This song takes me back to a special time in my life...graduating from highschool in 1980 and on my way to college... Some of the best years of my life laid ahead 🤗👋💯
I think I might agree. I neverrrrrr expected anything to hit me more in the heart from Chaka than I Feel For You, but this song recently sounded literally like the sound of being freed from a cage and into Paradise. I had never bothered to read the lyrics and I don't know French, so I never expected that the word is Chanson. Which might as well be saying Chandler's Son. I wonder which photograph she means.
clearly she is a beauty Steph. And while I don't know her personally, from what I have seen, she is genuine and has an awesome personality...her voice though!!!!
Luther, Whitney and Cissy Houston on background vocals! 1980! How Whitney and Luther got their start! Wish they showed them singing! Love this track! Thanks for uploading this amazing feel good blast from the past!
I feel where you're coming from and love Luther as a fellow fan, but Luther had a career in music long before this collaboration. In 1969, he was in a musical troupe called Listen, My Brother on the first season of Sesame Street. He was a songwriter by 1973, and one of those songs is in The Wiz (Everybody Rejoice (Can You Feel A Brand New Day). He's written, produced and provided backgrounds for half of the business in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
My FAVORITE lyrics in this song were.... Gone are the days of instant romance... And the nights of slow goodbyes... That was a time of life when foxy was the dance... And then you got wise to all my lies. God, it just paints a picture!! Gorgeous! :-D
Of all Chaka's songs--I thought this should have been her HUGE hit. I am still amazed that it sank without much of a ripple. What memories this and Clouds have for me
Não sei explicar em palavras, porque quando escuto Chaka Khan em especial " Papillon" fico emocionado...Talvez as lágrimas que transbordam, meus olhos sejam capazes de Falar por mim....
Perhaps, my favorite Chaka song! Luther Vandross is singing background vocals and he's all over it too. The video looks like footage from American Bandstand (hosted by late great Dick Clark). Amazing song with great vocals and musical arrangements. Thanks for posting.
Luther's all over the album. And most of the bg singers he worked with for years are singing with him on the album. Also, a very young teenage Whitney Houston is a backup singer on this track and the album as well, with her mom, Cissy.
I remember this song from childhood. It is one of my Mom's favorites by her. I promised my Mom when I was a little boy all these songs we hear on the radio we would own. This was 1980. Last December I bought the album Naughty to go with the other rare 1000 disc we have.
A faded photograph I mailed to you With feelings I don't want to face And a long song of surrender in blue I remember when you took my breath away [Chorus:] Chanson papillon, we were very young Like butterflies, like hot butterfly Chanson papillon, we had just begun We let it slide on by We didn't realize All our memories are burning in time Like a bittersweet perfume Can you tell me how a love that's so fine Could have climaxed in a single afternoon Gone are the days of instant romance And the nights of slow goodbyes That was a time of life when foxy was the dance But then you got wise to all my lies [Chorus] Chanson papillon, chanson Chanson papillon, chanson Chanson papillon, chanson Chanson papillon, chanson
A faded photograph I mailed to you With feelings I don't want to face And a long song of surrender in blue I remember when you took my breath away Chanson papillon, we were very young Like butterflies, like hot butterfly Chanson papillon, we had just begun We let it slide on by We didn't realize All our memories are burning in time Like a bittersweet perfume Can you tell me how a love that's so fine Could have climaxed in a single afternoon Chanson papillon, we were very young Like butterflies, like hot butterfly Chanson papillon, we had just begun We let it slide on by We didn't realize Chanson papillon Chanson papillon Gone are the days of instant romance And the nights of slow goodbyes That was a time of life when foxy was the dance But then you got wise to all my lies Chanson papillon, we were very young Like butterflies, like hot butterfly Chanson papillon, we had just begun Let it slide on by Let it slide on by Chanson papillon, we were very young Like butterflies, like hot butterfly Chanson papillon, we had just begun Just begun to fly Ooh, yeah, I wanna say Chanson papillon, chanson Chanson papillon, chanson Chanson papillon, chanson Chanson papillon, chanson Chanson papillon, chanson
This is rare. Thanks for posting. It was the song that my first boyfriend and I shared when we were very young like butterflies. It makes the hair on my neck and arms stand up every time I hear it.
Thanks for this. I've always loved Chaka and never felt people really appreciated her great talent. After Rufus her talent kept blossoming. She's awesome and I love her!
@@carol1954ish She's revered by the musicians; singers; producers, and writers, regardless of genre or color. The industry has a lot of politics (including the corporate media mags, like Rolling Stone; VH1 TV, etc.,) that tend to camouflage her utmost importance to the genre of singing. But it's there, trust me!!
