MATT FLINDERS
Butterfly
(Danyel Gerard)
Australia 1971
#11 Sydney* #4 Melbourne #5 Brisbane #3 Adelaide #17 Perth

Single on Fable label.

Co-charted with the original by Danyel Gerard. *Sydney chart book The Book also lists both versions as peaking at #4 in Sydney.

Matt Flinders: singer, bassist, band leader and TV entertainer, born in Egypt of French-Italian-British background, in Australia since 1951.

Formerly known as Louis Bonett, his adopted name would sound familiar to most Australians through the name of the explorer and chartmaker Matthew Flinders (1774-1814).

David Neale in Belgium points out: ...the name "Flinders" is a corruption of the Dutch word "vlinders", the plural of "vlinder" which means... butterfly!

Further reading: 1. Matt Flinders by Matt Flinders (site no longer online: archived page at Internet Archive) 2. Matt Flinders entry at Wikipedia.
Thanks to Terry Stacey.
DANYEL GERARD
Butterfly
(Danyel Gerard)
France 1971
Original version
#11 UK #4 Melbourne #5 Brisbane #3 Adelaide #17 Perth

Daniel Gerard: singer-songwriter, based in France, born Gèrard Daniel Kherlakian in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1941 (although de.wikipedia has him born in Paris but spending his childhood in Rio). His initial rock'n'roll and recording career began in late-50s France but was interrupted by service in the French army.

Butterfly has been recorded in several languages. Gerard speaks fluent Portuguese and still has family in Brazil, where Butterfly was a big hit.

Single on CBS label in Britain and Australia, Verve in USA. Co-charted with the Australian cover version by Matt Flinders. *Sydney chart book The Book also lists both versions as peaking at #4 in Sydney. Charted Top 100 in USA.

References: German Wikipedia, Rockweb and Usenet post by Raoul Verolleman. Thanks to René Ferri for additional details.
ANDY WILLIAMS
Butterfly
(A. September [Kal Mann - Bernie Lowe])
USA 1957
Red herring
#1 USA #1 UK #2 Sydney

Same title but not the same song as 'Butterfly' by MATT FLINDERS.
CHARLIE GRACIE
Butterfly
(A. September [Kal Mann - Bernie Lowe])
USA 1957
Red herring
#1 USA #12 UK

Same title but not the same song as 'Butterfly' by MATT FLINDERS.

THE HOLLIES
Butterfly
(Clark - Hicks - Nash)
UK 1967
Red herring

Same title but not the same song as 'Butterfly' by MATT FLINDERS.

On 1967 album (UK) Butterfly.
DAISY CLOVER
Butterflies
(Guzzardi - Hammond)
Australia 1969
Red herring
#27 Melbourne

Same title but not the same song as 'Butterfly' by MATT FLINDERS.

An original song by late-60s to early-70s band from Melbourne who took their name from the film Inside Daisy Clover.
This was their first single, on Festival label, B-side of Tell Me, followed by Penny Brown Girl/Barbara (#38 Melbourne) the same year.

This was the original line-up of Daisy Clover. The band was later re-formed by singer Greg Hunt with a new line-up that included Chrissie Amphlett, later of Di-Vinyls fame.

Thanks to original Daisy Clover member Alf Giarrusso.
MARIAH CAREY
Butterfly
(Afanasieff - Carey)
USA 1997
Red herring
#22 UK #21 Sydney #31 Melbourne #29 Brisbane #27 Adelaide #31 Perth

Same title but not the same song as 'Butterfly' by MATT FLINDERS.
CRAZY TOWN
Butterfly
(Binzer-Flea-Frusciante-Kiedis-Mazur-Smith)
USA 1999
Red herring
#3 UK #5 Melbourne #4 Perth

Same title but not the same song as 'Butterfly' by MATT FLINDERS. 

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