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Carey produced "Butterfly" with Walter Afanasieff (pictured in 2011). "Butterfly" is a pop, [24] pop gospel, [25] and R&B ballad. [26] It lasts for four minutes and thirty-four seconds [27] and has a slow tempo. [28] Carey wrote the lyrics herself and composed the music with her longtime collaborator Walter Afanasieff.
Butterfly is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released on September 10, 1997, by Columbia Records.The album contains both hip-hop and urban adult contemporary sounds, as well as some softer and more contemporary melodies.
Mariah Carey (/ m ə ˈ r aɪ ə / mə-RY-ə; [1]: 0:01 born March 27, 1969) [a] is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Dubbed the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, Carey is known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style and signature use of the whistle register.
With “Butterfly,” Mariah began to let audiences in to what we’d later learn in her memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah,” was a pretty terrible childhood by any standard.
Mariah Carey reflects on her seminal sixth studio album, 'Butterfly,' which became the blueprint for the music industry today.
Carey was inspired to write the song and use Latin inspired melodies after a trip to Puerto Rico, where she was influenced by the culture. The song's lyrics tell of a lonely woman declaring she would give "her all" to have just one more night with her estranged lover. It is the first song Carey wrote for the Butterfly album. [1]
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"Close My Eyes" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey for her sixth studio album Butterfly (1997). It was co-written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff. While Carey solely wrote the lyrics to the song, both she and Afanasieff composed its music. They also produced and arranged the song together.