I saw Chaka sing this and other groovy songs LIVE at LA County Fair a few years ago. She can still light up the stage with a powerful voice and an amazing stage presence. : )
one of the most beautiful and most talentedn artist to ever live..........thanks for the visual treats, and the audio sweets Chaka, we love you and thanks!
I talk to a lot of youngsters who want to be singers.I tell them what they see on the surface is just a small part of it . The recording studio to the lengthy tours and getting up for it every night is a lot of work.Hotel to city . But Chaka is one of those rare talents that remains relevant after being in the business for 40 plus years and still going and that is what it is a business.Chaka we love you and for all the joy you have given us through our ups & downs throughout the years and decades.You have touched our lives immensely .💗💗💗💗
You can clearly hear Luther Vandross and Cissy Houston on this. Back in the 90's I had this on CD. Can't remember what Chaka Khan CD i had but this was included on one side of it. I believe this is 1980. Also, Robyn Crawford mentions this song in her memoir that im currently reading, as one of Whitney Houston's favorite songs.
Mulher fantástica!! Voz poderosíssima!! Puro carisma!! Quem não se apaixonaria por ela?!... Essa é minha música favorita cantada por ela! Era inicio dos anos 80... Inesquecível... Deus a abençoe para sempre!
That is her hair if u look at clips from the her live performance from the 70s early 80s that her hair she didn't start with weaves and hair clips until mid 80s and 90s. There is a Lifetime Bio on her a video clip of her when she was a little girl she had a bang and ponytail down her back...
uh no she wore pieces in the 70's too. the album with tell something good, the Jean shirt cover, she a tiny afro on there. wearing fake hair is apart of Hollywood entertainment. always have been.
ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL, FOREVER.THANKS LADY and ALL Y'ALL WHO ALLOW US TO HEAR IT AGAIN 😘❤️👍😃😊🙏🙏AMEN and THANK Y'ALL, PEACE BE STILL 🤗⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, AT LEAST, but DESERVE MORE 🤗😊👍😃👍
After the loss of my beloved Tobey. My sister wanted to get me another Yorkie. Instead she ended up with Yorkie mix. Half Yorkie half Papillon. So one day while driving I played and dedicated this song to her Puppy Papi. Whenever they come visit I hug him and start singing along to Chaka. He knows we are singing it to him. Lol :)
You're so right! I've played this song until the needle dug a groove in the vinyl and I never noticed that. My, what good ears you have! - Better to hear Luther with, my dear! LOL
Wanna hear something else great from Chaka during that time period? Find "roll me through the rushes like Moses"..It's a showcase of the awesomeness of her talent.
This song means so much to me, I'm so blessed to have seen her perform it live in Chicago to celebrate her 40 years in the music business. She truly is an original.
That is definitely her own hair. Any black person can have long hair if they stop with all the chemicals. Just look at some of the young brothers.Black people are a very diverse group also...Some folks are just plain ignorant and jealous.
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The only thing I hate about this song is that it ends.
#MYjoint
My favorite Chaka song ever . My father loves her . Knew all the words to this since I was a kid . Now it has such a personal meaning 💗
Jesus tonight. You are stunning in that picture.
This song takes me back to a special time in my life...graduating from highschool in 1980 and on my way to college... Some of the best years of my life laid ahead 🤗👋💯
My fav. as well!!!
That's beautiful.👏🏾 This song is so good! #bringbackmusiclikethis
I think I might agree. I neverrrrrr expected anything to hit me more in the heart from Chaka than I Feel For You, but this song recently sounded literally like the sound of being freed from a cage and into Paradise. I had never bothered to read the lyrics and I don't know French, so I never expected that the word is Chanson. Which might as well be saying Chandler's Son. I wonder which photograph she means.
perhaps one of the MOST beautiful women in the world...
I WAS JUST SAYING THAT THE OTHER DAY!!!!! What is it about Chaka??? She is truly EXTRAORDINARILY BEAUTIFUL but in an Ordinary way!!!!!
clearly she is a beauty Steph. And while I don't know her personally, from what I have seen, she is genuine and has an awesome personality...her voice though!!!!
I KNOW!!! She has one of the most distinctive voices ---which they ALL do but Chaka can sing ANYTHING!!!!
Easily
I agree!!
she said in a interview this is one of her favorite songs!... she is all of that...
Did she??
Did she??
Well, yes she sings it like it is one of her favorites. It definitely is my favorite. (Outside of her songs without the group Rufus).
Luther, Whitney and Cissy Houston on background vocals! 1980! How Whitney and Luther got their start! Wish they showed them singing! Love this track! Thanks for uploading this amazing feel good blast from the past!
