Butterfly

About Butterfly

“Butterfly” is told from Pinkerton’s point of view in the opera Madame Butterfly. Known for its sincere lyrics and simplicity, “Butterfly” remains Weezer’s only completely acoustic song to be commercially released. The song consists of just Rivers on solo acoustic guitar and vocals, as well as some light, steady percussion by Karl Koch. "Butterfly" alludes to the Puccini opera Madama Butterfly. The opera concludes when the primary character, Cio-Cio-san, upon realizing that B. .

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About this song

Credited to

Weezer

Album

Pinkerton · Track 10 of 10

Released

September 24, 1996

Duration

2:53

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435,122 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Pinkerton