Whitney Houston's Cover of the Song 'I Will Always Love You' by Dolly Parton

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Dolly Parton wrote and recorded “I Will Always Love You” in 1973. Although the song sounded like Parton was leaving a romantic relationship, it was not the case. Instead, she released that song to mark the end of her professional career at Porter Wagoner’s Show (Finn, 2020). In 1992, Whitney Houston re-recorded the song “I Will Always Love You,” which became very popular. In addition, Houston’s version of the song was used as a soundtrack in the film The Bodyguard. The paper focuses on the song “I Will Always Love You,” written and recorded by Parton and re-recorded by Houston, who made it iconic.
The first version of “I Will Always Love You” by Parton was not popular compared to the second version by Houston. Although the original version of the song was a success, it did not become very popular. In particular, up-to-date, the song has 4,049,019 views on YouTube (Parton, 2017). Despite numerous individuals thinking that the song depicts the end of a romantic relationship, it was not. The song starts, “If I should stay, Well I would only be in your way, And so I’ll go, And yet I know, I’ll think of you each step of the way, And I will always love you, I will always love you” (Finn, 2020). The song became popular since it was simple, short, and Parton’s voice made it outstanding. 
The cover version of “I Will Always Love You” by Houston became more popular and iconic. Specifically, it has 1,146,270,063 views on YouTube (Houston, 2010). Houston did the a cappella of the song, which was used as a love song in a particular scene in The Bodyguard. The cover version became more popular than the original version due to Houston’s vocals and high notes. Houston also touched on the sense of sorrow and created the proper framework for it (Reich, 2021). “I Will Always Love You” chang...