Dolly Parton Reveals: The Real Story Behind the name "Jolene" ?

[@nicholasfield6127]

imagine having Dolly write a song because she loved your name so much

[@thenoisybunny]

And then that song is about “you” trying to steal her husband… 😂

[@hein6870]

Olive Olive Olive Olive 🤣🤣🤣🤣✨

[@CarolineLanden]

Camilla, Camilla, Camilla..Camilla😅

[@debbiebowman1830]

She said that song came from her husband hanging out at a bank because of a beautiful red head with big green eyes and she was trying to take her hubby from her and she just used the fans name instead of the woman at the bank

[@brennathecatlover4360]

@@debbiebowman1830I don’t think she ever said her husband was ever cheating on her tho

[@Concerned_Kitten]

Imagine that little girl is just like "Bro what did I DO?"

[@taggy9768]

😅

[@madi.rediak]

no the song is about a woman who tried to steal her man, but she just used the name jolene instead

[@Nicole-tv7hy]

RIGHT

[@AgoraphobicASMR]

I was thinking this and about to write a similar comment.

[@iloveprivacy8167]

@@madi.rediak But she straight-up told the LITTLE GIRL "If you hear a song called 'Jolene' IT'S ABOUT YOU". 😲 I hope she didn't get teased all through high school. 🤣

[@gugugaga1233]

she went from speaking normal to nightcore

[@_BATMAN_1]

☠️

[@OldCountrySongs]

We speed up the video so it would fit in KZbin shorts

[@emmssi8714]

LOL

[@RoSoliTaire]

😂😂😂😂

[@Its-still-anna-alex]

@@OldCountrySongs HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAH OMG THATS TOO GOOD

[@-idwtla-2499]

Her voice through the video: 📈📈📈

[@oghenekowhegbacaleb5854]

Speed it up a little bit , she sounds like a voice actor for an animated movie 😂😂

[@tonimustajbegovic5288]

Bro sounds 5 years old💀💀

[@-idwtla-2499]

@@tonimustajbegovic5288 😂😂😂

[@becksnbama]

I thought that there was something wrong with me. I figured there wasn't that much wrong so Then I thought maybe I'd sped it up. I'd hoped that I did. Thank goodness for comments!

[@lillyarts2]

I didn't even realize until it replayed 💀

[@livilydiddily]

“if you ever hear a song with that name know i wrote it about you” *calls her a home wrecking hussy in a live performance*

[@TheHarrelsons-]

This the one ☝️💀💀💀

[@Mushroom321-]

😳😳

[@madi.rediak]

y'all are so dumb fr 😭 she only used the name jolene as a placeholder for the actual woman she was singing about

[@babyjuicesisterco.4723]

Oh no...she really did too😭

[@Rocko8000]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA funny

[@taylor_05]

Poor Jolene if only she knew what the lyrics would be- 😭

[@JosephJoestarWannabe]

She spoke about it another time and said that one time a girl tried to steal her man and that’s why she wrote this song she said it in a concert that strange 😭(sorry for bad English I am French)

[@plantman1093]

@@JosephJoestarWannabe hi French, I'm plant man

[@kathleenc8]

@@JosephJoestarWannabe Like she said on this video. The name came from this little girl. But I just heard another video where she said it was a bank teller who was "taking care of" her husband while she was gone. She was yelling at her and went home and was yelling at her husband.

[@fruitlooprainbow]

This was my thought lmfao. Yeah, first six year old homewrecker I bet!!!!!!!!! 🤣😆

[@Inuxxus]

@@plantman1093 Hi plant man I'm salad

[@ralphbell6880]

Imagine hearing Dolly telling you that she's gonna make a song of our name. Later finding out that it's about, "please don't try do take my man!" My world would get crushed.

[@beautifuldisaster139]

cause they edited it bout 2 stories .. joleen is bout a girl who tried to come between her & a bf the lady name wasn’t joleen tho there’s an unedited interview where she telling the story & it’s not this lol

[@mistitby1]

Heck no! If THE Dolly herself said she would write a song about me, (when I got up off the floor from my dead faint) I would spend the rest of my life telling people," yep, that's me!" Red headed vixen and all! 😍🤣🤣

[@MandingoAfricano]

@@mistitby1LOL RIGHT

[@tk1153]

@@mistitby1 Not red-headed vixen and all. lololol

[@Madzblr]

What?!? I would be honored!!!

