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Black Butterfly (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Black Butterfly'" is a song written by the song-writing duo Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil in 1982, and most famously recorded by American recording artist 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 of her single is a song called "Blind Dating", another album feature.
The single peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.
Overview
"Black Butterfly" was produced by George Duke and composed by Barry Mann with Cynthia Weil.
The single's b-side was a song called "Blind Dating". Both tunes came from Deniece Williams' 1984 studio album 'Let's Hear It For The Boy'.
Covers
"Black Butterfly" has been covered by Patti LaBelle on the 2004 soundtrack to 'Johnson Family Vacation', Tamia on her 2015 album 'Love Life' and Will Downing on his 2016 album 'Black Pearls'.
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 5 keyboards
Production
*Mitch Gibson engineer, recorded byChart performance
References
Category:1984 singles
Category:Deniece Williams songs
Category:Songs written by Barry Mann
Category:1984 songs
Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Songs with lyrics by Cynthia Weil
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