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Release date: 28/8/1978

Duration: 05:52

Writer(s): Frank Farian

Boney M released the song Rasputin. Date of release: 28/8/1978.

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Boney M - Short Biography

- Boney M. was a German-Caribbean vocal group that specialized in disco and funk created by German record producer Frank Farian.
- The group was originally based in West Germany, and the four original members of the group's official line-up were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica, Maizie Williams from Montserrat, and Bobby Farrell from Aruba.
- The group was formed in 1976 and achieved popularity during the disco era of the late 1970s.
- Since the 1980s, various line-ups of the band have performed with differing personnel.

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- The song describes Rasputin as a playboy, mystical healer and political manipulator.
- Rasputin was a friend and advisor to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family in the early 20th century.
- The song was written by the band's creator, Frank Farian, with George Reyam and Fred Jay.
- The song describes Rasputin as a playboy, a mystical healer and a political manipulator.
- The heart of the song tells of Rasputin's rise to power in the court of Nicholas II, referring to Czarina Alexandra Fyodorovna's hope that Grigori Rasputin would cure her hemophiliac son, Czarevich Alexei of Russia.
- Rasputin gained considerable influence through this position, especially with Alexandra.
- The song also claims that Rasputin was Alexandra's lover.

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