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“Butterfly” by Crazytown

From the album The Gift of Game (1999)

“Butterfly” by Crazytown appears on 35 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 2000 and 2025. It was first released in 1999 on the album The Gift of Game. Its best result is #10 on the Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #24 alternative song of 2001, #3,162 alternative song of all time and #179 of the '00s.

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Crazy Town - Butterfly (Official Video)

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"Butterfly" floats off Crazy Town's 1999 debut album, The Gift of Game, and it's the rap-rock record that swapped the genre's clenched fists for a slow dance. Its bed is a sample of "Pretty Little Ditty" from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1989 album Mother's Milk, which is why Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith and John Frusciante sit in the writing credits beside Seth Binzer and Bret Mazur. Josh Abraham, Mazur and Brian Virtue produced it, keeping the guitars clean and the beat easy, so the whole thing shimmers like a summer afternoon.

It was the album's third single and took its time: the song really caught fire once it hit the shops in February 2001, then spent two separate weeks that spring on top of the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in eight countries, from Germany to Greece.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2000 56 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 107
2000 60 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 105
2000 47 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 101
2000 81 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 93
2000 93 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000 100
2000 54 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 107
2000 33 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2000 99
2000 104 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2000 106
2000 77 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 103
2001 32 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 107
2001 25 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001 91
2001 23 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 106
2001 16 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 22 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 100
2001 27 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 93
2001 23 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001 100
2001 17 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2001 107
2001 10 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 89
2001 28 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 30 Songs of 2001 30
2001 24 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 103
2001 66 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 106
2001 12 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001 40
2001 81 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001 100
2001 10 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2001 252 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 977 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2005 594 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 350 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 304 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2009 488 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2020 326 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2022 907 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2024 867 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 83 107.7 The End The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024) 100
2025 844 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909

Charting alongside it in 2001

Best songs of 2001 →
  1. 1Hash PipeWeezer
  2. 2SchismTool
  3. 3How You Remind MeNickelback
  4. 4Smooth CriminalAlien Ant Farm
  5. 5It's Been AwhileStaind
  6. 6Fat LipSum 41

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