"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)

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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. Invincible is an album by Michael Jackson released on October 30, 2001. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, formerly known as Top Soul Singles, Top Black Singles, and Top R&B Singles (before the hip-hop term was added in the late 1990s), is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...

Charts

Credits

• Written by Andre Harris and Marsha Ambrosius
• Produced by Michael Jackson and Andre Harris
• Lead vocals by Michael Jackson
• Background vocals by Michael Jackson and Marsha Ambrosius
• Horns by Norman Jeff Bradshaw and Matt Cappy
• All musical instruments performed by Andre Harris
• Recorded by Andre Harris and Bruce Swedien
• Mixed by Bruce Swedien

Trivia

• A demo of the song can be found on the UK version of Floetry's Floetic.

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External links

• Lyrics at Lyrics007