"Butterflies" | ||||
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Single by Kacey Musgraves | ||||
from the album Golden Hour | ||||
A-side | " Space Cowboy" ( double A-side) | |||
Written | 2016 | |||
Released | February 23, 2018 | |||
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Length | 3:39 | |||
Label | MCA Nashville | |||
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"Butterflies" on YouTube |
"Butterflies" is a song by American country singer–songwriter Kacey Musgraves from her fourth studio album, Golden Hour (2018). It was released on February 23, 2018 alongside " Space Cowboy" as the second [1] [2] single from the album through MCA Nashville Records. [3] Musgraves wrote the song with Luke Laird and Natalie Hemby, and produced it alongside Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. [4] According to Musgraves, "Butterflies" was co-written with Shane McAnally; [1] however, he was not credited as one its songwriters in the album's liner notes. [4]
A "genre-defying" [5] song described as country pop, [3] [6] pop, [7] and disco [8] with a " reggae-fied twang", [9] "Butterflies" departs from the lyrical cynicism expressed in Musgraves' previous songs. [10] With lyrics "[representing] those feelings that you have when you're first meeting somebody and you fall in love". [11]
The song was written in early 2016 shortly after Musgraves had met singer–songwriter Ruston Kelly. [1] The pair were married in 2017 before filing for divorce three years later. [12]
Rolling Stone compared the "earnest" lyrics of "Butterflies" to Taylor Swift's work from Fearless (2008). [10] NPR compared its sound to Little Big Town, with its production "stepping easily beyond any genre category". [9]
Musgraves first performed "Butterflies" on January 21, 2017 on the radio show A Prairie Home Companion. [10] In 2018, Musgraves performed the song on Today in March, [13] Austin City Limits in November, [14] and at the 13th Billboard Women in Music event in December. [15] In April 2018, Musgraves recorded an acoustic performance of the song in London to serve as one of the original videos for the Hot Country playlist on Spotify. [16]
The music video for "Butterflies", like the clip for "Space Cowboy", was directed by Courtney Phillips and shot in Mexico City. [17] It was released on May 4, 2018 and shows Musgraves walking around a city at night. [8] [18]
"Butterflies" won the Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance at the 61st annual awards ceremony in 2019. [5]
On Billboard's weekly charts, the song peaked at number 32 on the Hot Country Songs chart and number 56 on the Country Airplay chart, spending two weeks on the latter. [19] [20]
Rock band Hawthorne Heights covered "Butterflies" for their two-track project Dads of Sad (2019); Musgraves reacted positively to the emo cover. [21] The song was performed by contestant Cali Wilson on the 17th season of the American music competition series The Voice. [22]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Golden Hour. [4]
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [19] | 32 |
US Country Airplay ( Billboard) [20] | 56 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States ( RIAA) [23] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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"Butterflies" | ||||
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Single by Kacey Musgraves | ||||
from the album Golden Hour | ||||
A-side | " Space Cowboy" ( double A-side) | |||
Written | 2016 | |||
Released | February 23, 2018 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:39 | |||
Label | MCA Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) |
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Kacey Musgraves singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Butterflies" on YouTube |
"Butterflies" is a song by American country singer–songwriter Kacey Musgraves from her fourth studio album, Golden Hour (2018). It was released on February 23, 2018 alongside " Space Cowboy" as the second [1] [2] single from the album through MCA Nashville Records. [3] Musgraves wrote the song with Luke Laird and Natalie Hemby, and produced it alongside Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. [4] According to Musgraves, "Butterflies" was co-written with Shane McAnally; [1] however, he was not credited as one its songwriters in the album's liner notes. [4]
A "genre-defying" [5] song described as country pop, [3] [6] pop, [7] and disco [8] with a " reggae-fied twang", [9] "Butterflies" departs from the lyrical cynicism expressed in Musgraves' previous songs. [10] With lyrics "[representing] those feelings that you have when you're first meeting somebody and you fall in love". [11]
The song was written in early 2016 shortly after Musgraves had met singer–songwriter Ruston Kelly. [1] The pair were married in 2017 before filing for divorce three years later. [12]
Rolling Stone compared the "earnest" lyrics of "Butterflies" to Taylor Swift's work from Fearless (2008). [10] NPR compared its sound to Little Big Town, with its production "stepping easily beyond any genre category". [9]
Musgraves first performed "Butterflies" on January 21, 2017 on the radio show A Prairie Home Companion. [10] In 2018, Musgraves performed the song on Today in March, [13] Austin City Limits in November, [14] and at the 13th Billboard Women in Music event in December. [15] In April 2018, Musgraves recorded an acoustic performance of the song in London to serve as one of the original videos for the Hot Country playlist on Spotify. [16]
The music video for "Butterflies", like the clip for "Space Cowboy", was directed by Courtney Phillips and shot in Mexico City. [17] It was released on May 4, 2018 and shows Musgraves walking around a city at night. [8] [18]
"Butterflies" won the Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance at the 61st annual awards ceremony in 2019. [5]
On Billboard's weekly charts, the song peaked at number 32 on the Hot Country Songs chart and number 56 on the Country Airplay chart, spending two weeks on the latter. [19] [20]
Rock band Hawthorne Heights covered "Butterflies" for their two-track project Dads of Sad (2019); Musgraves reacted positively to the emo cover. [21] The song was performed by contestant Cali Wilson on the 17th season of the American music competition series The Voice. [22]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Golden Hour. [4]
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [19] | 32 |
US Country Airplay ( Billboard) [20] | 56 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States ( RIAA) [23] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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