Butterflies (Michael Jackson song)

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"Butterflies"

Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Invincible
Released	2002
Format	CD single
Recorded	2001
Genre	R&B
Length	4:40
Label	Epic Records
Writer(s)	Floetry
Producer(s)	Michael Jackson and Andre Harris
Chart positions
#14 (US Pop) #2 (US R&B)
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Cry" (2001)	"Butterflies" (2002)	"One More Chance" (2003)

"Butterflies" is a song written by UK Neo-soul duo Floetry, and covered by Michael Jackson.

1 Song information
2 Charts
3 Credits
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Song information

The song was planned to be the third single release from Invincible, and scheduled for release on February 12, 2002. For reasons unexplained, Sony cancelled the release of the single which caused a lot of controversy and sparked allegations, made by Jackson, that Tommy Motola (the head of Sony) was a racist who didn't care about black artists. The song was however released to US radio stations and climbed to #2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, based on airplay alone. It also peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100.

[edit] Charts

U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream Chart Trajectory for "Butterflies"
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Position	33	<center>32	<center>30	<center>26	<center>21	<center>19	<center>17	<center>16	<center>14	<center>14	<center>15	<center>17	<center>21	<center>29	<center>35	<center>34