This article is about the song by Finnish rock band HIM. For the article on the Wings of a Butterfly Nebula, see Planetary Nebula M2-9. For other uses, see Butterfly wings.
"Wings of a Butterfly" (released as "Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly" on the album) is a song by the Finnish band HIM. It is the second track on the 2005 album Dark Light and was released as the album's first single that year. The song reached #1 on the Finnish charts, #10 in Germany and the UK, and #87 in the U.S., making it the biggest single from Dark Light. The music video, filmed at Union Station in Los Angeles, was #1 on the Rock Countdown on MTV2 in late 2005 for five weeks until it was retired.
Since its live performance premiere the song become a concert staple being played at almost every HIM show since then.
