Wings of a Butterfly

"Wings of a Butterfly"
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
HIM singles chronology
"And Love Said No" (2004) "Wings of a Butterfly" (2005) "Killing Loneliness" (2006)
"And Love Said No" (2004) "Wings of a Butterfly" (2005) "Killing Loneliness" (2006)

"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.

Track listing

International track listing

1. "Wings of a Butterfly"
2. "Poison Heart" (Ramones cover)

International maxi single track listing

1. "Wings of a Butterfly"
2. "And Love Said No" (616 version)
3. "Vampire Heart" (live at Donington)
4. "Wings of a Butterfly" (Video)

EU DVD Single

1. "Wings Of A Butterfly (Video) - 3:29
2. "Making Of Wings Of A Butterfly (Video) - 4:58

Charts positions