The single was enevitably another Top 10-hit across Europe, including in the UK where it caused some controversy because of the lyrics. A haunting melody line, but a somewhat slick production, and not at all as exciting as when Marcia Barrett performed it live in concert (Those recordings are sadly not commercially available). single to feature lead vocals by Marcia Barrett. The single topped the charts all over Europe, in the UK it was hold back from the top spot only by Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love'! Following 'Ma Baker' is the album title track, a sophisticated disco re-make of Cole Porter's classic, brilliantly and intriguingly arranged, also intended as the second single off the album it was, however, decided to release 'Belfast' instead which was the first Boney M.

It's never easy to follow up a million-selling debut album ('Take The Heat Off Me'), but Boney M.'s second album, originally released 1977, is a monster of a disco record! Opening with a snarling 'Freeze, I'm Ma Baker, put your hands in the air, gimme all your money', the album takes off with the story of gangster Ma Barker, whose name has had the 'R' erased for phonetic reasons, a rousing bass line along with the gimmick percussion (the producer Frank Farian playing on his teeth with a pen), and a pounding, military disco beat, with hard-edged vocals by Marcia Barrett and Liz Mitchell answering back to the deep male voice (sung by Farian).

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