Wings of a Butterfly

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"Wings of a Butterfly"
Wings of a Butterfly.jpg
Single by HIM
from the album Dark Light
B-side "Poison Heart"
Released2 August 2005 (2005-08-02)
Genre Gothic rock
Length3:29
Label
Songwriter(s) Ville Valo
Producer(s) HIM
HIM singles chronology
"And Love Said No"
(2004)		"Wings of a Butterfly"
(2005)		"Killing Loneliness"
(2006)

"Wings of a Butterfly" (released as "Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly" on the album) is a song by Finnish gothic rock band HIM. It is the second track on their fifth studio album, Dark Light (2005), and was released as the album's first single that year. The song reached number one in Finland and Hungary, number 10 in Germany and the United Kingdom, and number 87 in the United States, making it the biggest single from Dark Light worldwide. The music video, filmed at Union Station in Los Angeles, was number one on the Rock Countdown on MTV2 in late 2005 for five weeks until it was retired.

Contents

Track listings

Finnish and European maxi-CD single [1]

  1. "Wings of a Butterfly"
  2. "And Love Said No" (616 version)
  3. "Vampire Heart" (live at Donington)
  4. "Wings of a Butterfly" (video)

European CD single [2]

  1. "Wings of a Butterfly"
  2. "Poison Heart" (Ramones cover)

US DVD single [3]

  1. "Wings of a Butterfly" (video)
  2. Making of "Wings of a Butterfly"

Charts

Chart (2005–2006)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [4] 12
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [5] 14
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] 1
Germany (Official German Charts) [7] 10
Greece (IFPI) [8] 4
Hungary (Single Top 40) [9] 1
Ireland (IRMA) [10] 35
Italy (FIMI) [11] 20
Norway (VG-lista) [12] 18
Scotland (OCC) [13] 9
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [14] 3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 12
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 28
UK Singles (OCC) [17] 10
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [18] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [19] 87
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [20] 19
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [21] 20

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