A Deep Dive Into The Music Video For Crazy Town’s Butterfly

Writing a completely sincere love song is difficult – without the protective layers of irony, metaphor and bravado, laying one’s heart bare is an extraordinarily hard thing to do, rendering oneself emotionally vulnerable. Nevertheless, that was what Crazy Town set out to do with Butterfly – write a truly heartfelt love song. They mentioned nipples in the second line of the first verse, so it could be argued they didn’t quite succeed on those merits. However, Butterfly was a massive hit. It reached number one in the Billboard charts and helped the album, The Gift Of Game, shift an impressive million and a half copies. Let’s fold our wings up and dive right in! 0.01 The sample this song is built around comes from none other than the Red Hot Chili Peppers, giving Joh...

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