I feel where you're coming from and love Luther as a fellow fan, but Luther had a career in music long before this collaboration. In 1969, he was in a musical troupe called Listen, My Brother on the first season of Sesame Street. He was a songwriter by 1973, and one of those songs is in The Wiz (Everybody Rejoice (Can You Feel A Brand New Day). He's written, produced and provided backgrounds for half of the business in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Thanks for the correction!
not sure but it sounds like it's lip synched? it sounds exactly like the record to me . . .
Wow I never that!
Adoro obrigada
that bounce tho....side, side bounce....that was her signature move, gone Chaka! She killed!
yes! the Chaka shimmy!
+Kimberly Smith Yep! And that bounce and sway was sexier than any of the twerk crap "artists" do these days!!
on every song! I LOVE It!
@@q.daniellejones4485 😅🤣😂😍🤗...
I Love it 2...😉
@@01tnql Exactly!! She's so beautiful and all she used was her powerful voice to get us to love her.
I loved this in 1980 and I’m loving it more so in 2023
My FAVORITE lyrics in this song were....
Gone are the days of instant romance...
And the nights of slow goodbyes...
That was a time of life when foxy was the dance...
And then you got wise to all my lies.
God, it just paints a picture!! Gorgeous! :-D
THIS SONG IS SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL AND SO IS CHAKA. LOVE HER. BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES. 💗✨️🦋
One of the finest women to ever rock a microphone. 🔥🔥
Chaka was born with it all, beauty, talent and the will to survive.
Every time I hear this I could cry, it's so beautiful. And I used to *hate* this record. Being 16 was great, but thank G_d for being 55.
31 years later and I still can't get enough of "Hot Butterfly". Thanks for uploading this gem!
11 years later. And I can confirm: still true!
did not know that there was a video for this song , it is 2022 and it stills sounds great.
she was such a little woman with a huge beautiful voice
Of all Chaka's songs--I thought this should have been her HUGE hit. I am still amazed that it sank without much of a ripple. What memories this and Clouds have for me
Everybody ain't got good taste, Noodley...
It was never released as a single, that’s why.
@@cmarie6157 Wrong. It was a single and hit #22 on the black charts
I think this was Chaka's best solo jam as far as I'm concerned.
Just makes it more special for the niche fans!
'CHAKA KHAN' BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFULLY AND INCREDIBLY PERFORMED DELIVERED'♥♥
She was so pretty.
still is!!!!!
As they say fine as wine in the summer time.
Codycole80 She's still beautiful. 💋
Codycole80 #dimeforever
@Tanya Gladden Same!! 😂🤣
Talent, beauty, voice and song.Chaka is Legend.
I remember this performance; Sister Chaka....
Não sei explicar em palavras, porque quando escuto Chaka Khan em especial " Papillon" fico emocionado...Talvez as lágrimas que transbordam, meus olhos sejam capazes de
Falar por mim....
I love the way she dances!
She was 27 years old here i believe .nice seein the young Chaka!!!!!!!!!!
Im here in 2024 smiling!
One of my fav Chaka songs with Luther Vandross killing it in the background!!
Real music sung from the soul
she was beautiful then, and still is! I love chaka!
I’ve been in love with Chaka Khan since 1973 when I was 17 and I’m 68 years old now and she’s still my dream girl ❤❤
ONE OF MY FAVORITES, HAVE ALWAYS LOVED CHAKA SINCE RUFUS!!!
Classic !!! what a song!
Perhaps, my favorite Chaka song! Luther Vandross is singing background vocals and he's all over it too. The video looks like footage from American Bandstand (hosted by late great Dick Clark). Amazing song with great vocals and musical arrangements. Thanks for posting.
Luther's all over the album. And most of the bg singers he worked with for years are singing with him on the album. Also, a very young teenage Whitney Houston is a backup singer on this track and the album as well, with her mom, Cissy.
Mike Douglas show. Chaka, along with Rufus, were always on the Mike Douglas show. Mike was a huge fan of Chaka's and Rufus featuring Chaka Khan.
@@GenesisFan01 Whitney Houston is not on this song. The background singers on this song were Luther Vandross, Cissy Houston and Ullanda McCollough.
@@Calvin375 Sorry, I misspoke. She's on the two Ashford and Simpson songs I think.
Never knew Luther sung background.
Sing Ms.Chaka take me back to when I was 16 I love this version then Luthers' This lady is a DIVA and can siiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
Wow, the energy in this one keeps rising and rising. What a GREAT feel to this song.
