| "Wings of a Butterfly" | ||||
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| Single by HIM | ||||
| from the album Dark Light | ||||
| B-side | "Poison Heart" | |||
| Released | 2 August 2005 | |||
| Format | CD single, DVD | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | Sire Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ville Valo | |||
| Producer(s) | HIM | |||
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"Wings of a Butterfly" (released as "Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly" on the album) is a song by the Finnish band HIM. It is the second track on the 2005 album Dark Light and was released as the album's first single that year. The song reached #1 on the Finnish charts, #10 in Germany and the UK, and #87 in the U.S., making it the biggest single from Dark Light. The music video, filmed at Union Station in Los Angeles, was #1 on the Rock Countdown on MTV2 in late 2005 for five weeks until it was retired. Since its live performance premiere the song become a concert staple being played at almost every HIM show since then.