Kalimba de Luna

"Kalimba de Luna"
"Kalimba de Luna"
	File:Kalimba de luna - boney m single.jpg
Single by Boney M.
from the album Kalimba de Luna –; 16 Happy Songs
Released	1984
Recorded	1983
Length	4:31 (7" mix); 7:07 (12" mix); 9:15 (Remix);
Songwriter(s)	Tony Esposito; Mauro Malavasi; Remo Licastro; Giuseppe Amoruso; Gianluigi di Franco;
Producer(s)	Frank Farian
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"Kalimba de Luna"
"Kalimba de Luna"
	File:Tony Esposito - Kalimba de Luna.jpg
Single by Tony Esposito
from the album Il grande esploratore
Released	1984
Recorded	1982
Length	3:50 (7" mix); 5:13 (12" mix);
Songwriter(s)	Tony Esposito; Mauro Malavasi; Remo Licastro; Giuseppe Amoruso; Gianluigi Di Franco;
Producer(s)	Mauro Malavasi; Willy David;

"Kalimba de Luna" is a 1982 single by Italian musician and drummer Tony Esposito. It was written by Esposito with his long-time collaborator Remo Licastro, pianist Giuseppe "Joe" Amoruso, keyboardist Mauro Malavasi and vocalist Gianluigi Di Franco. It was taken from Esposito's album Il grande esploratore. "Kalimba de Luna" was a European success and reached no. 3 in the Austrian chart, no. 6 in the Swiss charts and no. 14 in the Italian charts.

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[1]	12
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[2]	6
West Germany (Official German Charts)^[3]	25

Boney M. version

"Kalimba de Luna" was instantly covered by German group Boney M. for the German market, giving the group their first Top 20 hit in three years, peaking at no. 17. An edit of the single was also added to new pressings of the group's then-current album Ten Thousand Lightyears and the compilation album Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs. With lead vocals by new group member Reggie Tsiboe, the original idea was to release it as a solo single, and a video was shot with Reggie only before the plans were changed to release it as a Boney M. single, and a new video with the group was done. Neither Liz Mitchell nor Marcia Barrett sang on this recording—the backing vocals were done by producer Frank Farian and session singers Amy & Elaine Goff.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984–1985)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[4]	11
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[5]	15
France (SNEP)^[6]	6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[7]	27
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[8]	20
Spain (AFYVE)^[9]	5
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	23
US Billboard Dance Club Play^[11]	49
West Germany (Official German Charts)^[12]	16

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)	Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[13]	79
France (SNEP)^[14]	36

Releases

7" Single

"Kalimba de Luna" – 4:31 / "10.000 Lightyears" (Kawohl, Björklund, Farian, Bischof) – 4:29 (Hansa 106 760-100, Germany)

12" Single

"Kalimba de Luna" (Club Mix) 7:07 / "10.000 Lightyears" – 4:29 (Hansa 601 470-213, Germany)
"Kalimba de Luna" (US Club Mix) 9:15 / "Kalimba de Luna" (Dub Mix) – 6:40 (Hansa 601 532-213, Germany)

Note : This single is the first which does not have the name "Boney M." written with the logo created eight years before for the "Daddy cool" single (the only previous exception being the "Baby do you wanna bump" single, which went out before the group even existed)

Other cover versions

Pepe Goes to Cuba version

"Kalimba de Luna" also was instantly covered by Pepe Goes to Cuba (Pepe Gonzales) in 1984. This version peaked at no. 34 in Germany.^[15]

Dalida version

French singer Dalida also released a French and English version of "Kalimba de Luna" in 1984 as a single and also as part of her album Dali. A remix of Dalida's version was released during the summer of 2011 in France.

Sources

^ "Tony Esposito – Kalimba de luna" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ "Tony Esposito – Kalimba de luna". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Tony Esposito – Kalimba de luna". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
^ "Boney M. – Kalimba de luna" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
^ "Boney M. – Kalimba de luna" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
^ "Boney M. – Kalimba de luna" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Boney M." (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ "Boney M. – Kalimba de luna" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
^ "Boney M. – Kalimba de luna". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
^ "Boney M. – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Boney M. – Kalimba de luna". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
^ "Jaaroverzichten 1984" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ "TOP – 1984". Top-france.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ "Pepe Goes to Cuba – Kalimba de Luna". Offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

[sc_Austria_Tony_Esposito-1] "Tony Esposito – Kalimba de luna" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

[sc_Switzerland_Tony_Esposito-2] "Tony Esposito – Kalimba de luna". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

[sc_West_Germany_Tony_Esposito-3] "Offiziellecharts.de – Tony Esposito – Kalimba de luna". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

[sc_Austria_Boney_M.-4] "Boney M. – Kalimba de luna" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

[sc_Flanders_Boney_M.-5] "Boney M. – Kalimba de luna" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

[sc_France_Boney_M.-6] "Boney M. – Kalimba de luna" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

[sc_Dutch40_Boney_M.-7] "Nederlandse Top 40 – Boney M." (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

[sc_Dutch100_Boney_M.-8] "Boney M. – Kalimba de luna" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

[9] Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.

[sc_Switzerland_Boney_M.-10] "Boney M. – Kalimba de luna". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

[11] "Boney M. – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

[sc_West_Germany_Boney_M.-12] "Offiziellecharts.de – Boney M. – Kalimba de luna". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

[13] "Jaaroverzichten 1984" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

[14] "TOP – 1984". Top-france.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2014.

[15] "Pepe Goes to Cuba – Kalimba de Luna". Offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

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Kalimba de Luna

Contents

Charts

Boney M. version

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Releases

Other cover versions

Pepe Goes to Cuba version

Dalida version

Sources

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