Editing Boney M. (section)

== Popularity outside the West ==
Boney M. was hugely popular in the [[Soviet Union]] in the 1970s, although the song "Rasputin" was banned by the Soviet authorities from being played at the group's concert in Moscow in December 1978.<ref>Boney M – Russkaya Narodnaya Gruppa = Boney M – Russian Folk Group : documentary film (in Russian) // [[Rossiya 1|RTR]]. Moscow: Biz-Group, 2005.</ref> The song has been used in several films and television shows, including ''[[Johnny English Strikes Again]]'', ''[[The King's Man]]'', ''[[Black Mirror]]'' and in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' special ''[[The Power of the Doctor]]'', in which [[The Master (Doctor Who)|The Master]] dances to the song while disguised as Rasputin himself.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sacha Dhawan on his Doctor Who dance sequence: "Yeah, I went for it!" |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/sacha-dhawan-rasputin-doctor-who-dance-exclusive-newsupdate/ |access-date=1 December 2022 |work=Radio Times |language=en |archive-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023192129/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/sacha-dhawan-rasputin-doctor-who-dance-exclusive-newsupdate/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the Soviet film ''[[Repentance (1987 film)|Repentance]]'' (1984, released 1987), "Sunny" is played at a party attended by high-ranked communist officials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WddagkbOVo0|title=Repentance-1984/მონანიება ფრანგულად|date=19 February 2018 |access-date=16 August 2021|via=[[YouTube]]|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126200633/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WddagkbOVo0&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> The song is also played during a few parts of the successful Korean film of the same name, ''[[Sunny (2011 film)|Sunny]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_P5xnBCvcg|title=[LYRICS] SUNNY BONEY M ( OST SSEO NI / 써니)|date=13 June 2014 |access-date=16 August 2021|via=[[YouTube]]|archive-date=2 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202072833/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_P5xnBCvcg|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[2002 South Korean presidential election|2002 presidential election]] campaign of South Korea, then-candidate [[Roh Moo-hyun]], who eventually won the presidency at that event, used "Bahama Mama" to promote his aim of positive political reform.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDcNm6rA2Vo YouTube – Cheerful Political Reform](Korean), from the official media outlet of Roh Moo-hyun {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707132424/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDcNm6rA2Vo |date=7 July 2015 }}</ref>

The 2005 Chinese film ''[[Shanghai Dreams]]'' features a scene depicting a rural Chinese disco in 1983, with teenagers dancing to "Rivers of Babylon" and "Gotta Go Home".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mahdawi |first=Arwa |date=7 September 2006 |title=Shanghai Dreams |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/sep/08/worldcinema.drama |access-date=23 January 2023 |website=the Guardian |language=en |quote=But she finds herself tempted from her studies by a pair of red stilettos and by the lure of the local disco – a miniature Gomorrah where the kids dance in a desultory fashion to the sounds of Boney M.}}</ref>

In the 2008 Kazakh film ''[[Tulpan]]'', the tractor driver Boni continually plays a cassette of "Rivers of Babylon", an example of his fascination for all things Western.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kisyk |date=26 January 2011 |title=Тюльпан |trans-title=Tulip |url=https://www.azattyq.org/a/2287856.html |newspaper=Азаттық Радиосы |language=kk |quote=...listened to the group "Boni-M" (he sings "Sale!")... |archive-date=23 January 2023 |access-date=23 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123201715/https://www.azattyq.org/a/2287856.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2008 Chinese film ''[[Cheung Gong 7 hou]]'' (English title: ''[[CJ7]]''), "Sunny" is a vital part of the soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=IMDb|title=CJ7 (2008) Soundtracks|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0940709/soundtrack|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424105755/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0940709/soundtrack|url-status=live}}</ref> "Sunny" is the theme song of the 2011 Taiwanese drama, ''[[Sunny Girl]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3bbWIfOMV8|title=陽光天使片頭 Sunshine Angel Theme Song|date=10 July 2011 |access-date=16 August 2021|via=[[YouTube]]|archive-date=30 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230005422/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3bbWIfOMV8|url-status=live}}</ref> The song has also appeared in ''[[The Umbrella Academy (TV series)|The Umbrella Academy]]'' and ''[[Boogie Nights]]''.

Boney M. was immensely popular in India throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Liz Mitchell recalled her visits to India in the 1980s in a 2015 interview with ''[[Hindustan Times]]'': "It was amazing. We've had the most-wonderful tours here. We even went out shopping to so many places. We met several Bollywood stars and had dinners with them."<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 November 2015|title=To this day, I get fan mail from India: Boney M's Liz Mitchell|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/to-this-day-i-get-fan-mail-from-india-boney-m-s-liz-mitchell/story-9F5PDcrUhPN9OgAFnGKQjN.html|access-date=23 August 2021|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en|archive-date=23 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823011325/https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/to-this-day-i-get-fan-mail-from-india-boney-m-s-liz-mitchell/story-9F5PDcrUhPN9OgAFnGKQjN.html|url-status=live}}</ref>