Ten Thousand Lightyears is the seventh studio album by Boney M. and the first to feature new member Reggie Tsiboe, who had taken over Bobby Farrell's role as the band's leading man in early 1982.

After a break in the spring of 1983 when Liz Mitchell gave birth to her second child, and Marcia Barrett recorded demos with Eddy Grant, the band issued "Jambo – Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" backed with a new remix of "African Moon" from the Boonoonoonoos album.

The album was finally released in May 1984 and was also Boney M.'s debut on the new compact disc format, followed by a ZDF TV-special airing in August.

[3] Frank Farian heard Tony Esposito's "Kalimba de Luna" and decided to immediately record it for the German market.

Reggie Tsiboe was on holiday in his native Ghana and received the phone call to immediately return to Germany to record it.