"Love Is Like a Butterfly" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton and released in August 1974 as the first single and title track from the album Love Is Like a Butterfly. It was her overall fourth number one on the country chart as a solo artist (and her third consecutive number one). The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.^[1]

• Dolly Parton — vocals
• Jimmy Colvard, Dave Kirby, Bruce Osbon, Bobby Thompson — guitars
• Bobby Dyson — bass
• Larrie Londin — drums
• Jerry Smith — piano
• Stu Basore — steel guitar
• The Lea Jane Singers — background vocals^[2]

• Parton used "Love Is Like a Butterfly" as the opening theme for her 1976–77 TV variety show Dolly! She also uses a butterfly as the "W" in the trade dress for her Dollywood theme park.
• A version sung by Clare Torry, was used as the theme to BBC TV comedy series Butterflies.^[6]
• On November 27, 2012, Parton and Stephen Colbert performed it together on The Colbert Report.^[7]