| Butterfly | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Charlie Gracie |
| B-Side: | Ninety-Nine Ways |
| Released: | January 1957 |
| Recorded: | December 30, 1956 |
| Genre: | Rockabilly |
| Label: | Cameo Records 105 |
| Next Title: | Fabulous |
| Next Year: | 1957 |
| Butterfly | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Andy Williams |
| B-Side: | It Doesn't Take Long |
| Released: | February 1957 |
| Recorded: | January 1957 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Cadence Records 1308 |
| Prev Title: | Baby Doll |
| Prev Year: | 1956 |
| Next Title: | I Like Your Kind of Love |
| Next Year: | 1957 |
"Butterfly" is a popular song written by Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann and published in 1957. The song is credited to Anthony September as songwriter in some sources.[1] This was a pseudonym of Anthony Mammarella, producer of American Bandstand.
The original recording of the song by Charlie Gracie reached No. 1 on the Billboard Juke Box chart, No. 10 on the R&B chart and No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart in 1957.[2]
A cover version by Andy Williams reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top 100 chart in 1957. Williams' version also reached No. 1 the UK in May 1957,[3] where it spent two weeks, and also reached No. 14 on the US R&B chart.[4]
The Charlie Gracie and Andy Williams versions were ranked #20 on the first Canadian CHUM Chart, May 27, 1957.[5]
