Dolly Parton songwriting: How Dolly wrote two iconic songs at the SAME time

Eventually, on hearing the song, Porter understood where she was coming from and let her leave, and years later the song took on a new lease of life when it was recorded by Whitney Houston for her hit movie The Bodyguard.

In contrast, Jolene is about a bank teller her husband spent time with, who Dolly admits she felt jealous of, explaining how “everybody has a Jolene in their lives.”

During her headline Glastonbury 2014 set, Dolly told the story of the lyrics behind this song, as chronicled in The Independent.

She said: “Now, some of you may or may not know that that song was loosely based on a little bit of truth.