"Wings of a Butterfly", also released as "Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly", is a song by the Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 metal

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 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

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 charts, #10 in Germany

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 and the UK

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, and #87 in the U.S.

United States

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, making it the biggest single from Dark Light. The music video

Music video

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, filmed at Union Station in Los Angeles

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, was #1 on the Rock Countdown on MTV2

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 in late 2005 for five weeks until it retired.

Track listing

International track listing

1. "Wings of a Butterfly"
2. "Poison Heart
   Poison Heart
   "Poison Heart" is the 1992 single by the Ramones written by ex-bassist Dee Dee Ramone. It has a different pace to normal Ramones works. It was given to the band in exchange for bailing Dee Dee out of jail. The song was also included in the film Pet Sematary 2...
   
   " (Ramones
   Ramones
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    cover)

International maxi single track listing

1. "Wings of a Butterfly" (radio edit)
2. "And Love Said No
   And Love Said No
   "And Love Said No" is a song by Finnish rock band HIM. It was released as a single in 2004. The music video for the song, directed by skateboarder Bam Margera with CGI by Vincent Haycock and André Stringer, was filmed at Fonthill.-Track listing:...
   
   " (616 version)
3. "Vampire Heart
   Vampire Heart
   "Vampire Heart" is a song by the Finnish rock band HIM. It is the first track on the 2005 album Dark Light and was released as the album's third single. This was only released as a 7" vinyl single along with a HIM calendar....
   
   " (live at Donington)
4. "Wings of a Butterfly" (Video)

UK track listing

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

UK maxi single track listing

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

UK 7" picture disc track listing

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

EU DVD

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 Single

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

Charts positions

Chart position (2006)	Peak position
Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	1
Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....	1
Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	18
Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	10
Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	28
Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	35
Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	20
Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	18
Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	3
Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	12
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	87
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