This article is about the song by Finnish rock band HIM. For the article on the Wings of a Butterfly Nebula, see Planetary Nebula M2-9. For other uses, see Butterfly wings.
"Wings of a Butterfly"
Single by HIM
from the album Dark Light
B-side
"Poison Heart"
Released
2 August 2005 (2005-08-02)
Genre
Gothic rock
Length
3:29
Label
HMC
Sire
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.
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