[@chubaby2113]

I named my daughter Jolene. I loved the song from my childhood but I always knew it was worth something. She is the only Jolene in her school and Ive only ever heard of one other Jolene. But she was grown. I absolutely treasure my Jolene. I've only had two people try my best to make me bond out but they are very few and in between.

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

Such a beautiful name, you made the right choice

[@youranimeeditor7812]

Jolene: "Dolly Parton wrote a song about me!" Literally everyone: "surrreeeeeee"

[@Vomitedreddit]

😳

[@virginiasmith5895]

Do you really think your sarcasm is cute?? GROW UP!!

[@jojobeanaboo8761]

My name is actually Jolene

[@virginiasmith5895]

@@jojobeanaboo8761 well that's a pretty name & Dolly made you a star with her!! I've always thought Dolly Parton comes across as a very nice person!! ENJOY YOUR SONG!

[@Muh1b]

@@virginiasmith5895 that’s not what she means ☠️ she’s j saying her name is jolene

[@sweetzlovin4239]

Some young woman right now is saying that song is about me and no One believes her

[@kitkatpitterpat4498]

LOL!! I like your comment, but that song was released in 1973. This “young woman” is over 60 now haha. Time flies!!

[@sweetzlovin4239]

@@kitkatpitterpat4498 oh wow

[@eboniedreamz1371]

@@kitkatpitterpat4498 she’d actually be 49 if it came out in 73. My mom was born in 71 and is 51. My apologies I read incorrectly. The lady would be 59 so still younger than 60 but not 49.

[@mfeliciano993]

@@eboniedreamz1371 let’s say she was a 10 year old girl. She’d be almost 60.

[@eboniedreamz1371]

@@mfeliciano993 my apologies I did go back and realize my mistake. I misread the comment as she was born in 73 not the song being in 73

[@damselinthedress]

Dolly Parton becomes a chipmunk in 1 minute:

[@denisehoughton2033]

I keep seeing this change in her voice

[@SunnysBibleASMR]

Lol 😂 the video is sped up in places so it comes out different and sounds even higher than normal

[@lucio.martinez]

It's a conspiracy! Hahaha

[@keithkrueger1609]

That's because the video is sped up to fit within youtube short constraints

[@emeraldblue5291]

She wrote "9 to 5" on her fingernails during a break on the movie. She thought it sounded like a typewriter. Her fingernails are given credit on the song. She's amazing.

[@gmail4218]

She ran her fingernails across the typewrite keys to devise the rhythm, she did not write the lyrics on her fingernails, LOL.

[@azsazazsa]

@@gmail4218nobody said she wrote the lyrics on her fingernails, what they meant was that she came up with the beat and melody on her fingernails.

[@annikae8491]

So many people are confused and I’m not entirely sure why? The sound is about a woman who tried to get with her husband while Dolly was on tour, however the name of the song comes from a little girl who she met while on tour. She didn’t use the name of the woman as the title of the song for obvious reasons

[@kathleenc8]

Right? I mean she explains it right there in the video. People prob stopped listening when her voice changed.

[@drrichardpaul]

I’ve heard this story before.

[@19NeliDuran96]

Heck ya thanks for explaining!

[@Burscutum]

It's confusing she tells Jolene [little girl] that "you know I'd write it about [her]" but its not. [at least thats what it sounds like shes saying?] It's about some bank teller who tried to "take care" of her husband. But the clip never goes into detail about how she gets from point A [little girl with a beautiful name] to point B [homewrecking bank teller] its a strange story, at least how it's clipped here

[@jollyquinn430]

Well, it doesn't explain it right in the video. If I wouldn't have known the whole story, I would've bee confused, too. In the video she says that she told that little girl:"If you'll ever hear a song named Jolene by me, then you know I wrote that song about you." That's a bit confusing. "About you" not "about your name" "inspired by your name". If I would never have heard the whole backstory and I'd just knew that Dolly told a girl named Jolene:"I'll write a song about you", I wouldn't think the name is the only thing Dolly wrote about the young girl in the song. (Sry for my bad English. It's not my first language)

[@truthhearit1471]

Spead up so she sounds like she's used helium before talking

[@OldCountrySongs]

We speed up the video so it would fit in KZbin shorts

[@MsVitaD]

It’s sped not spead

[@lovelyzsora3816]

@@MsVitaD speed*

[@symruzi]

@@lovelyzsora3816 sped*

[@Jen.E]

Funny how it still sounded like Dolly.

