"Butterflies" is a song by Norwegian singer

Tone Damli Tone Damli Aaberge (born 12 April 1988) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and actress. She became famous for being a contestant in the Norwegian version of the ''Idol'' series. Damli was the runner-up in the Norwegian version of ''Idol'' in 20 ...

from her third studio album '' I Know'' (2009). It was released in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

on 9 January 2009. The song peaked at number 2 on the

Norwegian Singles Chart VG-lista is a Norwegian record chart A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide chart ...

. The song was written by David Eriksen, Billy Burnette, Tone Damli Aaberge and Mats Lie Skåre.

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

She contended in the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest 2009 finals, with the song and ended up in the runner-up position behind

Alexander Rybak Alexander Igorevich Rybak (russian: Александр Игоревич Рыбак) or Alyaxandr Iharavich Rybak ( be, Аляксандр Ігаравіч Рыбак; born 13 May 1986) is a Belarusian-Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pian ...

who went on to win the contest for

. The song uses a sample from Walking On Broken Glass by Annie Lennox (1992).

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{{authority control 2009 singles 2008 songs Songs written by Billy Burnette Songs written by Mats Lie Skåre Tone Damli songs Universal Music Group singles