Rivers of Babylon

Rivers of Babylon is a song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The song became popular, however, the cover version of the German disco group [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney_M. Boney M.] in 1978.

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[ *1 The Melodians
 * 2 Boney M.
 * 3 Phoney Jam
 * 4 A parody

==The Melodians [  edit ] == In 1970 brought Jamaican reggae group The Melodians the single Rivers of Babylon. The song was written and performed by Bent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton .However, the version was not hit. After the German disco group [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney_M. Boney M.] in 1978 recorded a cover of the song, the version of The Melodians entered in the National Hit Parade for 1 week. Versions of the original performance can be heard in the title song of the film The Harder They Come 1972 and in the film Bringing Out ​​the Dead in 1999. ===Background [  edit ] === The nature of this issue mainly stems from the verbatim Psalms from the Bible . It includes pieces from Psalm 137 : 1 and Psalm 19 : 14 or 19:15. These are the Jews in exile who wistfully recall the rivers of Babylon to their homeland. For Rastafarians this song is recognizable: The river is the Atlantic Ocean, Zion and Babylon Africa, America (the slave story). ===[Hitnotering  edit ] === ====Dutch National Hit Parade [  edit ] ====

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 * align="center" colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|Rivers of Babylon / Brown Girl in the Ring
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 * align="center" colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|Single by:
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 * align="center" colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|From the album:
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 * align="center" colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|(Cover on en.wikipedia.org)
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 * style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|B-side (s)
 * colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|Brown girl in the ring
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 * style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Released
 * colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|3 April1978
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 * style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Type of carrier
 * colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|Vinyl single
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 * style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Withdrawal
 * colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|1978
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 * style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Genre
 * colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|Rock Steady , Euro Disco , Reggae
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 * style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Expensive
 * colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|05:00
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 * style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Label
 * colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|Hansa Records
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 * style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Writer (s)
 * colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|Frank Farian , Hans-Jörg Mayer ,Brent Dowe , Trevor McNaughton
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 * style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Producer (s)
 * colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|Frank Farian
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 * align="center" colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|Highest position (s) in the charts
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 * colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|
 * Nr. 1 (Dutch National Hit Parade , Dutch Top 40, Vlaamse Radio 2 Top 30 , United Kingdom ,Switzerland , Austria , Sweden , Norway , New Zealand )
 * Nr. 30 ( USA )
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 * align="center" colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|Boney M.
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==Boney M. <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Rivers of Babylon is one of the best-selling songs of the disco group [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney_M. Boney M.], with nearly 2 million records sold in Britain , where the 3x Platinum shrugged. The DutchNational Hit Parade was the 9 weeks on number one . The Netherlands became the best selling single of 1978 with almost 400,000 copies sold. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1] After the death ofBobby Farrell in December 2010 the single for 1 week back in the Dutch Single Top 100 returned. ===Hitnoteringen <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Dutch Top 40 <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Dutch National Hit Parade <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Flemish Radio 2 Top 30 <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Radio 2 Top 2000 <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ====
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==Phoney Jam <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In 2004 Phoney Jam a dance / house version of the song Rivers of Babylon. The single was one week quoted in the Dutch Single Top 100 . ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Hitnotering  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Dutch Single Top 100 <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ==A parody <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In 1978 the song was parodied by The Barron Knights in their medley A Taste of Aggro. "By the rivers of Babylon 'was' There's a dentist in Birmingham.