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The Real Story Behind Why Dolly Parton Wrote the Song "I Will Always Love You"

#DollyParton #IWillAlwaysLoveYou #PorterWagoner #CountryMusic Of all the legendary  songs Dolly Parton has written  in her illustrious career,  "I Will Always Love You"  remains one the most iconic. Dolly's version hit No. 1 on the charts twice in her career (when she first released the song in 1974, and again when she re-recorded it for her 1982 movie  The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ). And of course, the ballad became popular once again when Whitney Houston recorded a version for the movie  The Bodyguard  in 1992. Perhaps the reason that "I Will Always Love You" has struck a chord with so many listeners through the years is that it has such strikingly simple, yet heartbreaking, lyrics. It's the straight-forward passion behind the words that make the song so timeless: If I should stay I would only be in your way And so I'll go, but I know I'll think of you each step of the way And I will always love you I will always love you And