| "Butterfly on a Wheel" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by the Mission | ||||
| from the album Carved in Sand | ||||
| B-side | "The Grip of Disease" | |||
| Released | 1 January 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Studio | Jacobs (Farnham, Surrey, England) | |||
| Genre | Gothic rock[1] | |||
| Length | 5:44 | |||
| Label | Mercury, Phonogram | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Craig Adams, Mick Brown, Simon Hinkler, Wayne Hussey | |||
| Producer(s) | Tim Palmer | |||
| The Mission singles chronology | ||||
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"Butterfly on a Wheel" is a song released by English gothic rock band the Mission in January 1990. It was the first of three singles to be released from their third studio album, Carved in Sand (1990). It peaked at No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and reached the top 50 in Ireland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, as well as on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, where it reached number 23.