Butterfly (Crazy Town song)

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“Butterfly”
Single by Crazy Town from the album The Gift of Game
Released	February 20, 2001
Genre	Rapcore
Certification	Silver (BPI)

"Butterfly" is a rapcore song by Crazy Town from their album The Gift of Game that was released in February 2001.

The entire song consists of samples from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' song "Pretty Little Ditty" with additional lyrics by Shifty Shellshock and Epic on top.

The song praises a girl's physical attractiveness.

Contents 1 Covers 2 In popular culture 3 Accolades 4 References

[edit] Covers

• Covered by Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine on their 2004 album I'd Like a Virgin.

[edit] In popular culture

• Performed at MTV's Fashionably Loud party in Cancún, Mexico during spring break in 2001.
• "Butterfly" has been featured in the 2002 feature movie Orange County, and appeared on the soundtrack; the Herbie Fully Loaded movie trailer, but is not featured in the movie or on the movie soundtrack; and Something's Gotta Give.
• Kara Slice used "Butterfly" as her theme music while wrestling in the Independent circuit.

[edit] Accolades

• Topped the U.S. Hot 100, and the charts in Germany, while reaching number three on the Canadian Singles Chart and UK Singles Chart
• Named the 34th "Most Awesomely Bad Song Ever" by VH1.^[1]

[edit] References

Preceded by "Stutter" by Joe featuring Mystikal	U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single March 24, 2001	Succeeded by "Angel" by Shaggy featuring Rayvon
Preceded by "Angel" by Shaggy featuring Rayvon	U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single April 7, 2001	Succeeded by "All for You" by Janet
Preceded by "Hanging by a Moment" by Lifehouse	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single February 17, 2001 - February 24, 2001	Succeeded by "Drive" by Incubus