[@mynameisreallycool1]

Dolly: "I'm gonna make a song out of your name." Jolene: "That's so cool!" Jolene after hearing the song a few weeks later: "Bruh. I don't remember trying to steal Dolly's husband. I'm literally ten. I'm confused. 😂"

[@justariane3241]

Ikr! Like if I met Olivia Rodrigo or smth and she was like "Ariane is such a pretty name. I'm gonna make a song with that name." And it's like some song about how I stole her man I would be like wtf 😭😭😭

[@randomperson1weekago295]

@@justariane3241 LMAO

[@taylor_05]

LMAO i was thinking the same thing I wouldve been confused asf 😭

[@justariane3241]

@Jimmie "The Jersey Outlaw" Lee how is that my fantasy...

[@gracefully_livy]

@@justariane3241 u mean a copycat?

[@lumos_child]

I love hearing her talk, she sounds like a sweet neighbor from the south who would call you "sugar" 🥰

[@Just_a_demigod]

her voice is going an octave higher with every second 😂

[@jrtschn]

Byeee

[@_VR_8]

its on speed

[@Ladybeerussa]

She be sounding Like Butters from southpark lol..!~

[@D-mac777]

@@Ladybeerussa LMAO this got me weak

[@ColdperpetratorLv]

It’s sped up duh

[@prettycultleader]

i am rlly fucking high rn and like i had to watch it 3 times bc i genuinely couldn’t tell if i was going insane when she started talking in nightcore mode

[@farkhadmusazov7226]

lol same

[@abionafield7737]

me too HAHA

[@gregoryberry]

ong 😂

[@katierobinson2480]

Literally same. I was like... Wait... Has Dolly ALWAYS sounded like this?!

[@d6vilsbvbe842]

me high as a kite rn 🤣

[@tessastack8127]

My gran hates that song... never understood that. Till I found out she was the one who cheated on my grandfather.

[@blip3515]

Who? Dolly? Jolene?

[@xanderfrost417]

@@blip3515 probably the grandmother cheated on the grandfather, she hates the song because it reminds her that she was/is a cheater

[@kiyaa8002]

😭😭😭

[@notsure1350]

@@xanderfrost417 I believe the word were looking for is "whore"

[@fredahwiwu5219]

😂😂😂

[@JennWatson]

I could listen to her talk and sing forever and never tire! ❤

[@mmdvjen]

Why did she go from sounding normal to sounding like one of the chipmunks? Don't do her like that!

[@VincentCastaneda96]

My guess is to make the video short enough to be a reel

[@professoryorick5676]

bc its sped up

[@epispect]

@@VincentCastaneda96 short*

[@VincentCastaneda96]

@@epispect ???

[@epispect]

@@VincentCastaneda96 you said reel it’s a short

[@kateqaysaneah5979]

She told a different story about the origins of that song almost every time she talks about it. I LOVE her

[@LegionIvory]

There are two origins. This one is about how the song got its name.

[@krishaybanez9768]

the other one is about a girl who tried to seduce her husband, i think she mentioned this in public before singing the song

[@irenemarano8241]

@@krishaybanez9768 yes 🥰, she did . Dolly has alot of talent and she is a sweet person .I miss her and Kenny singing together.

[@QueenSlime007]

@@LegionIvory actually u kinda right& wrong. she said the original joellene,who was a woman who wanted her man is who the song was about but thats not her real name. she used the lil girls name(joelene) to substitute bcuz she liked her name so much..

[@LegionIvory]

@@QueenSlime007 Those are literally the two origins. lol Those are the two true stories that make up the song.

[@FallenRosestorm]

Imagine being Jolene and hearing that she’s going to make a song about her and then the song comes out and it’s about someone trying to steal her husband

[@jolenedhadhal9357]

Ya my life 🥲 I feel the pain

[@joshuepico75]

​@@jolenedhadhal9357 LMAAAAO 😭

[@just_a_mollusk]

“When you hear your name in a song, it’s about you.” the song: *a woman stealing her husband from her*

[@auntieWarr]

My friend named her daughter Jolene. John was her husbands name, hers was pauline.

