Butterflies

Butterflies is an unreleased song by Teddy Sinclair featuring Harmony Samuels, also known as H-Money. It was likely written and recorded during the studio sessions for her debut studio album as Verbalicious, Verbal Issues, but the project was scrapped. The song leaked on June 24, 2013.
==Lyrics==
==Background==
A snippet of Butterflies surfaced online on November 13, 2011, following the discovery of a 30-second preview on music licensing website, BMG.Warning... they're from the Verbalicous era. November 13, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2022 via Night Owl on Gaga Daily. The song leaked in full on June 24, 2013, alongside other tracks from the Verbal Issues sessions."The unreleased debut album from Natalia Kills, Verbal Issues, has been leaked online!" June 24, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2022 via Leaving on Pop Hates Flops. 
Butterflies was leaked as the sixth track on Verbal Issues, but the track listing is most likely unofficial; for more information, see the album's page.
==Writing and Development==
====Initial Development====
Butterflies was likely written during the development of the unreleased studio album, Verbal Issues, sometime after winning a BBC Radio 1 MC Battle in 2003 and before the album was scrapped in what seems to be late 2005."she was signed soon after she won a Radio 1 MC competition when she was just 16." February 24, 2005. Retrieved February 25, 2022 via BBC."Verbalicious seems to have disapeared too. She had an album, Verbal Issues, in the pipeline but I guess it got shelved." September 14, 2005. Retrieved February 24, 2022 via [Deleted User] on Digital Spy Forums.
Sinclair worked on the first known iteration of this song with David Awojboro and Nicholas Richards. This version was likely written and recorded during the same studio session(s) as Baseline, considering they share the same writers and were registered directly after one another on some music registration websites.
====Reworks====
Later on, Butterflies was reworked with Darren James.Butterflies: Writer(s) Darren James, Natalia Cappuccini Retrieved June 21, 2022 via BMG. Considering this iteration of the song was assigned an ISWC, it is more than likely the final version. It was likely written and recorded during the same studio session(s) as Piece of Me, considering they share the same writers.
==Official Versions==
==Registrations==
====Final====
This version of Butterflies was assigned an ISWC, a unique code necessary for commercial releases, which suggests that it was finished and ready for release at a point in time. However, the ISWC no longer seems to fetch any results on ISWC's website; it is unknown what the implication of this is.
ISWC: T-011.210.242-7 (Seemingly defunct)
Butterflies apra amcos 1.png|APRA AMCOS (1)
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====Demo====
This version of Butterflies was not assigned an ISWC, a unique code necessary for commercial releases, which suggests that the version was never finished or was never intended for an official release.
Butterflies apra amcos 2.png|APRA AMCOS (2)
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Butterflies sabam 2.png|SABAM (2)
Butterflies sabam 3.png|SABAM (3)
Butterflies sgae 2.png|SGAE (2)
Butterflies siae 2.png|SIAE (2)
Butterflies songfile 2.png|Songfile (2)
==Song Credits==
===Final===
====Writing and Production====
*Written by: Teddy Sinclair, Darren James
===Demo===
====Writing and Production====
*Written by: Teddy Sinclair, David Awojboro, Nicholas Richards
==References==
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Category:Songs
Category:Unreleased Songs
Category:Leaked Songs
Category:Unleaked Songs
Category:Verbal Issues
Category:Verbalicious
Category:Verbalicious Songs
Category:2003
Category:2004
Category:2005