The single mix is also slightly different from the album version: the latter makes use of steel drums on the outro riff of the song whereas the single mix does not. The early single version (1st pressing) released on the Diamond CD box-set in 2015 includes the full-length 4:18 version.
The court case ran for more than 20 years in Germany. Arranger Peter Herbolzheimer accused Frank Farian of stealing his arrangement for the song, for which Farian claimed credit on the single. Mitchell's ex-boyfriend Malcolm Magaron was the group's lead singer. Liz Mitchell had previously recorded the song in 1975 with the group Malcolm's Locks, as the B-side of their single "Caribbean Rock". Airplay for "Brown Girl in the Ring" resulted in a happy chart reversal, with the single re-entering the Top Ten, where it would spend an additional nine weeks, peaking at number two in September. In July 1978, following ten weeks in UK Top Ten, five of them at number one, "Rivers of Babylon" slipped to number 18 and then to 20, when radio stations flipped the single. Elder and Bess Lomax Hawes, it is suggested that ring games are a children's precursor to adult courtship.Īrguably the most popular version of the song, Boney M.'s recording was originally the B-side to the group's number-one hit single " Rivers of Babylon" (1978). In There's a Brown Girl in the Ring, an anthology of Eastern Caribbean song games by Alan Lomax, J.D. version was remixed in 1993 by Frank Farian.Ĭhildren play ring games in many parts of the world, especially during their pre-teen years. Bahamian musician Exuma also recorded a version of the song in 1972. The song had previously been recorded in 1975 by the group Malcolm's Locks, leading to a dispute over royalties. Originally it was the B-side of their hit " Rivers of Babylon", but soon became a hit in its own right. The song became internationally known when it was recorded by Euro-Caribbean vocal group Boney M.
Originally part of the children's game of the same name, thought to have originated in Jamaica, its lyrics instruct the game's performance: a girl enters the ring, formed by children holding hands, and performs a dance. " Brown Girl in the Ring" is a traditional children's song to the islands of the West Indies.
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