Love Is Like a Butterfly (song)

"Love Is Like a Butterfly"
Single by Dolly Parton
from the album Love Is Like a Butterfly
Released 1974
Genre Country
Label RCA Victor
Writer(s) Dolly Parton
Producer Bob Ferguson
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"I Will Always Love You"
(1974)		 "Love Is Like a Butterfly"
(1974)		 "The Bargain Store"
(1975)

"Love Is Like a Butterfly" is the title track from Dolly Parton's 1974 album. "Love Is Like a Butterfly" was written by Dolly Parton and would be her fourth number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.[1] Parton used the song as the opening theme for her 1976-77 TV variety show Dolly!. A version of this song, sung by Clare Torry, was also used as the theme to BBC TV comedy series Butterflies.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1974) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 5
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 38
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 261. 
  2. ^ "Clare Torry: Heaven in the Sky". RPM Records. http://www.cherryred.co.uk/rpm/artists/claretorry.php. Retrieved 10 June 2010. 
Preceded by
"I Overlooked an Orchid"
by Mickey Gilley		 Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
November 9, 1974		 Succeeded by
"Country Is"
by Tom T. Hall