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Butterfly (Wada Kouji)

Single Cover
Artist
Wada Kouji
Single
Butter-Fly
Released
1999.04.23
Catalog Number
NEDA-10001
Price
¥ 1,000
Tracklist
  1. Butter-Fly
  2. Seven
  3. Butter-Fly (Original Karaoke)
  4. Seven (Original Karaoke)


Information

"Butter-Fly" is the debut single released by Wada Kouji. It was used as the first opening theme to the Digimon Adventure anime series. The track is one of the best known from the series and it's been re-released and re-recorded several times. In 2004 the single was reissued in a 12cm CD format. "Butter-Fly ~Strong Version~" was released by Wada in 2009. It is the 10th Anniversary edition of the single and contains updated version of the tracks. While the 2015 version, "Butter-Fly ~tri.Version~" was used as the opening theme to the Digimon Adventure Tri anime films.

Song Information

Lyrics
Chiwata Hidenori
Music
Chiwata Hidenori
Other Information
Arrangement: WATA-BOO

Reissues

Reissue Cover
Artist
Wada Kouji
Single
Butter-Fly
Released
2004.08.01
Catalog Number
NECM-10014
Price
¥ 1,200
Tracklist
  1. Butter-Fly
  2. Seven
  3. Butter-Fly (Original Karaoke)
  4. Seven (Original Karaoke)

Single Cover
Artist
Wada Kouji
Single
Butter-Fly ~Strong Version~
Released
2009.04.22
Catalog Number
NECM-12161
Price
¥ 1,200
Tracklist
  1. Butter-Fly ~Strong Version~
  2. Seven ~10th Memorial Version~
  3. Butter-Fly ~Strong Version~ (Original Karaoke)
  4. Seven ~10th Memorial Version~ (Original Karaoke)

Single Cover
Artist
Wada Kouji
Single
Butter-Fly 〜tri.Version〜
Released
2015.11.25
Catalog Number
NECM-10231
Price
¥ 700
Tracklist
  1. Butter-Fly ~tri.Version~
  2. Butter-Fly ~tri.Version~ (Original Karaoke)

Oricon Chart Positions

The original "Butter-fly" single reached #47 on the weekly Oricon chart, while the 2004 reissue did not rank. "Butter-fly ~Strong Version~" managed to peak at #143 on the weekly Oricon chart, selling a total of 456 copies.

The "Butter-fly ~tri Version~" of the single reached #37 on the weekly chart and it continued to rank for 18 weeks, selling a total of 11,766 copies. Because it sold 5,423 copies in 2015 it became the #913 single of the year, and it sold 6,343 copies in 2016 making it the #779 single of the year.

Butter-fly ~tri Version~
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 50 - 23 20 - - 52 2,052
- 65 28 49 24 18 36 37 1,895
21 65 50 - 40 51 35 52 1,486
30 66 65 50 44 57 91 65 1,050
56 91 - 85 91 75 80 88 638
- - - - - - - 84 444
96 91 96 - 72 99 99 100 374
- - - - - - - 157 257
- - - - - - - 141 233
- - - - - - - Out for 7 weeks
94 - - - - - - 164 249
- - - - - - - 194 209
- - - - - - - 177 239
- - - 33 36 - - 92 461
- - - - - - - Out for 1 week
- - 31 32 - - - 54 969
40 - - - 97 - - 105 488
- - - - - - - 114 341
- - - - - - - 171 197
- - - - - - - 197 194
  • Total Reported Sales: 11,766

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