Dolly Parton will always love Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball.”
On Friday, the country legend, 77, teamed up with the “Flowers” singer, 30, for a new cover of Cyrus’ 2013 hit “Wrecking Ball” for her upcoming album Rock star.
The song, which begins as a stripped-down piano ballad, explodes into an electric guitar duet featuring both singers. Closing out the song, the duo pays a brief tribute to Parton’s classic “I Will Always Love You” and the medley the duo performed during Miley’s New Year’s Eve in January.
Parton shared a video on Instagram celebrating the team’s release explaining why she wanted to put her own stamp on the song.
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“I remember the first time I heard ‘Wrecking Ball,’ it hit me the same way I did when I first heard Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You,'” Parton said in the clip. “I was driving, heard it and almost crashed. And when I heard ‘Wrecking Ball,’ I almost broke again. I thought when that chorus started, ‘He hit me like a wrecking ball,’ I thought, ‘Well, how great can a song get?'”
Parton wrote in the caption that when she heard the song she “thought how great a song can be and how great can Miley Cyrus be?”
“I thought, I have to have that song on my rock album and I have to have Miley sing it with me! I love it and I hope you do too!” she wrote.
Cyrus also took to Instagram on Friday to share her gratitude for the collaboration.
“I grew up listening to my aunt Dollys music and it’s an honor to hear her sing one of my songs,” she captioned a photo of herself singing on stage wearing a black leopard print outfit with her godmother. She continued: “I love you Aunt Dolly! So happy to add another collab under our sparkly (leather) belt! We’re ROCKSTARS now! You can hear so much sweetness and love on this record. Excited to share with everyone. Forever your little doll, Miley.”
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Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton in Los Angeles in February 2019. Kevin Mazur/Getty
On November 17, Parton should release her new album Rock star — a collection of rock duets with musicians including Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Elton John, Pink, Brandi Carlile, Melissa Etheridge and Sting, among others.
“I’m so excited to finally present my first Rock and Roll album Rock star! It is a great honor and privilege to work with some of the greatest iconic singers and musicians of all time and to be able to sing all the iconic songs on the album was an immense pleasure,” the country icon said in a press release.
She added, “I hope everyone enjoys the album as much as I enjoyed putting it together!”
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