[@kristivenneri1176]

So the name came from a little girl, but a banker WAS trying to weasle into dollys marriage, who it's loosely based on.

[@clarasnyder9946]

My daughter's middle name is Jolene. She was born. In 1965. My son named her

[@djjc9782]

no. Dolly says elsewhere that it wasnt

[@juanitajaber1179]

Dolly was performing...she saw a lil girl with red hair in the audience....who resemble the lady at the bank ,who was flirting with her husband who went to get money . ( Dolly said in another video clip)

[@OEsParadise]

She sounds like butters from South Park😂

[@bag.of.bones.]

omg she does 😭😭

[@danielleking262]

idk it doesn't sound like Butters to me, other people said sounds like she inhaled helium or she sounds like one of the Chipmunks, hahahaha

[@OEsParadise]

@@danielleking262 at one point all I heard was butters lol, but you can say those other options as well.

[@kass_G59]

Lol omg she does!

[@OEsParadise]

@@kass_G59 right, I couldn’t stop laughing.

[@michaelhayes8519]

She probably unknowingly instilled godly confidence in that girl. Imagine being told "listen for your name in a song" and that song is Jolene

[@jiraisuzuya]

and the song is about a homewrecking redhead 😭😭

[@anniedee8136]

So the Jolene song has 2 stories 1: the autograph 2: the bank teller lady

[@bradyryan5105]

The bank teller lady's name likely wasn't Jolene, but Dolly did say "Jolene" tried to "take care" of Carl while Dolly's music career was blossoming. Honestly, I doubt Carl would have left Dolly for anyone, let alone "Jolene". Dolly was extremely hot back in the early 70s

[@Капка.покапка]

Her voice went ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

[@An-yzammy]

Imagine being that little girl and knowing forever that you’re in a Dolly Parton song

[@thephony1651]

“If you ever hear a song about Jolene, know it’s about you!” The song: about someone trying to get Dolly’s husband to cheat on her

[@gazooie1958]

My late big brother carried her groceries out for her in the eighties. He showed me her autograph on a piece of paper. And yes she is a very beautiful person, inside and out.

[@HeavenlyOracle1]

I love Dolly but everything she talks about this song she tells a different story of its origin.

[@ceeejay9112]

Not really......I'm thinking it is about the lady from the bank that her husband was seeing, and she just used a different name!

[@paulettestegall8530]

Thank you. That's what I just said. We always think she so extremely honest, the story I heard was it was TRUE STORY. Now she said she made it up. but here she said the girls name was not Jolene so maybe she still means it's true

[@emomsen1089]

The meaning, the things is based on and the creative process are different things, all are true.

[@samechic101]

@@paulettestegall8530 in the clip she never said she made the story up. She said she essentially changed her name to Jolee. I assume that she heard the name and loved it and as she's figuring out lyrics she thought of the lady at the bank.

[@skylarjaxx2399]

@@ceeejay9112 it's exactly it. It's the lady at the bank with the little girls name. Chapel Hart has a song you can have him Jolene. She retweeted the song and said naw imma hold on to him a little longer. It was his birthday or coming soon.

[@VeggieGirl07]

That's so adorable, imagine just being a little girl and then all of a sudden you get a song written about you

[@arreola891]

The song is not ABOUT the little girl. It's about a "red headed hussy" that tried to take Dolly's man. She just used the little girls name.

[@LexitaMai]

Imagine being like 8 and your favorite singer made a song about you like they promised, and the first line outside of your literal name is her begging you not to steal her man lmao

[@afiqite1921]

Wow that person is SOO LUCKYY to have Dolly have a song with her name!! Dolly is such a gorgeous and a sweetheart!!!

[@melissahoney8317]

Can you imagine that little girl she's all grown up now and has her own family and knowing that song was named after her that is amazing

[@evaperez4139]

She probably has that in a 8 x 10 frame.

[@BrunoGerhard]

Hi Melissa hope you're okay?

[@joeyt5500]

She's a class act...beautiful person!

[@90qwertys]

She is just. The most genuine and pure human.

[@Pinkclique]

Honestly I appreciate they sped this up cause I hate it when shorts need a pt 2 😂

[@marionnieder1655]

That's sooo true! Everybody loves that song! I'm a street musician and this song is a goldmine. Every time I play it, people will give me good money, even if they are in a bad mood, the weather is bad and I haven't earned any money all day. Jolene makes sure I can afford dinner every day! Thank you, Dolly, from the bottom of my heart! 💕🙏

[@canaangrant9962]

can't help but think about how much Dolly would love to hear this 🥰

[@KimmySue1121]

Why did they speed up her voice like she didn’t already speak fast enough 😂? They turned her into a darn chipmunk!!

