Black Butterfly (song)

"Black Butterfly"
Single by Deniece Williams
from the album Let's Hear It for the Boy
Released 1984
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Genre Soul
Length 4:25 (12" version)
Label Columbia AS 1941 (US)
Writer(s) Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
Deniece Williams singles chronology
"Next Love"
(1984)
"Black Butterfly"
(1984)
"Wiser And Weaker"
(1986)

"Black Butterfly" is a song written by the well-established song-writing duo Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil in 1982, and most famously recorded by American singer-songwriter Deniece Williams. The Williams recording was released in 1984 for Columbia Records and is on her 1984 album Let's Hear it for the Boy. The B-side is a song called "Blind Dating", another album feature.

The single peaked at number 22 on the Billboard R&B chart.[1]

Track listing

1984 release

12" vinyl[2]
A-side
No. Title Length
1. "Black Butterfly"   4:25
B-side
No. Title Length
1. "Blind Dating"   3:39

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Chart: Sales (1984) Peak
position
US Billboard Black Singles[1] #22
Chart: Airplay (1984) Peak
position
US Billboard Black Singles[1] #15

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Billboard: Hot Black Songs chart". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 96: 49. Nov 24, 1984.
  2. ""Black Butterfly" (CBS) on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
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