While other websites and magazines obstinately release one of these lists every year, they’re done for a reason: they’re fun to make and read. Who doesn’t like looking back at the year gone by and some of the songs that shaped up that year? With that in mind the editorial team at Roughstock has chosen their 40 favorite singles of the year. We start the list with number forty and will count down, daily, our favorite singles of the year. Today we start with Bluefield’s debut single “Butterfly.”
This single seemingly came out of nowhere in the first half of 2008. Issued by Country Thunder Records, this small-label single had a lot against it from the start. Rick Ferrell and Jennifer Hicks are two people who have distinctive voices that don’t exactly recall anyone currently on radio, usually a good thing, but Ferrell’s voice in particular is an interesting instrument. Once a solo artist with Dreamworks records, Ferrell is probably best known as the co-writer of Tim McGraw’s “Barbecue T-Shirt” song. Hicks, on the other hand, was once a Nashville Star contestent.
This song features a lyrical story about a “Butterfly” which is used as a metaphor used for an unborn child. If people want a pro-life song that affects someone, it’s this kind of song. It’s not preachy. It simply states-from the unborn child’s point of view-that the changing embryo wants a chance at life and, through dreams, compels the parents to not ‘kill the butterfly.’ It’s a pretty song and while not a hit, the song certainly got the duo into the minds of programmers at radio by daring to be different.
Remember to check back daily over the next month to see if your favorite singer's songs made the cut.
0 Comments