The 70's / Danyel Gerard - Butterfly, The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running, The Glitter Band - People Like You And People Like Me, Mitch Ryder - Er Ist Nicht Mein Präsident, Hello - Star Studded Sham / Eurotrend Audio CD 2003 / 152.990

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"Butterfly" is a pop song, written and recorded by the French singer-songwriter, Danyel Gérard (born Gérard Daniel Khertakian, 7 March 1939, Paris) in the late 1960s. It was initially a hit in the French language.

In the early 1970s English language words were written, and Gérard recorded it again in the United States. In 1971 he also did German, Spanish and Italian versions. "Butterfly" was a very popular song internationally, selling over seven million copies. Many other musicians recorded it, both in instrumental and vocal versions. In the US, that list included Eydie Gormé, Goldie Hawn and Eddy Arnold.

The single was No. 1 in Germany for fifteen weeks in summer 1971. It also reached No. 2 in South Africa. It reached #11 (and spent 12 weeks) in the UK Singles Chart in October 1971. Lack of further chart activity in the UK saw both singer and song branded as a one-hit wonder. It also appeared in the first compilation album put together specifically for telemarketing in the UK, K-Tel's 20 Dynamic Hits. It was a similar story in the U.S., where Gérard's single peaked at No. 78 in the Billboard Hot 100. In Australia Gérard's version peaked at No. 11 on the Go-Set National Top 40 singles chart in December 1971, with a cover version by local artist Matt Flinders peaking on the same chart a month later at No. 4. In Germany he had some more songs in the charts, such as "Isabella" and "Meine Stadt".

"Long Train Runnin'" (or "Long Train Running") is a song recorded by The Doobie Brothers and written by band member Tom Johnston. It was included on the band's 1973 album The Captain and Me and was released as a single, becoming a hit and peaking at No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

It was covered by the Italian band Traks in 1982, and then by the British girl group Bananarama in 1991. In 1993, the Doobie Brothers' version was remixed and charted again in several countries, including reaching No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart.