''Butterflies and Elvis'' is the debut
studio album
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by
Icelandic singer
Yohanna
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, released by
Warner Music
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in Sweden and still being released in other European countries. It was primarily produced by
Lee Horrocks, with additional contribution from Maria Björk.
Release and reception
"
Is It True?" is the first single taken from the album. The song was the
Iceland
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ic entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2009, it achieved 174 points in the first semifinal and placed 1st. In the final the song received 218 points and placed 2nd making it the best Icelandic entry since
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's "
All Out Of Luck
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" in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1999. The song charted in many
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an countries peaking at #14 in the
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, #2 in the
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charts, #3 in the
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and
Norwegian Singles Chart and #1 in the
Iceland
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ic Singles Chart.
The second single "I Miss You" was released digitally in Summer 2009 with a music video accompanying the song.
Track listing
;2009 Swedish release
# "
Is It True?"
(Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Tinatin Japaridze, Chris Neil) – 3:00
# "Beautiful Silence"
(Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 3:51
# "I Miss You"
(Lee Horrocks) – 3:51
# "Butterflies and Elvis"
(Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 4:49
# "Funny Thing Is"
(Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 3:40
# "Worryfish"
(Lee Horrocks) – 3:42
# "Spaceman"
(Lee Horrocks) – 3:36
# "Say Goodbye"
(Lee Horrocks, Andrea Remanda) – 3:17
# "Rainbow Girl"
(Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 2:49
# "The River Is Dry"
(Lee Horrocks, Anthony Krizan) – 3:34
# "Walking On Water"
(Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 4:13
# "White Bicycle"
(Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 3:31
# "Indian Ropetrick" – 3:58
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;2008 Icelandic and 2009 International release
Charts
References
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