Love Is like a Butterfly

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Love Is like a Butterfly
Love Is like a Butterfly cover
Studio album by Dolly Parton
Released September 1974
Recorded RCA Studio B, Nashville, June - July 1974
Genre Country
Length 2:40
Label RCA
Producer(s) Bob Ferguson
Professional reviews

Robert Christgau [1]

Dolly Parton chronology
Jolene (1973) Love Is like a Butterfly (1974) The Bargain Store (1975)


Love Is like a Butterfly was a 1974 album and single by Dolly Parton. The title track was the third consecutive single to reach #1 on the U.S. country charts for Parton. For the few years before her pop success, "Butterfly" was considered Parton's signature song and was used as the theme song for her 1976 syndicated music series. The album peaked at # 7 on the country albums charts.

[edit] Track listing

All songs are written by Dolly Parton except for two composed by Porter Wagoner.

  1. "Love Is Like A Butterfly"
  2. "If I Cross Your Mind" (Wagoner)
  3. "My Eyes Can Only See You"
  4. "Take Me Back"
  5. "Blackie, Kentucky"
  6. "You're the One Who Taught Me How to Swing"
  7. "Gettin' Happy"
  8. "Highway Headin' South" (Wagoner)
  9. "Once Upon A Memory"
  10. "Sacred Memories"