Dolly Parton has revealed a brand new observe from her forty ninth solo album ‘Rockstar’ – a brand new model of her goddaughter Miley Cyrus’ 2013 hit ‘Wrecking Ball’.
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Parton’s rendition of the observe was uploaded on streaming platforms on October 20 forward of the album’s November 17 launch, and sees Cyrus lending her vocals on the decidedly extra rock-based tackle the tune.
In a assertion launched on Twitter following the observe’s launch, Parton stated, “After I heard ‘Wrecking Ball’ I virtually wept in my automobile. When it began into the refrain it hit me like a wrecking ball!”
“I believed how nice can a tune be and the way nice can Miley Cyrus be? I believed, I’ve to have that tune on my rock album and I’ve to have Miley sing it with me! I adore it and I hope you do,” she added.
The duo had beforehand carried out ‘Wrecking Ball’ as a part of a medley with Parton’s ‘I Will All the time Love You’ and ‘Jolene’, in addition to Joan Jett’s ‘I Love Rock’n’Roll’ and Patsy Cline’s ‘Strolling After Midnight’ at Miley’s New Yr’s Eve Get together to ring in 2023.
‘Rockstar’ will function 9 authentic songs and 21 covers of rock classics together with Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’, The Rolling Stones‘ ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ and lots of extra. Parton has beforehand shared her cowl of The Beatles‘ ‘Let It Be’ that includes Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Mick Fleetwood and Peter Frampton and 4 Non Blondes’ ‘What’s Up?’.
Parton just lately defined why she by no means let Elvis Presley cowl her hit ‘I Will All the time Love You’ regardless of Presley’s love of the tune. Explaining that her refusal was because of a battle with Presley’s supervisor Colonel Tom Parker, Parton stated, “Elvis liked it. I talked to Priscilla not very way back – she stated, ‘Elvis sang it to me after we have been on the courthouse steps after we acquired divorced’.”
