Popular Culture
1980s pop band Duran Duran takes its name from a character in the 1968 film Barbarella: Barbarella's mission in the film is to find a scientist named Durand Durand (pronounced "Duran Duran"). In addition, one of the band's hit songs is entitled "Electric Barbarella".
The British band Jamiroquai mentions a "baby Barbarella" in their hit song Cosmic Girl.
The Hungarian Omega band had a song titled "Oh, Barbarella" in the early 1970s.
Barbarella is also mentioned in Serge Gainsbourg's song "Qui est In Qui est Out".
The British Funk band Capri recorded the song "Barbarella" in 2000, releasing it four years later on the Boogie Man album. Although titled Barbarella, it was an original song and not a cover of the song used in the 1968 film.
"Barbarella as a Boy" is the title of a song by Devil May Cry, a former project of singer-songwriter Izzy Novak.
An aged Barbarella appeared in Forest's Mysterious Morning, Noon and Evening.
The electronic music group Matmos and the Lava Lamp manufacturer Mathmos are named after the lake of evil goo beneath the city of Sogo.
Czech comic illustrator Kája Saudek has used Barbarella as a model for the main character of his comic albums Muriel and Angels and Muriel and the Orange Death.
The Character played by Michelle Chong, a Sarong Party Girl, in The Noose is named after her.
The character is mentioned in the MIA song, Bamboo Banga.
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