20th Century Hits

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".

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
Malaysian edition

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sunny" (1999 Remix)	Hebb	3:38
2.	"Daddy Cool" (1999 Remix)	Farian, Reyam	3:52
3.	"Ma Baker" (1999 Remix)	Farian, Jay, Reyam	3:51
4.	"Rivers of Babylon" (1999 Remix)	Farian, Reyam	3:19
5.	"Gotta Go Home" (1999 Remix)	Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer	3:20
6.	"Rasputin" (1999 Remix)	Farian, Jay, Reyam	3:28
7.	"Painter Man" (1999 Remix)	Phillips, Pickett	3:00
8.	"No Woman, No Cry" (1999 Remix)	Ford, Marley	3:21
9.	"Brown Girl in the Ring" (1999 Remix)	Farian	3:34
10.	"Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (1999 Remix)	Farian, Jay	3:23
11.	"Kalimba de Luna" (1999 Remix)	Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavas	3:42
12.	"Felicidad" (Miami Ocean Drive Mix)	Conz, Massara	3:46
13.	"Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (1999 Remix)	Farian, Hairston	3:43
14.	"Caribbean Nightfever" (Medley)	Traditional	4:35
15.	"Disco Megamix"	Frank Farian/ George Reyam (Hans-Jörg Mayer)/ Fred Jay/ Robert "Bobby" Von Hebb/ Kenny Pickett/ Eddie Phillips/ Brent Dowe/ Trevor McNaughton/ James Robert Bilsbury/ Drafi Richard Franz Deutscher/ Joe Menke/ Heinz Huth/ Jürgen Hut	6:26
16.	"Sunny" (1999 Club Mix)	Hebb	4:10
17.	"Ma Baker" (1999 Club Mix)	Farian, Jay, Reyam	4:31
18.	"Daddy Cool" (1999 Club Mix)	Farian, Reyam	4:09
19.	"Rivers of Babylon" (1999 Club Mix)	Farian, Reyam	3:59
20.	"Gotta Go Home" (1999 Club Mix)	Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer	4:18

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

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[2]	Platinum	100,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Sources and external links

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

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r447751
2. Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 956. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 20 June 2019.