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I Will Always Love You
1974
The song she wrote as a farewell — and that the world never let go
Photo credit“And I will always love you. I will always love you.”
The song is a masterclass in graceful parting: love without possession, goodbye without bitterness. It hit #1 for Dolly in 1974 and again in 1982. Whitney Houston's 1992 version spent 14 weeks at #1.
Did you know
Dolly has said she wrote it in about twenty minutes on the day she told Porter she was leaving.