Black Butterfly (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Black Butterfly

| cover = Dwilliamsblackbutterfly.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Deniece Williams

| album = Let's Hear It for the Boy

| released = 1984

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| length = 4:25

| label = Columbia AS 1941 (US)

| writer = Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil

| producer = George Duke

| prev_title = Next Love

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Wiser And Weaker

| next_year = 1986

}}

"Black Butterfly" is a song written by the song-writing duo Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil in 1982, and most famously recorded by American recording artist Deniece Williams. Williams' recording was released in 1984 for Columbia Records and is on her 1984 album Let's Hear it for the Boy. The B-side of the single is the song "Blind Dating", also featured on the album.

The single peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/deniece-williams/chart-history/bsi/|title=Deniece Williams: Black Butterfly (Hot Soul Songs)|publisher=Billboard |website=billboard.com}}