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The hits Ma Baker and Belfast kept Boney M. Live Bobby Farrell sang the Frank Farian parts. In 1977 the group released the album Love For Sale, followed by a tour. After six weeks I was finally able to buy it, by which time I was already done with the song… Record plants couldn’t press enough copies of the single. Week after week I returned home empty handed. At the time I had to go to the record store Diskoland (in Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands) to buy my music. released the single Ma Baker, the last item I bought of the group. Frank Farian – vocals on Baby Do You Wanna Bump, background vocals.Marcia Barrett – vocals on Take The Heat Off Me and Lovin’ Or Leavin’, background vocals.Liz Mitchell – vocals on Sunny, No Woman No Cry, Fever and Got A Man On My Mind, background vocals.– Take The Heat Off Me – Back cover Musicians The rating? At the time I would have undoubtedly awarded it 4 stars, but older, and wiser, I come to:īoney M. The Bob Marley cover of No Woman No Cry is not too bad, as is Got A Man On My Mind. The hits Daddy Cool and Sunny always put a smile on my face. Hard to imagine that this song came from a German schlager singer. I still play Baby Do You Wanna Bump on a regular basis. Well, just how good is the album really? Not very good to be honest. was a sensation, the album Take The Heat Off Me also shot up the charts. The next single Sunny sealed the group’s fate. The group was undeterred and performed wherever they could: discos, clubs, (country) fairs, everything to get their name out.Īfter the group had performed their song Daddy Cool in the German music show Musikladen in September 1976, the song shot to the top of the charts. The music was based on dance music and disco.ĭespite Baby Do You Wanna Bump‘s success, the album fell flat. The group’s image was erotic, the album cover contained a photo of the three women in lingerie with Farrell watching them. was released, entitled Take The Heat Off Me. On June 28th, 1976, the debut album by Boney M. – Take The Heat Off Me Take The Heat off Me The lyrics are minimalism at its peak:Īll vocals were done by Farian, including the female voices in the background. The song is a (very) early example of euro-disco and is really funky, especially the long version. The song is credited to Zambi, a pseudonym for Frank Farian, as he didn’t want to be associated with dance music just yet. The song was based on the 1967 song Al Capone by Prince Buster, a fact that’s lacking from the song writing credits. In 1974 schlager singer Frank Farian had an idea for a dance song, called Baby Do You Wanna Bump, which he recorded in December of that year. video was aired, the song Baby Do You Wanna Bump. That night we watched the Dutch music program Toppop (in color!). At the time I was 9 years old and Queen and music nut. Op January 2nd, 1976 we were visiting family in Almelo (The Netherlands).