[@BrunoGerhard]

Hi Kimmy hope you're okay?

[@Cyan_Rose]

I can’t be the only one who went to listen to the song right after watching this.

[@benkenobisgirl]

Going to KZbin to listen to Dolly’s and Mindy Smith’s versions.

[@m_christine1070]

She was and is the most stunning woman! And divinely talented. It would be cool if she got back in touch with the woman Jolene, who was once the little fan girl.🙂❤️

[@BrunoGerhard]

Hi Christine hope you're okay?

[@felicialewis860]

I've always liked that song since I was 4 yrs old I'm 57 now. She's right about the cord's she used now I see why it made such impression on me.😄

[@BrunoGerhard]

Hi Felicia hope you're okay??

[@Ayvypiee]

Did anyone else google up the song because of how beautiful he singing is?

[@gremlinjerky8462]

I can’t get enough of Dolly 🥰 everything about her is mesmerizing. What a legendary woman. ❤️❤️❤️

[@signil]

Little girl : "Why does Dolly Parton think I am a hussy?"

[@leagomathabatha7676]

as a person i can, infact, confirm that everybody loves that song.

[@arreola891]

You sure you're a "person" 🤔😁

[@luckygoldfish5331]

I named my daughter after this song and after hearing this story I feel like it's very fitting 😊 Love you Dolly! 💕

[@alloveragain8592]

So you want your daughter to be a girl that tries to get with married men? Cause that's what the song is about

[@ariarichards-]

@@alloveragain8592 🤦

[@alloveragain8592]

@@ariarichards- thats what she just said 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@ariarichards-]

@@alloveragain8592 The girl's name, Jolene, is used in the song, yes. That doesn't mean she is a man stealer

[@ami5968]

every time I see Dolly Parton, I am reminded of what a gem she is 💗

[@onewingangel1117]

I’m not even a fan of anything about her, but I love her lol she’s a genuinely awesome person regardless of the fact the she’s Dolly Parton. I think it’s because she’s Dolly Parton 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@anetteengman1306]

my bsolute favorite 'dolly song' is coat of many colours.....goes right to my heart everytime.... if i need a good cry thats what i listen to along with coward of the county by kenny rogers....

[@BrunoGerhard]

Hi Anettee hope you're okay?

[@lindadean3374]

Love 💕 Dolly Parton!!!! Thank you so much 4 sharing ur talents w/ the world 🌍 Peace & Love 💕 from.. South Carolina, USA 🌻🌻🌻🤩🤩🤩

[@macdaiddavidson8051]

It’s one of my absolute favorites!

[@emmajane887]

I bet she loved that Dolly Parton made a song with her name! And she was the inspiration. the only bad part is Jolene was a Homewrecker 🤣❤️

[@Nashwoman98]

Everyone sings the song to me when they find out my name. Me being a redhead with green eyes makes them ask if I was named after it but crazy enough I wasn't.

[@BrunoGerhard]

Hi Jolene hope you're okay?

[@janiyahsimmons3224]

The thing is that my mom's name is Jolene and the song literally describes my mom... "Your beauty is beyond compare With flaming locks of auburn hair With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green Your smile is like a breath of spring Your voice is soft like summer rain And I cannot compete with you Jolene."

[@teresapeachey3705]

Listen to the Miley Cyrus version every other word an F bomb it makes me sick

[@janiyahsimmons3224]

I've heard it before but I don't like it as much as the original by dolly pardon

[@CanItAlready]

​@@teresapeachey3705Haven't heard that one but Olivia Newton-John did an amazing version during a concert in the 80s.

[@jillnettles4925]

A very iconic song from one of the most iconic country singers!! And yes, all singers not just female. Love Dolly always!

[@BrunoGerhard]

Hi Jill hope you're okay?

[@asalane20]

We forget sometimes how brilliant she is.

[@Annie497-f5x]

Love how the video speeds up, throughout!!!! LOL. Love Dolly!!

