It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and has sold 1.89 million as of November 2015.
In the United States, the track reached number 85 in the Billboard Hot 100, Boney M's last of four singles to chart despite its chart position, the medley is an airplay favorite in the United States during the Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season on radio stations which change to temporary all-Christmas music formats. The song was later included in the group's Christmas Album, 1981. It was the second single for the group in the UK's all-time best selling singles list. The single was recorded in a hurry in early November, included in the group's live set and rushed out at the end of the month, topping the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and became Christmas number one, spending eight weeks in the charts. Later in the eighties, the tracks of Christmas Album, with the notable exception of the instrumental "Winter Fairy-Tale" and the closing song "I'll Be Home For Christmas", were to be remixed and re-issued as Die 20 schönsten Weihnachtslieder der Welt, The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs, The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World, Happy Christmas, A Wonderful Christmas Time and Christmas Party."Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" is a 1978 Christmas single by Boney M., a cover of Harry Belafonte's 1956 hit, put in medley with the new song "Oh My Lord" (Farian/Jay).
on 45)" which was issued as both A- and B-side singles in certain territories - in the UK it was the B-side of Boonoonoonoos 12" single "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)", in Germany the edited 7" version was the B-side of Christmas Album single "Little Drummer Boy", and in January 1982 it was repackaged and released as the A-side. To promote the albums Boonoonoonoos and Christmas Album Frank Farian created a thirteen minute medley in the style of Stars On 45 called "6 Years of Boney M. One of the biggest commercial hits of the year 1981 was the Dutch "Stars On 45" Beatles cover medley, a number one single in the US and number two in the UK.
album release on the Atlantic Records label. "Christmas Album" achieved Platinum sales in 1983.Ĭhristmas Album which was given the title Mary's Boy Child - The Christmas Album in the UK was to be the final Boney M. Ariola (Spain) furthermore issued "White Christmas" in 1983. "Feliz Navidad" was chosen as a single in Scandinavia, and Spain opted for "Jingle Bells". A second single was released for Christmas 1982, "Zion's Daughter" (with new member Reggie Tsiboe pictured on the cover), but failed to chart. The album includes the million-selling 1978 Christmas number one "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" and it yielded two further single releases, "Little Drummer Boy" which turned out to be a Top 20 hit in Germany. to strengthen the band's declining commercial position. After the lukewarm reception of Boonoonoonoos, plans were, however, changed, and it was instead released under the name Boney M. The album, which in certain territories was given the alternate title Christmas with Boney M., was issued just three weeks after the moderately successful Boonoonoonoos and had originally been planned as Liz Mitchell's first solo album. It was recorded in the summer of 1981 and released on 23 November 1981. Christmas Album is the sixth studio album by Boney M.
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