Norske Hits

Norske Hits is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG-Ariola in Norway in late 1998.

The compilation includes Boney M.'s greatest hits from a Norwegian perspective: singles "Daddy Cool"/"No Woman No Cry" (#1, 1976), "Sunny" (#4, 1977), "Ma Baker" (#1 1977), "Rivers Of Babylon"/"Brown Girl In The Ring" (#1, 1978), "Rasputin" (#10, 1978), "Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holiday" (#2, 1979), "Gotta Go Home"/"El Lute" (#4, 1979), "My Friend Jack" (#6, 1980), "The Summer Megamix" (#3, 1989) as well as 1984's "Kalimba de Luna" and selected tracks from their best-selling albums Take The Heat Off Me (#2, 1977), Love For Sale (#2, 1977), Nightflight to Venus (#1, 1978) and Oceans Of Fantasy (#1, 1979).

Norske Hits spent 12 weeks on the Norwegian charts in late 1998 and early 1999, peaking at #17.

Track listing

 * 1) "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:26
 * 2) *1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
 * 3) "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:07
 * 4) *1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
 * 5) "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 4:15
 * 6) *1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
 * 7) "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 4:00
 * 8) * Remix '93, radio edit
 * 9) "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday " (Farian, Jay) - 3:55
 * 10) *1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix is released on "Kalimba de Luna" 2007 CD album.
 * 11) "The Summer Mega Mix" (Bobby Hebb, Farian, Jay, Reyam, Klinkhammer, Amoruso, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 4:28
 * 12) * Radio edit. ("Sunny" / "Ma Baker" / "Gotta Go Home" / "Kalimba De Luna" / "Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday" / "Summer A GoGo")
 * 13) "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:56
 * 14) *1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
 * 15) "El Lute" (Blum, Farian, Jay) - 4:00
 * 16) * 1989 remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II, edited
 * 17) "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Huth, Jay) -  2:30
 * 18) *1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix ( - 4:40) released on the "Let it All Be Music: The Party Album" 2009 double CD.
 * 19) "My Friend Jack" (The Smoke) - 4:28
 * 20) * Original album version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
 * 21) "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:26
 * 22) *1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix ( - 4:43) released on "The Collection" 2008 triple CD.
 * 23) "Nightflight to Venus" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Kawohl) - 3:50
 * 24) * 1992 edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
 * 25) "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:10
 * 26) * 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
 * 27) "Bahama Mama" (Farian, Jay) - 3:17
 * 28) * 1993 overdub edit from More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
 * 29) "The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Farian) - 3:25
 * 30) * 1993 remix from More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
 * 31) "No Woman, No Cry" (Bob Marley)  - 4:20
 * 32) *1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
 * 33) "Belfast" (Billybury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:25
 * 34) *1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
 * 35) "Fever" (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport) - 4:00
 * 36) * Original album version
 * 37) "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavas) - 4:13
 * 38) * 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits

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

Production

 * Frank Farian - producer, remixer

Sources and external links

 * Rate Your Music, detailed discography
 * Discogs.com, detailed discography
 * [ Allmusic, biography, discography etc.]