''Ten Thousand Lightyears'' is the seventh

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Boney M. Boney M. was a German-Caribbean vocal group that specialized in disco and funk created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary songwriter. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group's o ...

and the first to feature new member

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, who had taken over Bobby Farrell's role as the band's leading man in early 1982.

Background

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, the band issued "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" backed with a new remix of "African Moon" from the ''

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'' album. During the winter of 1983/1984, new recordings were made, and the album was then given a whole new approach. It was supposed have been a continuation of the ethno-African themes, both musically and lyrically, of 1981's ''Boonoonoonoos'', but after the miscalculation with "Jambo", most of the new tracks which ultimately ended up as the side A suite were given a

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, and the album title ''Ten Thousand Lightyears'' was chosen. Launched with a ZDF TV-special, the album was finally released in May 1984 and was also Boney M.'s debut on the new

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format. The single chosen to promote the finished album was the ballad "Somewhere in the World"; it became the fourth consecutive Boney M. single not to reach the German Top 40.

Track listing

*All Songs

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Far Music. Hansa LP 206 200-620 (Germany, May 1984)
Side A: #"Exodus (Noah's Ark 2001)" (Davis, Farian, Kawohl) - 5:19 #"Wild Planet" (Bischof, Farian; written as "Wild Jlanet" on the version issued by Music Box Records in

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) - 4:06 #"Future World" (Bischof, Farian) - 3:48 #"Where Did You Go?" (Bischof, Kawohl) - 4:09 #"10.000 Lightyears" (Bischof, Bjorklund, Farian, Kawohl) - 4:32 #"I Feel Good" (Bischof, Farian, Barzscht) - 3:05
Side B: #"Somewhere in the World" (Davis, Grohe, Keilhauer) - 4:38 #"Bel Ami" (Bischof, Farian, Rainford) 3:12 #"Living Like a Moviestar" (Bischof, Farian, Kawohl) - 3:04 #" Dizzy" (

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) - 3:28 #"The Alibama" (Davis, Farian, Reyam) - 3:11 #"Jimmy" (Farian, Howell, Daansen,

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) - 3:02 #* 1982 re-recording #"Barbarella Fortuneteller" (Davis, Farian, Kawohl) - 2:58

Personnel

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(All tracks except "Dizzy", "Barbarella Fortuneteller" and "Kalimba de Luna"),

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- backing vocals, rap on "Dizzy" *

- lead vocals "Wild Planet", "Barbarella Fortuneteller" and "Kalimba de Luna", backing vocals *

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- lead vocal "Wild Planet", backing vocals *

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(Madeleine Davis, Patricia Shockley,

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) - backing vocals "Future World", "I Feel Good", "Barbarella Fortuneteller", "The Alibama" and "Kalimba De Luna". * Amy Goff - backing vocals "10.000 Lightyears", "Dizzy" and "Kalimba de Luna" * Elaine Goff - backing vocals "10.000 Lightyears", "Dizzy" and "Kalimba de Luna" * Bill Swisher - narrator on "Wild Planet" * Sandy Davis - lead vocals "Dizzy", "The Alibama" (promotional-only LP version) * Mrs. Hanson and Children - additional vocals on "Exodus" * Max Greger -

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* Curt Cress -

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* Bronwen Collins -

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* Johan Daansen -

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* Mats Björklund - guitar * Pit Löw -

* Christian Schneider -

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- keyboards * Dino Solera - saxophone * Munich String Orchestra - orchestra *

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- orchestra

Production

* Frank Farian -

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* Dietmar Kawohl -

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* Stefan Klinkhammer - arranger * Harry Baierl - arranger * Kristian Schultze - arranger * Carmine Di -

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* Zeke Lund - engineer * Ralph P. Rupert - engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Reissued

* 1994: CD, BMG, 74321 21266 2 * 2007: CD, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, 88697094822 * 2017: ''Boney M. Complete'', 9 LP, Sony Music, 88985406971

References

External links

Rate Your Music, detailed discography

Discogs.com, detailed discography
* Allmusic, biography, discography etc.
Boney M. FAQ
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