Drunken Butterfly
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| "Drunken Butterfly" | ||||
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| Single by Sonic Youth | ||||
| from the album Dirty | ||||
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| Released | August 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Early 1992 | |||
| Studio | Magic Shop, New York City | |||
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| Length | 3:03 | |||
| Label | Geffen Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sonic Youth | |||
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"Drunken Butterfly" is a song by American rock band Sonic Youth from their seventh studio album, Dirty (1992). It was released as the fourth and final single from the album in August, 1993, by Geffen Records. The song was written and produced by Sonic Youth, with additional production provided by Butch Vig.
The video for "Drunken Butterfly" was directed by Stephen Hellweg, the winner of an MTV 120 Minutes contest in which fans were asked to send in videos for any song on Dirty. It featured puppets and dolls made up to look like Sonic Youth performing the song onstage. This video was featured in The Brothers Grunt episode "If I Could Grunt to the Animals."
