Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus do onstage throughout the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on Feb. 10, 2019 in Los Angeles. Kevin Winter/GI for The Recording Academy
Dolly Parton is simply a month far from launching her extremely prepared for initial rock cd, fittingly entitled Rockstar, on Nov. 17, and followers are especially delighted to hear her partnership with goddaughter and fellow super star Miley Cyrus.
The duo are collaborating for a fresh performance of Cyrus’ 2013 Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper “Wrecking Ball,” and in a clip shared solely with Billboard on Friday (Oct. 20), the country symbol disclosed why she wished to consist of the track on her cd.
“To involve Miley in my rock ‘n’ roll album, I thought, well, I have to do ‘Wrecking Ball,’ because I love Miley and I love the song,” Parton shares in the video clip. “So I said, ‘Will you come and do this for me?’ And she said, ‘Of course,’ but it actually came from the fact that we had done the song on NBC for her New Year’s show that she does every year from Miami.”
Parton proceeded: “We got such a response from how we did ‘Wrecking Ball,’ and combined my song ‘I Will Always Love You’ with that one. Since everybody loved it, and we loved it, I thought, why don’t I just do that combination and have her sing on my rock album? So I love my Miley and I love that song and I’m very proud of it. My version, and hers, and ours.”
Following its launch on Aug. 25, 2013, “Wrecking Ball” came to be Cyrus’ initial No. 1 solitary on the Hot 100 and invested 3 weeks atop the graph.
Beyond “Wrecking Ball,” Parton’s Rockstar cd will certainly include a variety of super star partnerships with the similarity Sting, Stevie Nicks, Peter Frampton, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Chris Stapleton, Lizzo, Elton John, P!nk, Brandi Carlile, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and a lot more. Check out the complete track listing here.
Watch Parton speak the motivation behind placing “Wrecking Ball” on Rockstar listed below.
