Black Butterfly (song)

"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.^[1]

Track listing

1984 release

12" vinyl^[2]

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^[1]	#22
Chart: Airplay (1984)	Peak position
US Billboard Black Singles^[1]	#15

References

1 2 3 "Billboard: Hot Black Songs chart". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 96: 49. Nov 24, 1984.
↑ ""Black Butterfly" (CBS) on Discogs". Discogs. 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	That's What Friends Are For (1978)

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	"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" (1978) "You're All I Need to Get By" (1978) "Love Won't Let Me Wait" (1984)

Related topics	Deniece Williams discography Johnny Mathis Family Ties

Book:Deniece Williams

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