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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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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'", in East Germany the record was released in 1977, backed by their next hit " Sunny".īoney M.'s 10th anniversary was celebrated with a TV special and the album The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits. 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 Farrell 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 bright 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 major European breakthrough of the band.
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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 spectacular performance on the Musikladen TV show in September that year, the single became a hit topping most European charts. single, released in 1976, without making any major impact at first.