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Rah, rah Rasputin!

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It's been a few years since I heard this song, but a few of us were singing it at work the other day and now I can't get enough of Boney M.'s legendary Rasputin . Here's one version from 1978: A shorter version of the same show in color and better quality, but without the fun Moscow photo/film montage: How can the people sit still, looking bored, at the dinner party or whatever that event was? Impossible. Live at Top of the Pops, Christmas 1978: Wacky Count Rasputin version on Italian TV in 1978: And a 30-year reunion live version in Russia, 2008: Not as much to commend that, except the lip-syncing guy doing nice backflips on stage. And everyone having fun with it. There are more, but I'll stop here. It's one of disco's finest tracks. Back in the non-disco world, Rasputin had a daughter, and it's too bad she died before this song became famous: Rasputin 's daughter, Maria Rasputin (Matryona Rasputina) (1898–1977), emigrate