Eye Dance

Eye Dance is the eighth and final studio album by the vocal group Boney M., released in 1985. The cover artwork was symbolic of the state the group was in at that time, as neither the famous "Boney M." logo nor the group members appeared on the cover, and were replaced by an anonymous drawing.

Eye Dance
Studio album by
Boney M.
ReleasedOctober 2, 1985
Recorded1985
StudioFar Studios in München, Germany
GenreEuro disco, rhythm and blues, reggae
Length41:33
LabelHansa (FRG)
Atlantic (US)
Carrere (UK)
ProducerFrank Farian
Boney M. chronology
Christmas with Boney M.
(1984)		 Eye Dance
(1985)		 The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits
(1986)
Singles from Eye Dance
  1. "My Cherie Amour"
    Released: May 1985
  2. "Young, Free and Single"
    Released: September 1985
  3. "Bang Bang Lulu"
    Released: June 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Eye Dance was recorded with a number of session singers. Original group members Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett only appeared on a few of the tracks, the main focus being on Reggie Tsiboe. The singles "My Cherie Amour" and "Young Free and Single" were promoted by Boney M. as a quintet, with former group member Bobby Farrell back in the line-up; both these singles and the album were resounding failures, both critically and commercially, and in early 1986 the band and producer Frank Farian went their separate ways after a "10 Years Boney M." anniversary TV special.

The group's cover of 10cc's "Dreadlock Holiday" had been planned as the third single in January 1986 but was cancelled; instead, "Daddy Cool '86" was released, though this failed to chart in any territory. In the summer of 1986, after the members had gone their separate ways, Farian released "Bang Bang Lulu", and in 1987 Farian re-recorded "Dreadlock Holiday" with his own lead and backing vocals and released it as a single under the pseudonym Top Deck in Germany. The Farian solo version appears in remixed form on the Boney M. 1993 hits compilation More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II.

Track listing
  1. "Young, Free and Single" (Mary Susan Applegate, Frank Farian, Robert Rayen) - 4:10
  2. "Todos Buenos" (Mary Susan Applegate, Frank Farian) - 4:34
  3. "Give It Up" (Bernd Dietrich, Gerd Grabowski, Engelbert Simons) - 3:58
  4. "Sample City" (Rainer Maria Ehrhardt, Frank Farian) - 3:43
  5. "My Cherie Amour" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) - 4:04
  6. "Eye Dance" (Mary Susan Applegate, Frank Farian, Pit Löw) - 4:04
  7. "Got Cha Loco" (Mary Susan Applegate, Harald Baierl, Frank Farian, Robert Rayen) - 3:34
  8. "Dreadlock Holiday" (Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart) - 4:52
  9. "Chica da Silva" (Catherine Courage, Frank Farian, Hans-Jörg Mayer "Reyam") - 5:33
  10. "Bang Bang Lulu" (Trad., Frank Farian, Peter Bischof-Fallenstein) - 3:01

Personnel

Production
  • Frank Farian - producer
  • Harry Baierl - arranger, programmer
  • Mats Björklund - arranger, programmer
  • Pit Löw - arranger, programmer
  • Bernd Berwanger - sound engineer
  • Carmine Di - engineer
  • Michael Bestmann - engineer
  • Tammy Grohé - engineer
  • David Simic - artwork, cover design
  • Recorded and mixed at Far Studios, Rosbach and Basic Studio, Munich.

Release history

CD re-releases
  • 1994 Germany: MCI/BMG 74321 21264 2.
  • 2007 Europe: Sony-BMG 88697 09484 2, including two bonus tracks: 11. "Mother And Child Reunion" (Paul Simon) - 4:15, 12. "I'm Alive" (Frank Farian) - 3:35, both originally released in 1985 as a benefit single for Ethiopia, credited to Frank Farian Corporation. Reggie Tsiboe is the lead singer of track 11, and Frank Farian of track 12.

Single releases

UK

7"

  • "Young, Free & Single" (7" Mix) - 4:18 / "Chica Da Silva" - 4:33 (Carrere Records CAR 384, 1985)

12"

  • "Young, Free & Single" (12" Mix) - 8:10 / "Chica Da Silva" - 4:33 (Carrere Records CART 384, 1985)
  • "Bang Bang Lulu" (12" Remix) - 3:58 / "Young, Free & Single" (12" Mix) - 8:10 (Carrere Records CART 395, 1985)

Germany

7"

  • "My Cherie Amour" - 4:00 / "Sample City" - 4:00 (Hansa Records 107 340-100, 1985)
  • "Young, Free & Single" (7" Mix) - 4:18 / "Blue Beach" - 4:00 (Hansa 107 604-100, 1985)
  • "Bang Bang Lulu" (7" Remix) - 3:31 / "Chica Da Silva" - 4:33 (Hansa 108 395-100, 1986)

12"

  • "My Cherie Amour" (12" Mix) - 8:51 / "Sample City" (12" Mix) - 4:15 (Hansa 601 686-213, 1985)
  • "Young, Free & Single" (12" Mix) - 8:10 / "Blue Beach" - 4:00 (Hansa - 601 839-213, 1985)
  • "Bang Bang Lulu" (12" Remix) - 3:58 / "The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Oceans of Fantasy album edit) - 2:37 / "Chica Da Silva" - 4:29 (Hansa 608 395-213)


"Blue Beach" is a voxless version of "Young Free and Single".

References
  1. Eye Dance at AllMusic
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