Butterfly Kisses

Bob Carlisle was a Christian singer from California when Butterfly Kisses, written with Randy Thomas for his daughter Brooke's sixteenth birthday, became an unexpected mainstream hit in 1997. The song follows a girl from childhood to her wedding day, verse by verse, and its final section is set at the wedding itself, which is why fathers choose it even though it was never a hit in the UK. The tempo is slow, the structure is plain and the arrangement is restrained. It won a Grammy for Best Country Song despite not being a country record, topped the American adult contemporary chart, and its success led his album to be reissued under the song's name.