''Butterflies and Elvis'' is the debut

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by Icelandic singer

Yohanna Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir (born 16 October 1990), known outside Iceland as Yohanna, is an Icelandic singer. Beginning her music career as a child singer, Yohanna received international recognition after representing Iceland in the Eurovis ...

, released by

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in Sweden and still being released in other European countries. It was primarily produced by Lee Horrocks, with additional contribution from Maria Björk.

Release and reception

" Is It True?" is the first single taken from the album. The song was the

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ic entry in the

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, it achieved 174 points in the first semifinal and placed 1st. In the final the song received 218 points and placed 2nd making it the best Icelandic entry since Selma's "

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" in the

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. The song charted in many

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an countries peaking at #14 in the

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, #2 in the

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charts, #3 in the Danish and Norwegian Singles Chart and #1 in the

ic Singles Chart. The second single "I Miss You" was released digitally in Summer 2009 with a music video accompanying the song.

Track listing

;2009 Swedish release # " Is It True?" (Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Tinatin Japaridze, Chris Neil) – 3:00 # "Beautiful Silence" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 3:51 # "I Miss You" (Lee Horrocks) – 3:51 # "Butterflies and Elvis" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 4:49 # "Funny Thing Is" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 3:40 # "Worryfish" (Lee Horrocks) – 3:42 # "Spaceman" (Lee Horrocks) – 3:36 # "Say Goodbye" (Lee Horrocks, Andrea Remanda) – 3:17 # "Rainbow Girl" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 2:49 # "The River Is Dry" (Lee Horrocks, Anthony Krizan) – 3:34 # "Walking On Water" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 4:13 # "White Bicycle" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 3:31 # "Indian Ropetrick" – 3:58 Tunes bonus track/small> ;2008 Icelandic and 2009 International release # "Beautiful Silence" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 3:51 # "Say Goodbye" (Lee Horrocks, Andrea Remanda) – 3:17 # "Indian Ropetrick" – 3:58 # "Butterflies and Elvis" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 4:49 # "Funny Thing Is" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 3:40 # "Worryfish" (Lee Horrocks) – 3:42 # "Lose Myself" – 2:19 # "Spaceman" (Lee Horrocks) – 3:36 # "I Miss You" (Lee Horrocks) – 3:51 # "Rainbow Girl" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 2:49 # "The River Is Dry" (Lee Horrocks, Anthony Krizan) – 3:34 # "Walking On Water" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 4:13 # "White Bicycle" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) – 3:31

Charts

References

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