Nightflight to Venus is the third studio album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M., and was released in June 1978.

[7] The follow-up was another Boney M. classic, "Rasputin", in most countries also a double A-side coupled with "Painter Man", a cover of a 1966 hit by the band the Creation.

In the UK, "Rasputin" and "Painter Man" were released separately as A-sides by Atlantic Records, both reaching the Top 10.

In Europe and most other parts of the world, the album was followed in November 1978 by the Christmas single, "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" backed with "Dancing in the Streets", another chart topper – selling over 1.86 million copies in the UK alone.

On 10 November 2023, the group's YouTube channel released a video celebrating the 45th anniversary of the album.