20th Century Hits

20th Century Hits
Cover to the standard edition of the album
Remix album by Boney M.
Released	November 1999
Recorded	1976-1984, 1998, 1999
Genre	Eurodance, Pop, Euro disco
Length	74:44
Label	MCI/BMG (EU)
Producer	Frank Farian
Boney M. chronology
Ultimate (1999) 20th Century Hits (1999) 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool (2000)
Alternative cover
Japanese edition

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

20th Century Hits is a remix album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG in 1999. This remix project which was credited as 'Boney M. 2000' spun off a series of new single releases; "Ma Baker – Somebody Scream" in early 1999 and previously included on French compilation Ultimate, "Daddy Cool '99" featuring Mobi T., "Caribbean Night Fever / Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday" and "Sunny".

Track listing

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 (track 11)
• Keith Forsey – drums
• Curt Cress – drums
• Todd Canedy – drums
• Gary Unwinn – bass guitar
• Dave King – bass
• Dieter Petereit – bass
• Nick Woodland – guitars
• Mats Björklund – guitars
• Johan Daansen – guitars
• Michael Cretu – keyboards
• Kristian Schultze – keyboards
• Harry Baierl – keyboards
• Sylvester Levay – keyboards
• Thor Baldursson – keyboards
• Christoph Seipel – keyboards
• Domenico Livrano – keyboards
• Dino Solera – saxophone
• Benny Gebauer – sax
• Felice Civitareale – trumpet

Production

• Frank Farian – producer, remixer
• Tokapi – producer
• Sash! – remixers
• Doug Laurent – remixer
• Nouri – remixer
• Marek – remixer
• Zeke Lund – sound engineer
• Hartmut Pfannmüller – engineer
• Tammy Grohé – engineer
• Rainer M. Ehrnhardt – engineer
• Michael Bestmann – engineer
• Bernd Berwanger – engineer
• Tobias Freud – engineer
• Helmut Rulofs – engineer
• Michael Cretu – arranger
• Stefan Klinkhammer – arranger
• Harry Baierl – arranger

Single releases

UK

12"

• Boney M. vs. Horny United "Ma Baker/Somebody Scream" (Logic Records 74321 65387 1, 1999)

Side A

1. "Ma Baker (Club Mix by Horny United)

Side B

1. "Somebody Scream" (Beatroute Star Bar Mix by DJ Slammer & Mark Bambach)
2. "Somebody Scream" (Cosmic People Mix)

CD

• Boney M. vs. Horny United "Ma Baker/Somebody Scream" (Logic Records 74321 65387 2, 1999)

1. "Somebody Scream" (Radio Edit) – 3:06
2. "Ma Baker" (Sash! Radio Edit) – 3:27
3. "Somebody Scream" (Massive Club mix) – 7:31
4. "Ma Baker" (Sash! 12" Mix) – 4:55

EU

12"

• Boney M. / Horny United Feat. Boney M. – "Ma Baker" / "Somebody Scream – Ma Baker" (2 x 12", Logic Records/Lautstark/BMG 74321 64561 1, 1999)

Side A

1. Boney M. "Ma Baker" (Extended Vocal Edit) – 5:26

Side B

1. Boney M. "Ma Baker" (Disco Dub Edit) – 5:35

Side C

1. Horny United "Somebody Scream – Ma Baker" (Massive Mix) – 7:30
2. Horny United "Somebody Scream – Ma Baker" (Screamless Mix) – 6:16

Side D

1. Horny United "Somebody Scream – Ma Baker" (Full Vocal Mix)
2. Horny United "Somebody Scream – Ma Baker" (Ma Baker House Mix)

CD

• Boney M vs. Sash!: "Ma Baker" (BMG 74321 63942 2, 1998)

1. "Ma Baker (Tokapi Radio Edit) – 3:24
2. "Ma Baker" (Original Edit) – 3:35
3. "Ma Baker" (Extended Vocal Edit) – 5:26
4. "Ma Baker" (Disco Dub Edit) – 5:35

• Boney M. vs. Sash!/Horny United Featuring Boney M.: "Ma Baker"/"Somebody Scream" (BMG 74321 64561 2, 1999)

1. Boney M. vs. Sash! "Ma Baker" (Extended Radio Edit) – 4:54
2. Boney M. vs. Sash! "Ma Baker" (Disco Dub Edit) (5:32)
3. Horny United Featuring Boney M. "Somebody Scream (Ma Baker)" (Radio Edit) (Oliver Wallner, Re-Run) – 4:17
4. Horny United Featuring Boney M. "Somebody Scream (Ma Baker)" (Massive Mix) (Oliver Wallner, Re-Run) – 6:59

