2008Released
4:59

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Interesting facts and trivia about Butterfly. By Songfacts®.

This is a track from American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz's third studio album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.

Mraz told the story of the song to Rolling Stone: "When I took a break to make this record, I joined my roommate Bushwalla's band - I was the guitarist and background vocalist. There was a young woman in the band who would also do a burlesque show and invited us to go see her. And I was watching this burlesque show thinking, 'Man, I wonder if my music is played in any exotic clubs anywhere in the world? I sincerely doubt it.' That challenged me: I went home, and I thought, 'I'm going to see if I can't write a song that a young woman would want to model her shoes to.' I don't know if the girl ever found out, but it's definitely one of the more fun songs in the live show."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Butterfly.
A♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
108BPM

Album

The album Butterfly is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Butterfly.
Atlantic Records/ATG
© 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. All Rights Reserved.
℗ 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. All Rights Reserved.

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