Brown Girl in the Ring
~ Recording by Boney M.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1.2 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:04 | Boney M. | Rivers of Babylon | Boney M. | Single |
| Hansa International | 11 999 |
| 1.2 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:20 | Boney M. | Rivers of Babylon (First pressing) | Boney M. | Single |
| Hansa International | 11 999 AT |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Nightflight to Venus (club edition, 4th pressing) | Boney M. | Album |
| Hansa International | 34 009, 34 009 1 |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | Nightflight to Venus | Boney M. | Album |
| Hansa | 26 026 XOT |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | Nightflight to Venus | Boney M. | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Hansa | K 50498 |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Nightflight to Venus | Boney M. | Album |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 5026 026 |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Nightflight to Venus | Boney M. | Album |
| Hansa | 27 145-2 |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Nightflight To Venus | Boney M. | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | P-10522A |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Nightflight To Venus | Boney M. | Album | Hansa | 26 026 OT | |
| 1.2 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:04 | Boney M. | Rivers of Babylon | Boney M. | Single |
| Carrère (just “Carrère" or “Disques Carrère”, not “CARRÈRE MUSIC”) | 49.359 |
| 1.2 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:00 | Boney M. | Rivers of Babylon | Boney M. | Single |
| Hansa International | 11 999 AT |
| 1.7 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:00 | Boney M. | Nightflight to Venus | Boney M. | Album |
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| 1.9 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | The Magic of Boney M. (Don Mills pressing) | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | XSD 15000 |
| 1.9 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. Reunion ’88 | Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix ’88 | Boney M. Reunion ’88 | Album + Remix |
| Hansa | 259 426 |
| 1.9 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Greatest Hits of All Times: Remix | Boney M. | Album + Remix |
| Hansa | 259 426-222 |
| 1.1 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Club Carneval, Vol. 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV) | CD 9031012 |
| 1.4 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Gold: 20 Super Hits (club edition) | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Bertelsmann Club, MCI | 79 225 9 |
| 1.4 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Gold: 20 Super Hits | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| MCI | 74321 12577 2 |
| 1.4 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Gold: 20 Super Hits | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| MCI | 74321 12605 4 |
| 1.17 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | One Love: 20 Caribbean Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Prism Leisure Corporation (not for release label use) | PLATCD 3913 |
| 1.4 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Gold: 20 Super Hits | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| MCI | 74321 12605 2 |
| 1.4 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Gold: 20 Super Hits | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 74321-15336-2 |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | Nightflight to Venus | Boney M. | Album |
| MCI | 74321 21269 2 |
| 1.4 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Gold: 20 Super Hits | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| MCI | 74321 12605 2 |
| 1.12 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Party Power Pack, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 525 576-2 |
| 1.4 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Latin Grooves | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola Express | 74321 30829 2 |
| 1.7 | Brown Girl in the River | 4:03 | Boney M. | Best in Spain | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 74321 38082 2 |
| 1.6 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Die großen Erfolge | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Ariola Special Projects | 74321 37717 2 |
| 2.2 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Hooray! Hooray! It’s Boney M. | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Das Beste aus Reader’s Digest | BON 7067 |
| 1.7 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:05 | Boney M. | The Best of Boney M | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004) | 74321 476812 |
| 1.4 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Norske Hits | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.1 | Brown Girl in the Rain | 4:01 | Boney M. | Feest in de tent, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RPC Entertainment | RPCD 98005 |
| 1.10 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | The Complete Collection | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:04 | Boney M. | 25 jaar na Daddy Cool | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Nederland B.V. | |
| 1.9 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:04 | Boney M. | 25 jaar na Daddy Cool | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Nederland B.V. | 74321 77782 2 |
| 2.3 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:04 | Boney M. | Sounds of the 70s: More Hits From 1978 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time-Life Records (Time-Life Music subsidiary) | TL 469/11 |
| 1.14 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | 70s Mania: The Very Best of the Seventies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG TV | |
| 1.9 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Greatest Hits | Boney M. | Album + Compilation + Remix |
| Paradiso (Belgian label) | PA 2588-6 |
| 1.3 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:04 | Boney M. | The Greatest Hits | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| BMG UK & Ireland | 74321 896142 |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Club In: Join the Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News | 585 823-2 |
| 1.3 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:04 | Boney M. | The Greatest Hits | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Heritage | 07863 65108-2 |
| 1.10 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | The Magic of Boney M. | Boney M. | Album + Compilation | MCI, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697 03262 2 | |
| 1.2 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | The Magic of Boney M. | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697034772 |
| 1.10 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | The Magic of Boney M. | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697034632 |
| 1.10 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | The Magic of Boney M. | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 82876 89304 2 |
| 1.10 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | The Magic of Boney M. | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697 03290 2 |
| 1.10 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | The Magic of Boney M. | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| CDARI1378 | |
| 1.2 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | Super Oldies & Kult Schlager, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Nightflight to Venus | Boney M. | Album |
| MCI | |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | Nightflight to Venus | Boney M. | Album |
| MCI | 88697082622 |
| 1.3 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | 100 Hits: 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMG 100 002 |
| 1.12 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | The Collection | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| MCI, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697 27212 2 |
| 2.7 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | The Very Best of Boney M. & Village People | Boney M. & Village People | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | |
| 1.12 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | The Collection | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Japan, MCI | BVCM-38076/8 |
