Butterfly

This page is for the SMILE.dk song titled Butterfly. For other songs titled Butterfly, please see Butterfly (disambiguation).

Butterfly

Song Information

Butterfly's jacket.

Artist: SMILE.dk
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: Robert Uhlmann, Robin Rex
Album: Dancemania 10 (1998)
BPM: 135
Length: 1:34
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Ai yai yai
Ai yai yai
Ai yai yai
Where's my samurai?

I'm searching for a man
All across Japan
Just to find, to find my samurai
Someone who is strong
But still a little shy
Yes, I need, I need my samurai 

Ai yai yai
I'm your little butterfly
Green, black, and blue
Make the colors in the sky.

Ai yai yai
I'm your little butterfly
Green, black, and blue
Make the colors in the sky.

I've been searching in the woods
And high upon the field
Just to find, to find my samurai
Someone who won't regret
To keep me in his nest
Yes, I need, I need my samurai

Ai yai yai
I'm your little Butterfly
Green, black, and blue
Make the colors in the sky.

Ai yai yai
I'm your little Butterfly
Green, black, and blue
Make the colors in the sky.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A speed remix of Butterfly, titled BUTTERFLY (UPSWING MIX), appears on the Dancemania SPEED 2 album.
  • A short version of BUTTERFLY (UPSWING MIX) appears in DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX.
• An 8-bit arrangement of Butterfly appears in DanceDanceRevolution GB.
• A disco remix of Butterfly, titled BUTTERFLY (KCP KUNG-FU MIX), appears on the Dancemania BASS #6 album.
  • A short version of BUTTERFLY (KCP KUNG-FU MIX) appears in Dance Maniax.
• A eurobeat remix of Butterfly, titled BUTTERFLY (Hyper K Mix), appears on the Dancemania EURO★MIX HAPPY PARADISE album.
  • The full, unmixed version of BUTTERFLY (Hyper K Mix) appears on SMiLE.dk's Smile Paradise EP.
• A trance remix of Butterfly, titled BUTTERFLY(DELACTION REMIX), appears on the 姫トランス album.
  • A short version of BUTTERFLY(DELACTION REMIX) appears in pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS.
• A longer cut of Butterfly, titled Butterfly (2008 X-edit), appears in DanceDanceRevolution X.
• A remix of Butterfly by kors k feat.Starbitz appears in DANCERUSH STARDOM.
• An arrangement of Butterfly by Naoki Maeda with vocals by Paula Terry, titled Butterfly -CHUNITHM edit-, appears on SEGA's CHUNITHM AMAZON.
• Another remix of Butterfly by Sota Fujimori, titled BUTTERFLY (20th Anniversary Mix), appears in DanceDanceRevolution A20.

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.

• Since its introduction on the original DanceDanceRevolution, BUTTERFLY became one of the most popular licensed songs of the DanceDanceRevolution series, becoming synonymous with the game itself.
  • BUTTERFLY was the only song that appeared in every mainline arcade DanceDanceRevolution title from the beginning up to DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX-.
  • BUTTERFLY is among the few licenses in the mainline arcade DanceDanceRevolution games to be revived twice.
• BUTTERFLY was used as the CM song for DanceDanceRevolution CS.
• BUTTERFLY has different Single BASIC charts between NORMAL and HARD modes in DanceDanceRevolution, DanceDanceRevolution CS, and DanceDanceRevolution GB.
  • The HARD mode chart was retained in later releases.
• BUTTERFLY received brand-new Single MANIAC and Double ANOTHER charts in DanceDanceRevolution Internet Ranking Version.
• BUTTERFLY's background appears in the video of five fathoms (beatmania II special version).
• BUTTERFLY's background can be found unused in the DanceDanceRevolution CS (America) data.
• BUTTERFLY's disc image can be found unused in the DanceDanceRevolution Solo BASS MIX data, despite that the game doesn't use disc images.
• BUTTERFLY's Single BASIC and Single DIFFICULT charts have the exact same stepcount.
• BUTTERFLY received an alternate chart in DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX, titled "PF-BUTTE" (or BUTTERFLY-Performance).
• BUTTERFLY received a brand-new Double MANIAC chart in DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX.
• BUTTERFLY received Single BEGINNER, Single/Double CHALLENGE charts and an updated banner in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
  • BUTTERFLY's Single CHALLENGE chart was made by Akira Goshima.
• BUTTERFLY received a Double BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3.
• In DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3, BUTTERFLY's BPM was incorrectly displayed as 134.
• Butterfly's title has had different capitalization in the games:
  • Until DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX, it was capitalized as butterfly.
  • Between DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME and DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX, it was capitalized as BUTTERFLY.
• Before DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX, Butterfly's artist was capitalized as SMiLE.dk.
• BUTTERFLY is one of Shiyuna Maehara's favorite DanceDanceRevolution songs.
• In DanceDanceRevolution GB, BUTTERFLY runs at 128 BPM.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from the original game to 2ndMIX rated from 1 to 8, 2ndMIX CLUB through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9, 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	88 / 0	160 / 0	160 / 0	213 / 0	323 / 4 / 0	164 / 0	191 / 0	223 / 0	326 / 6 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution	-	3	4	-	-	4	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution Internet Ranking Ver.	-	3	4	6	-	4	6	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX→3rdMIX PLUS	-	3	4	↓5	-	4	↓5	-	-
Dancing Stage→1.5	-	3	4	5	-	4	5	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX→5thMIX	-	3	4	5	-	4	5	6	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME	1	3	4	5	8	4	5	6	8
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX	2	5	6	8	11	6	7	9	12
DanceDanceRevolution CS JP	-	3	4	6	-	4	6	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution GB	-	3	4	5	-	-	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution Party Collection	1	3	4	5	8	4	5	6	8
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3 / Dancing Stage Unleashed3	N/A	3	4	5	8	4	5	6	8

Other charts not shown on the above table:

• Single NORMAL Basic chart: Level 3, total notes: 138 / 0.

DanceDanceRevolution Solo

Game	6 Panels
	Basic	Trick	Maniac
Notecounts	160	213	275
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX Solo→4thMIX PLUS Solo	3	5	7