kalimba de Luna" - and the Carrere edition of Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs therefore was released with an alternative cover.

2007 re-issue

On August 31, 2007, the album has been remastered as part of the Boney M. re-issues series on Sony BMG and the song selection has been revised, leaving out the dublets from Ten Thousand Lightyears and Boonoonoonoos, instead seeing the original full-length single versions of "Going Back West", "Children Of Paradise" and "Gadda Da Vida" making their debut on CD for the first time. The CD also includes the 1993 songs, recorded by Liz Mitchell for "More Gold".

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocchi, Spagna) - 6:41
    • (1984) Non-album track. Edited Club Mix.
  2. "Going Back West" (Jimmy Cliff) - 3:11
    • (1982) Non-album track. Edited version.
  3. "Barbarella Fortuneteller" (Davis, Farian, Kawohl) - 2:54
  4. "I Feel Good" (Bischof, Farian, Barzscht) - 3:04
  5. "Consuela Biaz" (Courage, Farian, O'Hara) - 2:48
  6. "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (Bischof, Harrison) - 2:49´
    • (1983) Non-album track. Edited version
  7. "Jimmy" (Farian) - 2:56
  8. "The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Farian) - 2:22

Side B:

  1. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 7:18
    • (1984) Edited US Club Mix.
  2. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 2:52
    • (1980) Non-album track. Edited version
  3. "Living Like a Moviestar" (Bischof, Farian, Kawohl) - 2:56
  4. "Gadda-Da-Vida" (Doug Ingle) - 2:59
    • (1980) Non-album track. Edited version.
  5. "Somewhere in the World" (Davis, Grohe, Keilhauer) - 3:03
  6. "African Moon" (Courage, Farian, Mitchell, Rulofs) - 3:00
  7. "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 2:50
    • (1980) Non-album track. Edited version
  8. "Boonoonoonoos" (Farian, Ehrhardt) - 2:12
    • (1981) Edited version of "That's Boonoonoonoos / Train to Skaville" excluding Larry Dillon's "Train to Skaville" elements.

Personnel

Production

Release history

CD releases

2007 CD edition

(Sony BMG 88697 09483 2)

  1. "Happy Song" (Abacab, Ottavio Bacciocchi, Ivana Spagna) - 6:41
    • (1984) Non-album track. Edited Club Mix.
  2. "Going Back West" (Jimmy Cliff) - 4:14
    • (1982) Non-album track. Original single version. Previously unavailable on CD.
  3. "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (Peter Bischof-Fallenstein, Teddy Kalanda Harrison) - 3:39
    • (1983) Non-album track. Original single version.
  4. "Kalimba de Luna" (Giuseppe Amoruso, Gianluigi Di DiFranco, Tony Esposito, Remo Licastro, Mauro Malavasi) - 7:19
    • (1984) Edited US Club Mix.
  5. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Rosella Conz, Reno Massara) - 2:51
    • (1980) Non-album track. Edited version as on the 1984 release. Full-length single version available as a bonus track on 2007 CD release of Boonoonoonoos.
  6. "Gadda-Da-Vida" (Doug Ingle) - 5:05
    • (1980) Non-album track. Original single version. Previously unavailable on CD.
  7. "Children of Paradise" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Hans-Jörg Mayer [Reyam]) - 4:28
    • (1980) Non-album track. Original single version. Previously unavailable on CD.
  8. "Ma Baker" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Hans-Jörg Mayer [Reyam]) - 4:02
    • Remix '93, radio edit.
  9. "Time to Remember" (Dietmar Kawohl, Frank Farian, Peter Bischof-Fallenstein) - 4:00
  10. "Da La De La" (Kerim Saka, Mike Wonder, M. Hanler Correl) - 4:00
    • 1991 recording featuring Marlon B. and Liz Mitchell, 1993 edited version.
  11. "Papa Chico" (T. Esposito) - 4:05
    • 1993 recording featuring Liz Mitchell
  12. "Lady Godiva" (Frank Farian, Peter Bischof-Fallenstein) - 3:33
    • 1993 recording featuring Liz Mitchell
  13. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay) - 3:55
    • (1979) Non-album track. Original single version. Previously unavailable on CD.
  14. "6 Years of Boney M. Hits (Boney M. on 45)" (Arr.: Farian) - 4:47
    • (1981) Non-album track. Original single version. Previously unavailable on CD.

Single releases

UK
7"

12"

Germany
7"

12"

External links

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