Rasputin (song)

"Rasputin"
Single by Boney M.
from the album Nightflight to Venus
B-side	"Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" (Europe, Australia, Mexico, Japan, Colombia, Canada, New Zealand) "Heart of Gold" (Brazil) "Nightflight to Venus" (Poland, Chile) "Painter Man" (Europe, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Madagascar, Bolivia, India) "He Was a Steppenwolf" (Rhodesia, U.S., South Africa)
Released	28 August 1978
Recorded	May 1978
Genre	Eurodisco pop
Length	4:43 (single version) 5:51 (album version)
Label	Hansa Sire Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Frank Farian George Reyam Fred Jay
Producer(s)	Farian
Boney M. singles chronology
"Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring" (1978) "Rasputin" (1978) "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" (1978)
Audio video
"Rasputin" on YouTube

"Rasputin" is a song by German-based pop and Eurodisco group Boney M. It was released on 28 August 1978 as the second single from their third studio album Nightflight to Venus (1978). Written by the group's creator Frank Farian, along with George Reyam and Fred Jay, it is a song about Grigori Rasputin, a friend and advisor of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family during the early 20th century. The song describes Rasputin as a playboy, mystical healer, and political manipulator.