Butterflies and Elvis is the debut studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

  by Icelandic

Icelanders

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 singer Yohanna, released by Warner Music  in Sweden and still being released in other European countries. It was primarily produced by Lee Horrocks, with additional contribution from Maria Bjork.

Release and reception

"Is It True?

Is It True?

"Is It True?" is a song by Icelandic singer Yohanna and was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. The song was composed by Óskar Páll Sveinsson and won second place in the contest...

" is the first single taken from the album.The song was the Iceland

Iceland

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ic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....

,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

Selma

-Given name:*Selma Bajrami , Bosnian singer*Selma Björnsdóttir , Icelandic singer, 1999 and 2005 representative in the Eurovision Song Contest*Selma Blair , American actress*Selma Chalabi, British filmmaker...

's "All Out Of Luck

All Out Of Luck

"All Out of Luck" was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in English by Selma. This was the first occasion on which the Icelandic entry had not been performed entirely in Icelandic....

" in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999

The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 May 1999 in Jerusalem, Israel after Dana International won the contest the previous year in the United Kingdom. The venue for the contest was the International Convention Center...

.The song charted in many Europe

Europe

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an countries peaking at #14 in the European Hot 100 Singles,#2 in the Swedish

Sweden

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 charts,#3 in the Danish

Denmark

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 and Norwegian

Norway

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 Singles Chart and #1 in the Iceland

Iceland

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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

1. "Is It True?
   Is It True?
   "Is It True?" is a song by Icelandic singer Yohanna and was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. The song was composed by Óskar Páll Sveinsson and won second place in the contest...
   
   " (Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Tinatin Japaridze, Chris Neil) — 3:00
2. "Beautiful Silence" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) — 3:51
3. "I Miss You" (Lee Horrocks) — 3:51
4. "Butterflies and Elvis" (Lee Horrocks,Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) — 4:49
5. "Funny Thing Is" (Lee Horrocks,Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) — 3:40
6. "Worryfish" (Lee Horrocks) — 3:42
7. "Spaceman" (Lee Horrocks) — 3:36
8. "Say Goodbye" (Lee Horrocks,Andrea Remanda) — 3:17
9. "Rainbow Girl" (Lee Horrocks,Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) — 2:49
10. "The River Is Dry" (Lee Horrocks,Anthony Krizan) — 3:34
11. "Walking On Water" (Lee Horrocks,Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) — 4:13
12. "White Bicycle" (Lee Horrocks,Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) — 3:31
13. "Indian Ropetrick" — 3:58 [iTunes bonus track]

2008 Icelandic and 2009 International release

1. "Beautiful Silence" (Lee Horrocks, Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) — 3:51
2. "Say Goodbye" (Lee Horrocks,Andrea Remanda) — 3:17
3. "Indian Ropetrick" — 3:58
4. "Butterflies and Elvis" (Lee Horrocks,Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) — 4:49
5. "Funny Thing Is" (Lee Horrocks,Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) — 3:40
6. "Worryfish" (Lee Horrocks) — 3:42
7. "Lose Myself" — 2:19
8. "Spaceman" (Lee Horrocks) — 3:36
9. "I Miss You" (Lee Horrocks) — 3:51
10. "Rainbow Girl" (Lee Horrocks,Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) — 2:49
11. "The River Is Dry" (Lee Horrocks,Anthony Krizan) — 3:34
12. "Walking On Water" (Lee Horrocks,Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) — 4:13
13. "White Bicycle" (Lee Horrocks,Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir) — 3:31

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Swedish Album Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	20