I remember this song from childhood. It is one of my Mom's favorites by her. I promised my Mom when I was a little boy all these songs we hear on the radio we would own. This was 1980. Last December I bought the album Naughty to go with the other rare 1000 disc we have.
A faded photograph I mailed to you
With feelings I don't want to face
And a long song of surrender in blue
I remember when you took my breath away
[Chorus:]
Chanson papillon, we were very young
Like butterflies, like hot butterfly
Chanson papillon, we had just begun
We let it slide on by
We didn't realize
All our memories are burning in time
Like a bittersweet perfume
Can you tell me how a love that's so fine
Could have climaxed in a single afternoon
Gone are the days of instant romance
And the nights of slow goodbyes
That was a time of life when foxy was the dance
But then you got wise to all my lies
[Chorus]
Chanson papillon, chanson
Chanson papillon, chanson
Chanson papillon, chanson
Chanson papillon, chanson
I Love you Chaka Khan. Iam Walter. Guarujá -Brasil.
Thanks Honey....
I just found out I was making my own words😅🤣😂😍🤗🙇♀️
I love this song ❤️❤️💕💞💓💓
Thanks you, just what I was looking for!
Well crafted lyrics in this song...
I was 15 years old and that was funk and disco at its best.
🔥🦋2023 and still listening to this Classic & Classy hit.
i love everything about this song
That inimitable, unmistakable, unique Chaka Khan style and sound here!
Its almost 2024 and I'm here ...we got class
One of my favorite Song's
PLA❤️ 2019
I loved Chaka's fashion style.
A faded photograph I mailed to you
With feelings I don't want to face
And a long song of surrender in blue
I remember when you took my breath away
Chanson papillon, we were very young
Like butterflies, like hot butterfly
Chanson papillon, we had just begun
We let it slide on by
We didn't realize
All our memories are burning in time
Like a bittersweet perfume
Can you tell me how a love that's so fine
Could have climaxed in a single afternoon
Chanson papillon, we were very young
Like butterflies, like hot butterfly
Chanson papillon, we had just begun
We let it slide on by
We didn't realize
Chanson papillon
Chanson papillon
Gone are the days of instant romance
And the nights of slow goodbyes
That was a time of life when foxy was the dance
But then you got wise to all my lies
Chanson papillon, we were very young
Like butterflies, like hot butterfly
Chanson papillon, we had just begun
Let it slide on by
Let it slide on by
Chanson papillon, we were very young
Like butterflies, like hot butterfly
Chanson papillon, we had just begun
Just begun to fly
Ooh, yeah, I wanna say
Chanson papillon, chanson
Chanson papillon, chanson
Chanson papillon, chanson
Chanson papillon, chanson
Chanson papillon, chanson
This is rare. Thanks for posting. It was the song that my first boyfriend and I shared when we were very young like butterflies. It makes the hair on my neck and arms stand up every time I hear it.
Thanks for this. I've always loved Chaka and never felt people really appreciated her great talent. After Rufus her talent kept blossoming. She's awesome and I love her!
In the AA community, we really, really revered her.
@@carol1954ish
She's revered by the musicians; singers; producers, and writers, regardless of genre or color. The industry has a lot of politics (including the corporate media mags, like Rolling Stone; VH1 TV, etc.,) that tend to camouflage her utmost importance to the genre of singing. But it's there, trust me!!
I saw Chaka sing this and other groovy songs LIVE at LA County Fair a few years ago. She can still light up the stage with a powerful voice and an amazing stage presence. : )
Straight up gorgeous
one of the most beautiful and most talentedn artist to ever live..........thanks for the visual treats, and the audio sweets Chaka, we love you and thanks!
My favorite Chaka song.
( I hear Luther also)
Queeeeeeeeen
I Love her só much.....I'm waiting for her to come tô Brazil again!!!
Eu já assisti a 2 shows inesquecíveis dessa Deusa!!!
I remember watching her as a little kid...I thought she was the most beautiful princess.... Go Ms. Chaka!
One of my absolute favorite songs ever!!! 🔥🔥🔥
I talk to a lot of youngsters who want to be singers.I tell them what they see on the surface is just a small part of it . The recording studio to the lengthy tours and getting up for it every night is a lot of work.Hotel to city . But Chaka is one of those rare talents that remains relevant after being in the business for 40 plus years and still going and that is what it is a business.Chaka we love you and for all the joy you have given us through our ups & downs throughout the years and decades.You have touched our lives immensely .💗💗💗💗
@Bmw3842
Rufus's first album was in 1973 my friend. That's 50 years ago now, as incredible as that sounds!
I am really feeling you Chaka!
I love Chaka's style which has elements of both jazz and funk.
