Love Is Like a Butterfly (song) explained
"Love Is Like a Butterfly" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton and released in August 1974 as the first single and title track from the album Love Is Like a Butterfly. It was her overall fourth number one on the country chart as a solo artist (and her third consecutive number one). The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.[1]
Personnel
- Dolly Parton — vocals
- Jimmy Colvard, Dave Kirby, Bruce Osbon, Bobby Thompson — guitars
- Bobby Dyson — bass
- Larrie Londin — drums
- Jerry Smith — piano
- Stu Basore — steel guitar
- The Lea Jane Singers — background vocals[2]
Popular culture
- Parton used "Love Is Like a Butterfly" as the opening theme for her 1976–77 TV variety show Dolly! She also uses a butterfly as the "W" in the trade dress for her Dollywood theme park.
- A version sung by Clare Torry, was used as the theme to BBC TV comedy series Butterflies.[3]
- On November 27, 2012, Parton and Stephen Colbert performed it together on The Colbert Report.[4]
Notes and References
- Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 261.
- Dolly . Dolly Parton . 2009. 44. Sony Music Entertainment. 88697 48086 2. New York, New York.
- Web site: Clare Torry: Heaven in the Sky . RPM Records . 10 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100328170650/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/rpm/artists/claretorry.php . 28 March 2010 .
- Web site: The Colbert Report: Dolly Parton "Love is Like a Butterfly". 29 November 2012.
