singer Maizie Williams on their 2007 album Singalongs. The song was covered by Latvian trio Melo-M featuring vocals by original Boney M. Placebo included a cover version in their 2003 album Covers. Year-end charts 2022 year-end chart performance for "Daddy Cool" Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Daddy Cool" "Daddy Cool" (Extended Club VIP mix) – 3:50.German DJ duo Lizot released a remix of "Daddy Cool" on 3 December 2021. "Daddy Cool" (Jewels & Stone Club Mix) – 5:18įrom the album The Magic of Boney M."Daddy Cool" (Jewels & Stone Radio Edit) – 3:58.Remixed by Jewels & Stone, the single peaked at no. United Kingdom 2001 remix to support the album The Greatest Hits. "Daddy Cool '99 (Disco Dub Edit)" – 4:26īelgium ( Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)."Daddy Cool '99 (Solid Gold Edit)" – 3:45."Daddy Cool '99 (Latino Club Mix)" – 3:33."Daddy Cool '99 (Extended Vocal Club Mix)" – 5:06."Daddy Cool" could not match the success of its predecessor, peaking only at no. This decision was not popular with the group's fan base, and Farian subsequently dropped the idea. was featured in the video and also announced to front a forthcoming remix album. 2000 featuring three young girls and rapper Mobi T. " Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever)"įollowing the successful Sash! and Horny United remixes of "Ma Baker", Frank Farian remixed "Daddy Cool" as a follow-up single. "Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86)" Special Club Mix – 9:07 / Extended Radio Edit (Not credited on label) – 5:50 / "B.M.A.G.O." – 3:15 (Hansa 607 994–213, 1986)īoney M.The 7" version made its CD debut on The Collection (disc 2, track 1). The 12" single also included an edit version of "Daddy Cool" which was not credited on the cover. The B-side "B.M.A.G.O." appeared in a longer version on the 7" than on the 12" single. The single, however, proved to be Boney M.'s worst-selling single, failing to chart anywhere. The original plans of releasing another single (" Dreadlock Holiday") from the group's final album Eye Dance were cancelled, instead producer Frank Farian recorded a new version of "Daddy Cool" in a special "anniversary recording", featuring rap parts, and new instrumental parts.
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.ġ986 anniversary recording "Daddy Cool -īoney M.'s 10th anniversary was celebrated with a TV special and the album The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. * Sales figures based on certification alone. In East Germany the record was released in 1977, backed by their next hit " Sunny". In the US, Hungary and Japan (where the single wasn't released until November), the single was backed by the album track "Lovin' or Leavin'". Ingbert – managed to persuade the record company to have it his way. Originally, Hansa Records wanted Boney M.'s cover of Bob Marley's " No Woman, No Cry" as the A-side of the single but Farian - seeing that his own song was the clear winner when testing both tracks in his discothèque in St. With its slightly hypnotic, repetitive bassline and strings and likewise repetitive, bright female vocals, the track is highly typical of mid-1970s "Munich disco". The song breaks down into a spoken passage by Farian before it goes back into the bass riff and repeats the verse and chorus for the last time. The bass riff kicks in and builds to the instrumental theme followed by the repetitive, nursery rhyme-like verse and chorus twice. This line has been misheard by listeners as ".what about Daddy Cool", so much so that the band started singing it that way during live performances. His characteristic deep voice sings: "She's crazy like a fool." and is answered by the multilayered voices of Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett: ".wild about Daddy Cool".
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Farian also sang all male voice parts ( Bobby Farrell always danced to full playback). "Daddy Cool" was a novelty gimmick record with an unusual, percussive intro by producer Frank Farian doing rhythmic tic-tic-tics and playing on his teeth with a pencil. It proved to be the band's major European breakthrough. The single also topped the German charts and reached the Top 20 in Canada. It reached number six in the UK charts and number 65 in the United States Billboard Hot 100. After a presentation on the Musikladen TV show in September that year, the single became a hit, topping several European charts. single, it was released in 1976 and made no major impact at first. The song was produced and co-written by the group's founder Frank Farian, who also provided the male voice parts on the record. It was a 1976 hit and a staple of disco music and became Boney M.'s first hit in the United Kingdom. and included on their debut album Take the Heat off Me. " Daddy Cool" is a song recorded by Boney M.
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