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
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 song written by the well-established song-writing duo Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil in 1982, and most famously recorded by American singer-songwriter Deniece Williams. The Williams recording was released in 1984 for Columbia Records and is on her 1984 album Let's Hear it for the Boy. The B-side is a song called "Blind Dating", another album feature.

The single peaked at number 22 on the Billboard R&B chart.

Track listing

1984 release

12" vinyl

• US: Columbia / AS 1941

A-side
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Butterfly"	4:25

B-side
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blind Dating"	3:39

Personnel

• Michael Sembello – electric guitar
• Ricky Lawson – drums
• Nathan East – bass guitar
• Russell Ferrante – Rhodes electric piano, piano
• Richard Elliot – Lyricon
• George Merrill, Roosevelt Christmas, Shannon Rubicam – background vocals
• George Duke – Prophet V keyboards

Production

• Mitch Gibson – engineer, recorded by

Chart performance

Chart: Sales (1984)	Peak position
US Billboard Black Singles	#22
Chart: Airplay (1984)	Peak position
US Billboard Black Singles	#15