After the medley they performed their new single “Young, Free & Single”.ġ985 marked the 10 th anniversary of Boney M. After the presentation of the award and a little interview Frank left the stage and Liz, Marcia, Maizie, Reggie and Bobby performed a medley of hits (“Brown Girl In The Ring”, “Rivers Of Babylon”, “Sunny”, “Daddy Cool”, “Painter Man”, “Rasputin”, “Ma Baker”, “Belfast”, “Kalimba De Luna” and “Happy Song”). The group was introduced and Liz, Marcia, Maizie, Reggie, Bobby and Frank all entered the stage to accept the award. attended the RTL Goldene Löwe awards (Golden Lion awards) where the group was awarded the Ehrenlöwen for special achievement. The new album “Eye Dance” didn’t go anywhere when it came to the success of the previous albums. The photos of Maizie, Liz, Marcia and Reggie were taken at the same photo session, while it was easy to see that the photo of Bobby was from a solo session of his. Instead there were 5 individual shots of each member. On the back of the album cover there also wasn’t a group photo. Instead the cover showed a drawing of an eye and 2 people dancing. It was the first album not to include a photo of the group on the front cover. On the front cover the album was credited to “Boney M.” while it on the back cover was credited to “Boney M. In October Boney M.’s eight and final studio album “Eye Dance” was released. 48 in the German single-chart where it had a 6 weeks run. The single only fared a little better than the previous release and despite many TV-performances it only reached no. Not even an advertisement for the new album to be released the following month in October. The single was released with a cover not showing a photo of the group, neither on the front or the back. It was released in September 1985 and was credited to Boney M. The next single to be released from the “Eye Dance” sessions was “Young, Free & Single”. Despite being promoted on several TV-shows across Europe the single didn’t become a success.Īfter releasing “My Chérie Amour” as a single the work for the upcoming new album “Eye Dance” continued in the studio. 55 and stayed in the single chart for 5 weeks.
Unfortunately “My Chérie Amour” would not match the success of the previous singles. It was released in May and had its premiere on 9 th May on the German TV-show “Show + Co. “My Chérie Amour” would be the first new single of 1985. The year that also would celebrate the 10 th anniversary of Boney M. With “Happy Song” being in the Top 10 for three weeks in early 1985 Boney M.
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