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, pop
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 1984 song by American singer-songwriter Deniece Williams. It was released in 1984 for Columbia Records. The song was written by a well-established songwriting duo Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann. The song comes from her 1984 album Let's Hear it for the Boy. B-side is a song called "Blind Dating", another album feature.

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

Contents

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. ^ a b c "Billboard: Hot Black Songs chart". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 96: 49. Nov 24, 1984. 
  2. ^ ""Black Butterfly" (CBS) on Discogs". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/Deniece-Williams-Black-Butterfly/release/2222447. Retrieved 2011-08-25. 
Deniece Williams
Studio albums
This Is Niecy (1976) · Song Bird (1977) · When Love Comes Calling (1979) · My Melody (1981) · Niecy (1982) · I'm So Proud (1983) · Let's Hear It for the Boy (1984) · Hot On the Trail (1986) · Water Under the Bridge (1987) · As Good As It Gets (1988) · Love Solves It All (1996) · This Is My Song (1998) · Love, Niecy Style (2007)
Other albums
Singles
"Free" (1976) · "I've Got the Next Dance" (1979) · "Silly" (1981) · "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" (1982) · "Let's Hear It for the Boy" (1984) · "Next Love" (1984) · "Black Butterfly" (1984)
Duet singles
Related topics
Book:Deniece Williams