| 3.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:00 | Boney M. | The Complete Boney M. | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| MCI | 88697387272 |
| 3.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | The Complete Boney M. | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Farian | |
| 2.1 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | Grange Hill: The Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 940 |
| 1.9 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:00 | Boney M. | Let It All Be Music: The Party Album | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| MCI, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 52151 2 |
| 1.15 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | America - The Party Album | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH (not for release label use! for © & ℗ or distributor only, defunct since 2005/03/09) | 88697541042 |
| 1.1 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | Gold: Greatest Hits | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.12 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:00 | Boney M. | 20 Jahre Antenne Brandenburg | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Catalogue Marketing (a division of EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG) | 5099962754620 |
| 2.12 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:00 | Boney M. | 20 Jahre Antenne Brandenburg: Oldies & Schlager | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Catalogue Marketing (a division of EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG) | |
| 1.9 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:04 | Boney M. | Hit Story | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| MCI, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 77431 2 |
| 1.10 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Ultimate 2.0 | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 3.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | Original Album Classics | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697928702 |
| 1.9 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Ultimate 2.0 | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.9 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:00 | Boney M | Intiaanikesä, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| AXR Music | AXR106 |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:04 | Boney M. | The Essential Boney M. | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88725464362 |
| 2.18 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:04 | Boney M. | Platinum Hits | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.1 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | Die Party Box | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| MCI, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 72018 2 |
| 3.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | 100 Hits: Ultimate Number 1s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Demon Music Group | DMGN 100 167 |
| 3.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | ?:?? | Boney M. | Complete | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 889854069711 |
| 2.3 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | Gold | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | CRIMCD651 |
| 5.15 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 3:59 | Boney M. | NOW 100 Hits: Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead) | CDNNNOW91 |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | The Hits Album: The 70s PoP Album Strikes Back! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases) | |
| 1.3 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:04 | Boney M. | The Greatest Hits | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | |
| 1.7 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | Rasputin - Big And Strong: The Greatest Hits of Boney M. | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH (not for release label use! for © & ℗ or distributor only, defunct since 2005/03/09) | [none] |
| 1.10 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | The Magic of Boney M. | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| MCI, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 19439934432 |
| 1.10 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | The Magic of Boney M. (special remix edition) | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint) | |
| 4.10 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 3:06 | Boney M. | NOW YEARBOOK 1978 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW Music (Denmark, compilations) | |
| 4.10 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | NOW YEARBOOK 1978 (Special edition with booklet) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0196587831028, CDYBXNOW78 |
| 3.5 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | The Best Number 1s Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 8851064 |
| 1.4 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:00 | Boney M. | Golden Stars International - Die Neue | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SR International | 35 618 8 |
| 1.9 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Greatest Hits of All Times: Remix | Boney M. | Album + Remix |
| 259 476 | |
| 1.9 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Greatest Hits of All Times: Remix | Boney M. | Album + Remix |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 259 476, 259 476-222 |
| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | Nightflight to Venus | Boney M. | Album | |||
| 1.15 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Platinum (disc 1) | Boney M. | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.4 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:03 | Boney M. | The Magic of Boney M. | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| 88697805352 | |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.7 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | The Dixan Collection Volume 1 (Best of the Best - All Time Classics) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | GR CD 142 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.16 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Take the Heat Off Me / Nightflight to Venus | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| CD‐Maximum (Russian label) | CDM 0800-475 |
| 1.18 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:01 | Boney M. | Ten Thousand Lightyears / Remix II | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
| CD‐Maximum (Russian label) | CDM 0800 - 480, CDM 0800-480 |
| 1.11 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:02 | Boney M. | All Gold Of The World | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.8 | Brown Girl in the Ring | 4:00 | Boney M. | Nightflight to Venus | Boney M. | Album |
| BMG (fake label, for Russian or other bootlegs/counterfeits/pirated releases only) | BVCM-31208 |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.8 | Brown Girl In The Ring | 4:00 | Boney M. | Nightflight To Venus | Boney M. | Album |
| Carrère (just “Carrère" or “Disques Carrère”, not “CARRÈRE MUSIC”), Hansa Record (German label, late 1960 to early 1970s) | 67.225, 67225 |
| 1.11 | Brown Girl In The Ring | 4:04 | Boney M. | All Stars | Boney M. | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| producer: | Frank Farian |
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| background vocals and lead vocals: | Marcia Barrett Frank Farian Liz Mitchell |
| recording of: | Brown Girl in the Ring (Boney M.) |
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Related works
Brown Girl in the Ring (Boney M.)
| lyricist: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) Frank Farian |
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| composer: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
| arranger: | Frank Farian |
| publisher: | ATV Music Ltd. Far Musikverlag GmbH Far Musikverlag GmbH und Co., KG Hansa International |
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| referred to in medleys: | 6 Years of Boney M. Hits “Boney M. On 45” Mix 2: The Birdie Song / Hound Dog / The Look / Oops Upside Your Head / Turtle Power / Brown Girl in the Ring / Angel Face (order: 6) |
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| later translated versions: | Brown Girl in the Ring (German version) |
| later versions: | Bier is zo gezond |
| version of: | Brown Girl in the Ring (traditional) |
| arrangements: | Brown Girl in the Ring |
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