Dolly Parton gave the final word on Beyonce’s cover of her song ‘Jolene,’ saying ‘it was very bold of her’
'Well, I think it was very bold of her,' Parton, 78, told E! News in an interview published on Friday, May 31. 'When they said she was gonna do ‘Jolene,’ I expected it to be my regular one, but it wasn't. But I love what she did to it. And as a songwriter, you love the fact that people do your songs no matter how they do them.'
'I was very proud of her album,' Parton said of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, which debuted in March. 'I thought she did a great job in country music and I thought it was great. And I was just happy she did ‘Jolene.’ I, of course, would have loved to have heard how she would have done it in its original way. But of course, you know, it's Beyoncé. Yeah, her life is different than mine.
She added, “And we were sending each other flowers and little love notes and all that. So, yeah, it's all good.' Album cover for 'Jolene' by Dolly Parton, released in 1974 When Beyoncé released her take on “Jolene” in March, she faced backlash due to her bold decision to revise one of the most popular country songs of all time.
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