"Sooo high ahh ahh ah ahhhhhha " -Luther but his signature on that .
I vaguely remember seeing this in the summer of 1980 when this was really popular. I think this was the Mike Douglas Show.
Happy 70th Birthday, Empress Chaka!!
You can clearly hear Luther Vandross and Cissy Houston on this. Back in the 90's I had this on CD. Can't remember what Chaka Khan CD i had but this was included on one side of it. I believe this is 1980. Also, Robyn Crawford mentions this song in her memoir that im currently reading, as one of Whitney Houston's favorite songs.
my fave chaka song
So blessed and talented. Just got my tickets to see her
Mulher fantástica!! Voz poderosíssima!! Puro carisma!! Quem não se apaixonaria por ela?!... Essa é minha música favorita cantada por ela! Era inicio dos anos 80... Inesquecível... Deus a abençoe para sempre!
That is her hair if u look at clips from the her live performance from the 70s early 80s that her hair she didn't start with weaves and hair clips until mid 80s and 90s. There is a Lifetime Bio on her a video clip of her when she was a little girl she had a bang and ponytail down her back...
uh no she wore pieces in the 70's too. the album with tell something good, the Jean shirt cover, she a tiny afro on there. wearing fake hair is apart of Hollywood entertainment. always have been.
Nah she wore a lot of pieces in the 70's and early 80's too!!!
Yes I kind of agree but my hair is down to my back but if it’s wet or I put a curly hair product on it curls really short.
Ms. Chaka Kahn, what else can I say so pretty and can siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
So Sweet and Lovely Yes YOU are Chaka
Wow 1980 i thought it was much later but a real beautiful song !
Beautiful song,beautiful voice, beautiful chaka khan
She sang this from her heart at her concert in Philadelphia got to love her.
Back then the female singers had soul.
this is a reminder of happy high school days!
She was so beautiful 😍💯🔥🥵
ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL, FOREVER.THANKS LADY and ALL Y'ALL WHO ALLOW US TO HEAR IT AGAIN 😘❤️👍😃😊🙏🙏AMEN and THANK Y'ALL, PEACE BE STILL 🤗⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, AT LEAST, but DESERVE MORE 🤗😊👍😃👍
Simplesmente Magnifica
That is her best song ever!
Beautiful Song.. Super Fine Woman
Omg my favorite too!!!
After the loss of my beloved Tobey. My sister wanted to get me another Yorkie. Instead she ended up with Yorkie mix. Half Yorkie half Papillon. So one day while driving I played and dedicated this song to her Puppy Papi. Whenever they come visit I hug him and start singing along to Chaka. He knows we are singing it to him. Lol :)
Fez muito sucesso no Brasil anos 80,nas festas casa de portugual,palmeiras.....a primeira a tocar....e luizãoooooooooooooooooo,arrebentava.
Smile worthy performance.. she enjoying it too.
Biuthiful time...what was ALL Nice..the night ...I was glad ..
This song feels soooo good!
Perfect Woman !!
You're so right! I've played this song until the needle dug a groove in the vinyl and I never noticed that. My, what good ears you have! - Better to hear Luther with, my dear! LOL
Wanna hear something else great from Chaka during that time period? Find "roll me through the rushes like Moses"..It's a showcase of the awesomeness of her talent.
This song means so much to me, I'm so blessed to have seen her perform it live in Chicago to celebrate her 40 years in the music business. She truly is an original.
Chaka Khan is fenomenal, singe very much, kisses
Still 🔥 in 2020
Beautiful and she looks the same way In 2024❤!
LOVELY SONG CLASSEY LADY HEART
can never get tired of seeing chaka khan
I Love you Chaka Khan. Eu sou o Walter. Guarujá - Brasil.
The one thing we will never get back is real music. That not only sounded but meant so much.
She had her own hair,no wig or weave at all!!
Yvette Marie.. 🎶🎵🎼🌩️⛈️⚡⚡😍🥰😉😘
Love this song still listening 2021
Papillon = butterfly = mariposa 😢😭😉😍😘! Chaka is the most beautiful Papillon 👍🏼👌🏼💪🏼❤️❤️❤️! From France
Thank you for your thumbs up 😕😞😢😉👍🏼👌🏼✊🏼❤️
That is definitely her own hair. Any black person can have long hair if they stop with all the chemicals. Just look at some of the young brothers.Black people are a very diverse group also...Some folks are just plain ignorant and jealous.
Versus chaka kahn and stephanie mills brought me here. My diva was not herself on the versus. She is truly one of my favorite icon.
We all got taste...I love this song....
My GOD!!!!!! Chaka was and still is the most beautiful woman ever!
Michael watson Wow! 💋