• Boney M. 2000 Featuring Mobi T.: "Daddy Cool '99" (BMG 74321 69177 2, 1999)

1. "Daddy Cool '99" (Radio Edit) – 3:51
2. "Daddy Cool '99" (Extended Vocal Club Mix) – 5:06
3. "Daddy Cool '99" (Latino Club Mix) – 3:33
4. "Daddy Cool '99" (Solid Disco Edit) – 3:45
5. "Daddy Cool" (Original Mix 1976) – 3:26

• Boney M. 2000: "Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever)" (BMG 74321 71064 2, 1999)

1. "Caribbean Night Fever – Megamix" (Radio Edit) – 3:55
2. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Radio Edit) – 3:30
3. "Caribbean Night Fever" (Extended Version) – 5:28
4. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Extended Version) – 4:26
5. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Remix) – 4:01

• Boney M. 2000: "Sunny (Remixes)" (BMG 74321 73824 2, 2000)

1. "Sunny" (Radio Edit) – 3:31
2. "Sunny" (Radio Remix – Disco Club) – 3:35
3. "Sunny" (Extended Version) – 4:47
4. "Sunny" (Disco Club Mix) – 5:46
5. "Sunny" (Club Mix) – 4:45
6. "Sunny" (House Mix) – 4:55
7. "Sunny" (London Vocal Mix) – 3:34
8. "Sunny" (Space Mix) – 4:51

Sources and external links

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

Boney M.
Liz Mitchell Marcia Barrett Maizie Williams Bobby Farrell Reggie Tsiboe
Studio albums and main compilations (1976–1985)	Take the Heat off Me (1976) Love for Sale (1977) Nightflight to Venus (1978) Oceans of Fantasy (1979) The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits (1980) Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2 (1981) Boonoonoonoos (1981) Christmas Album (1981) Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984) Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs (1984) Fantastic Boney M. (1984) Christmas with Boney M. (1984) Eye Dance (1985)
Main compilations and remix albums (1986–present)	The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits (1986) The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs (1986) Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 (1988) Ma Baker (1989) Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II (1989) The Collection (1991) Daddy Cool - Star Collection (1991) The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World (1992) Gold - 20 Super Hits (1992) The Greatest Hits (1993) More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II (1993) Hit Collection (1996) Best in Spain (1996) The Best of Boney M. (1997) Norske Hits (1998) Ultimate (1999) 20th Century Hits (1999) 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool (2000) The Complete Collection (2000) Their Most Beautiful Ballads (2000) The Greatest Hits (2001) The Magic of Boney M. (2006) Hit Collection (2007) Christmas With Boney M. (2007) The Collection (2008) Rivers of Babylon (A Best of Collection) (2008) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 1 (2008) Christmas Time (2008) The Complete Boney M. (2008) In the Mix (2008) The Magic of Boney M. - The Danish Collection (2008) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 2 (2009) Let It All Be Music - The Party Album (2009) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 3 (2009)
Main single discography	"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (1975) "Daddy Cool" (1976) "Sunny" (1976) "Ma Baker" (1977) "Belfast" (1977) "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl in the Ring" (1978) "Rasputin" (1978) "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" (1978) "Painter Man" (1979) "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (1979) "El Lute"/"Gotta Go Home" (1979) "I'm Born Again"/"Bahama Mama" (1979) "I See a Boat on the River"/"My Friend Jack" (1980) "Children of Paradise"/"Gadda-Da-Vida" (1980) "Felicidad (Margherita)" (1980) "Malaika"/"Consuela Biaz" (1981) "We Kill the World"/"Boonoonoonoos" (1981) "The Little Drummer Boy"/"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" (1981) "The Carnival Is Over"/"Going Back West" (1982) "Zion's Daughter" (1982) "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (1983) "Somewhere in the World" (1984) "Kalimba de Luna" (1984) "Happy Song" (1984) "My Cherie Amour" (1985) "Young, Free and Single" (1985) "Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86)" (1986) "Bang Bang Lulu" (1986) "Rivers of Babylon (Remix)"/"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord (Remix)" (1988) "Megamix" (1988) "The Summer Mega Mix" (1989) "Malaika (Lambada Remix)" (1989) "Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" (1989) "Stories" (1990) "Christmas Mega Mix" (1992) "Megamix" (1992) "Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix)" (1993) "Ma Baker (Remix)" (1993) "Papa Chico" (1994) "Somebody Scream - Ma Baker" (1998) "Daddy Cool '99" (1999) "Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever)" (1999) "Sunny (Remix)" (2000) "Daddy Cool 2001" (2001) "Sunny (Mousse T. Remix)" (2006) "Felicidad America (Obama-Obama)" (2009)
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