Ma Baker

"Ma Baker"
Single by Boney M.
from the album Love for Sale
B-side"Still I'm Sad"
ReleasedMay 1977
GenreDisco
Length
  • 4:51 (first 7-inch version)
  • 4:36 (album and single version)
LabelHansa
Composer(s)
  • Original melody: based on "Sidi Mansour" (traditional Tunisian folk song)
  • Rearrangement: Frank Farian, George Reyam
Lyricist(s)Fred Jay
Producer(s)Frank Farian
Boney M. singles chronology
"Sunny"
(1976)		 "Ma Baker"
(1977)		 "Belfast"
(1977)
Audio video
"Ma Baker (ZDF Starparade 02.06.1977)" on YouTube

"Ma Baker" is a song by disco group Boney M., released as a single in 1977. It was the first single of their second album Love for Sale and their third consecutive chart-topper in (West) Germany.

The song was a huge success in Europe and Latin America, topping the charts in many countries there. It was a number 2 hit in the UK (only surpassed by Donna Summer's "I Feel Love"). In the US, the song only reached number 96.

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