The band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and is known for international hits including "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker", "Belfast", "Sunny", "Rasputin", "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" and "Rivers of Babylon".
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney_M.
Studio albums
Take the Heat off Me (1976)
Love for Sale (1977)
Nightflight to Venus (1978)
Oceans of Fantasy (1979)
Boonoonoonoos (1981)
Christmas Album (1981)
Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984)
Eye Dance (1985)
Take the Heat Off Me
Boney M. Lyrics
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Please take the heat off me
Yes, I'm burning
If you'd really lie and cheat
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more
So take the heat off me
Please take the heat off me
Don't believe you're trying to make it
And I just can't keep on taking it no more
Don't mean to say you double-crossed me
But somehow I think that you've lost me
Maybe you weren't even trying to see
Where I was or where I should be
And if you're just faking
We'd better start breaking away tonight
So take this fire from my heart tonight
So take the heat off me
Please take the heat off me
Yes, I'm burning
Don't believe you're trying to make it
And I just can't keep on taking it no more
Take the heat off me
Please take the heat off me
Yes, I'm burning
If you'd really lie and cheat
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more
Don't mean to say you double-crossed me
But somehow I think that you've lost me
Maybe you weren't even trying to see
Where I was or where I should be
And if you're just faking
We'd better start breaking away tonight
So take this fire from my heart tonight
So take the heat off me
Please take the heat off me
Take the heat off me
Please take the heat off me
Take the heat off me
Yes, I'm burning
If you'd really lie and cheat
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more
So take the heat off me
Please take the heat off me
Take the heat off me
Please take the heat off me
Take the heat off me
Yes, I'm burning
If you really lie and cheat
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more
So take the heat off me
Please take the heat off me
Take the heat off me
Please take the heat off me
Take the heat off me
Yes, I'm burning
If you'd really lie and cheat
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more
So take the heat off me
Please take the heat off me
Take the heat off me
Please take the heat off me
Take the heat off me
Yes, I'm burning
If you'd really lie and cheat
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more
The lyrics of Boney M.'s song "Take the Heat Off Me" tell the story of a lover who is in distress, feeling trapped and wanting to break free from a toxic relationship. The singer cries out for their lover to take the heat off them, begging for an end to the lies, cheating, and emotional pain they are experiencing. The lyrics suggest that the singer has been hurt by their lover's actions and is at the end of their rope, no longer willing to tolerate the kind of terms that have been imposed upon them. They express a desire to move on with their life, but not before they are freed from the heat of their current situation.
The song's message is timeless and relatable, as many people have endured difficult relationships that have brought them immense emotional pain. Boney M's lyrics offer a powerful expression of the desire to be liberated from that pain and to live a life free of emotional turmoil.
Interestingly, "Take the Heat Off Me" was not originally written for Boney M, but for a different artist, Millie Jackson. However, when the song was presented to Boney M., they loved it and recorded it as their debut single. The song was a hit in the Netherlands, but not in their home country of Germany.
Line by Line Meaning
Take the heat off me
Stop putting pressure on me and making things difficult
Please take the heat off me
I'm pleading with you to relieve me of this burden
Yes, I'm burning
I'm feeling intense stress and anxiety
If you'd really lie and cheat
If that is truly your character and behavior
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more
I refuse to accept or agree to your conditions
Don't believe you're trying to make it
I don't trust that you actually want to succeed or improve the situation
And I just can't keep on taking it no more
I cannot continue enduring this any longer
Don't mean to say you double-crossed me
I'm not accusing you of betrayal or deceit
But somehow I think that you've lost me
I feel like you have become disconnected from me or our goals
Maybe you weren't even trying to see
Perhaps you were not even attempting to understand me or the situation
Where I was or where I should be
Where I was currently standing or where I wanted to go
And if you're just faking
If you are pretending or not being genuine
We'd better start breaking away tonight
We should end this relationship or partnership immediately
So take this fire from my heart tonight
Relieve me of the intense emotions and stress that is consuming me at this moment
Lyrics © Sugarmusic s.p.a., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Giancarlo Bigazzi, Giovanni Bella
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Yeneesha Travels
Very beautiful song. Amazing voice Marcia B- Very melodious music group, I have ever had heard in my childhood time. It was a nice period and the nice Era. MANY GREETING TO ALL OF THEM FROM SRILANKA. FROM KUMARA.......
sarah Perkins
Marcia can sing. One of my favorite songs by Boney M. 😊
Sridhar Subramaniam
You bet baby
Amit Sarkar
@Shami Fasahat very true!!👍
Simon Günther
Yes indeed, I fully agree with you.
Shami Fasahat
Only Marcia can sing 🙂 indeed...I love Marcia Barrett's more sexy voice than Liz Mitchell...... Both are great but I like Marcia more than Liz
Александр Трофимов
And this is not disco anymore, this is real rock! In our time, no one can play like that.
apu khabir
What a beautiful track, the magic voice by Marcia Boneym
Alegría
Marcia❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹uno de los mejores grupos de la Historia
Elizabeth Valencia
¡DESDE AYER A HOY LINDS SU VOZ Y ELLA.😚😚