Butterfly (Crazy Town song)
| butterfly | |
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| Crazy Town | |
| publication | November 13, 2000 |
| length | 3:36 |
| Genre (s) |
Hip-Hop , Nu Metal , Rap Metal , Crossover |
| Author (s) |
Seth Binzer , Bret Mazur , Michael Balzary , John Frusciante , Anthony Kiedis , Chad Smith |
| music | Josh Abraham, Bret Mazur |
| album | The Gift of Game |
Butterfly ( English for ' butterfly ') is a song by the US crossover band Crazy Town . The song is the third single from their debut album The Gift of Game and was released on November 13, 2000. It became a worldwide hit and reached the top of the charts in various countries.
content
| Song part | Artist |
| 1st verse | Shifty shellshock |
| refrain | Epic Mazur and Shifty Shellshock |
| 2nd stanza | Shifty shellshock |
| 3rd stanza | Epic Mazur |
The lyrics of the song are addressed to a woman who is compared to a butterfly for her beauty. So Shifty Shellshock raps that he was lost before he met this woman and she kept building him up. He raves about her sex appeal and wonders if this is all true. Sometimes he thinks he doesn't deserve her and thanks to her he appreciates life. Epic Mazur raps that he only knew happy endings from books before he met this woman. She practically saved his life and he couldn't imagine anything better than being with her. In contrast, he compares their relationship with that of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen , who both died within a short time after numerous conflicts.
"Come my lady, come-come my lady
You're my butterfly, sugar baby
Come my lady, you're my pretty baby
I'll make your legs shake, you make me go crazy"
production
Butterfly was produced by the American music producer Josh Abraham in collaboration with Crazy Town member Bret Mazur . They used a sample of the song Pretty Little Ditty by the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers from 1989.
Music video
The music video for Butterfly was shot by the director Honey.
It shows the band playing the song in a fantasy world surrounded by trees, flowers and butterflies. The two front men Shifty Shellshock and Epic Mazur rap the text into the camera and swarm around two women who are growing butterfly wings at the end of the video.
single
Cover design
The single cover shows a black butterfly against a red background. In the foreground is the writing Crazy Town in black and at the bottom of the picture is the title Butterfly in white. There is also a black star above the butterfly.
Track list
- Butterfly (album version) - 3:36
- Butterfly (Extreme Mix) - 3:34
- Butterfly (Epic Remix) - 3:50
- Toxic (Explicit Album Version) - 2:48
Chart successes
Butterfly entered the German charts at number 6 on March 19, 2001 and reached the top position two weeks later, where it stayed for six weeks. Overall, the song stayed in the top 100 for 19 weeks, including 13 weeks in the top 10. In the 2001 German annual charts, the single was fifth. Butterfly also topped the charts in the United States, Austria, Switzerland, Norway and others Denmark.
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Sales figures and awards
Butterfly was awarded a platinum record in 2001 for more than 500,000 sales in Germany . In the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Austria, the song received a gold record .
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Australia (ARIA)
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 2 × platinum
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140,000 |
 Belgium (BEA)
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 gold
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25,000 |
 Denmark (IFPI)
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platinum
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8,000 |
 Germany (BVMI)
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platinum
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500,000 |
 Norway (IFPI)
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platinum
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10,000 |
 Austria (IFPI)
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gold
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25,000 |
 Sweden (IFPI)
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platinum
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30,000 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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gold
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25,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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gold
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400,000 |
| All in all |
4 × gold 6 × platinum |
1,163,000 |
Main article: Crazy Town # Awards for music sales
Web links
- Lyrics with interpretations on genius.com
- German translation of the lyrics on songtexte.com
- Music video on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Crazy Town - Butterfly - Lyrics. genius.com, accessed on August 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Crazy Town - Butterfly (Official Video). youtube.com, accessed August 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Crazy Town - Butterfly - single cover. amazon.com, accessed August 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Crazy Town - Butterfly. officialcharts.de, accessed on August 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Top 100 annual single charts 2001. officialcharts.de, accessed on August 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Crazy Town - Butterfly. hitparade.ch, accessed on August 5, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ a b c d e 2001 annual charts: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Gold / Platinum Database - Crazy Town. musikindustrie.de, accessed on August 5, 2019 .
