Butterfly (Crazy Town song)
"Butterfly" is a song by American rap rock band Crazy Town. It is based on a sample of "Pretty Little Ditty" from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1989 album "Mother's Milk", so band members Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and John Frusciante are credited as writers. The song was released in October 2000 as the third single from their debut album, "The Gift of Game". It gained mainstream popularity after being released physically on February 20, 2001. "Butterfly" peaked at number one on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 for two nonconsecutive weeks. Outside of the  United States, the song topped the charts in seven countries, including Austria, Denmark, and Norway, and it peaked within the top ten on the charts of several others, including Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Composition. "Butterfly" was described by George Lang of "the Oklahoman" as a "a deft blend of hip-hop and rock". Alan di Perna of "Guitar World" magazine noted Crazy Town were predominantly a rap-metal group, with their music containing the "streetwise guitar rage" of the genre combined with "a dash of Eighties alternative melodicism" and declared the song as a  hip-hop flavored ballad This was echoed by Tim Kenneally of "Spin" who noted that the band avoided "descending into rap-metal's typical bitch-done-me-wrong jeremiads"; he declared it a sappy hip-hop love song. Michael Steele, a music director of the pop radio station KIIS-FM, noted the song's crossover appeal in an interview in the "Los Angeles Times", declaring that among rap-rock songs, "Butterfly" was "the one that completely crossed over from the rap-rock genre." "Spin" labelled "Butterfly" as a "nu metal power ballad" and possibly the biggest love song of the  entire genre. Critical reception. It was named the 34th "Most Awesomely Bad Song Ever" by VH1. It was also rated number 3 on "Billboard"'s chart for one-hit wonders of the 2000s, compiled in 2009. "Spin" named "Butterfly" as the 13th best nu metal song. "Butterfly" was featured in "Metal Hammer's" "The Top 40 Best Nu Metal Songs Ever Made" list and ranked at #18. Music video. The song's music video, directed by Honey, shows the band in a fantastical forest full of butterflies. Shifty Shellshock and Epic Mazur sing praises to two women with butterfly wings . At one point in the video, Shifty's star-shaped tattoos fly off into the air. Track listings. US 7-inch single US CD and 12-inch single UK CD single UK cassette single European CD single European maxi-CD single Australian CD single Credits and personnel. Credits are lifted from the US CD single and "The Gift of Game" album booklet. Studios Personnel