The national radio station, Triple J, had played it, as a radio-only release, which had a limited run of 500 CD single units pressed.

"One Second of Insanity"[1] was the second single from the debut album, Begins Here, by Australian rock group, The Butterfly Effect and was released in 2003.

They spent November 2002 to March 2003 recording their debut album at Modern Music Studios.

[4] The single was also released in the United Kingdom and Europe on 23 August 2004. musicOMH's Sacha Esterson reviewed the album and declared that "One Second of Insanity" was "very short, and that's probably a good thing.

[5] Chris Linosi (musicOMH) describes the song as being "short, sharp and may well have its 15 minutes of fame, but it's bordering on the average and it in no way reflects the maturity of the rest of their debut album".