Butterfly (Crazy Town song)

"Butterfly"
Artwork for commercial US and continental European releases
Single by Crazy Town
from the album The Gift of Game
B-side"Revolving Door"
ReleasedOctober 24, 2000
GenreRap rock
Length3:36
LabelColumbia
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Seth Binzer
  • Bret Mazur
Producer(s)
Crazy Town singles chronology
"Darkside"
(2000)
"Butterfly"
(2000)
"Revolving Door"
(2001)

"Butterfly" is a song by American rap rock band Crazy Town. The song was released in October 2000 as the third single from their debut album, The Gift of Game. It gained mainstream popularity after being released physically on February 19, 2001. It is based on a sample of "Pretty Little Ditty" from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1989 album Mother's Milk, so band members Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and John Frusciante are credited as writers.

"Butterfly" peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for two nonconsecutive weeks in March and April 2001. Outside of the United States, the song topped the charts in seven countries, including Austria, Denmark, and Norway, and it peaked within the top ten on the charts of several others, including Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

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