Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah) Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah) "Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)" is a song by A-ha, and their final recording before their second splitting on 4 December 2010. The song was sold digitally in Norway from July 5. It is included on "25", a compilation album released on July 19. Its world premiere was on June 14, 2010. The single entered the Norwegian single chart at #13 and reached #6 on the airplay chart soon after. It also charted at #66 in the World singles official top 100. Much like many of A-ha's early music videos (including that of "Take on
Poor Butterfly Poor Butterfly "Poor Butterfly" is a popular song. It was inspired by Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly" and contains a brief musical quote from the Act two duet "Tutti i fior" in the verse. The music was written by Raymond Hubbell, the lyrics by John L. Golden. The song was published in 1916. It was introduced in the Broadway show "The Big Show", which opened in August 1916 at the New York Hippodrome, and was sung in the show by Sophie Bernard. The song has become a pop standard, recorded by many artists. The two biggest hit versions in 1917