[@Ab_linc]

Actually vocal talent she does not even need auto tune

[@Lenape_Lady]

I could never put my finger on why that song is so haunting and moving and emotional…yes it’s her gorgeous voice…but it’s the minor chord! She said it! That’s why it had such a different resonance than any other song. Idk why, but it FEELS kinda like the song “Sail”. Not that it’s anything like it, not even the same genre, but the feeling is kinda there. Idk why. Can any music theory majors explain it?

[@trumbleslum]

Love this woman. She seems like a very nice person and has a beautiful voice as well.

[@BrunoGerhard]

Hi Tricia hope you're okay?

[@mikewade6973]

I met dolly while I was in the army. All I could say was wow how beautiful. And would do so today

[@HajGre30]

I’m disappointed I’ll never get to hear her and Whitney preform I Will Always Love you. Two of the most iconic voices to ever sing.

[@justmejoy124]

What an odd fact I'm from Tennessee 🧡 & my name is Joy Lynn tho I was just 7 when Dolly wrote & released this song later on I remember once singing my name in place of Jolene which sounds very close to my own . This song has always been one I loved all these years & still 🧡Dolly is such a wonderful lady. Beautiful inside & out from what I've seen if her all these years& I grew up here only an hour or so from her own Dollywood 🦋

[@pagejames8754]

Poor kid probably disappointed that her name was used as a cheater

[@Omnihilo]

Don’t worry, the story probably isn’t true. She has a different story every time she tells it.

[@salsa3142]

@@Omnihilo source?

[@universechildjac888]

@@salsa3142 no one bookmarks what they saw 😂 if u watched a lot ‘of’ Dolly you’ve seen her explain Jolene several times in diff interviews . Each time it’s a diff story

[@angel-ke9vs]

Nah in the song its the husband lusting over Jolene. All the girl is doing is being hot 😂😂😂 Dolly is saying girl you are hot please don't give my man no time.

[@universechildjac888]

@@angel-ke9vs 😩This is the epitome of what certain women do to attractive women like sis you accusing me of something that I didn’t even do

[@alejandrorosas8199]

Imagine dolly saying “watch out for a song with your name in it darlin!” Only for it to be about a woman begging you to let her man go 😂😂😂

[@CHICK-A-BOOM]

This woman is an absolutely beautiful soul!

[@Isaidwhatisaiddear]

A true artist. I wonder how she wrote “I will always love you” 🫶🏾

[@nora22000]

To end a relationship with a stalker.

[@samaramabe73]

Love you Dolly ,N.C. here 💯🙏⏳🤍🎤🎶🕯️📯🕊️✨💌🛐✝️♾️❌⭕❌⭕❌‼️

[@laurenlee8682]

I absolutely love Dolly Parton I can't say I listen to her music or watch any show she's in or know much about her but I feel like anytime I see her in an interview she is the sweetest most down to earth person ever and she just seems like she's such a lovely person.

[@rolandmeyer3729]

You forgot to mention her two lovely milk torpedoes.

[@Angelaaa1015]

I didn’t realize her voice was edited and I was questioning how she had such a high pitched voice

[@JJ-fr2ki]

“Jolene” could last as a folk song for hundreds of years. It is an incredible achievement. Listen to it if you haven’t. Ethnomusicologists publish popular analyses please.

[@jeaninehaynes7475]

Like > said, a cbip monkey and fake

[@architecture.w]

I hate most country music, but agree that Jolene is a folk masterpiece.

[@JJ-fr2ki]

@@architecture.w I am also not a country music listener. And I meant to comment for those who do not listen to country music. So glad you filled in what I forgot to say.

[@Shemaraisast4r]

I can just imagine how excited that little girl was when she heard that song.

[@nhprman]

It's a great song. She is an amazing songwriter and musician!

[@donyellbrown7274]

One of my favorite songs from Auntie Dolly . I love her version and Miley’s 🫶🏽

[@imissjennamarbles]

imagine being a little girl and your idol makes a song about you being a hussy. I'd be so happy

[@lauralide4804]

She sounds a lot like Butters from Sothpark in the last part. Especially when she's singing!

[@BrunoGerhard]

Hi Laura hope you're okay?

[@bella_015]

when i was in about nursery school (literally the grade before pre-k, like 2-3 year olds), my grandpa would pick my and my friend up so we could head over. we both insisted on listening to dolly parton in the car. my absolute favorite was “jolene”. for what reason? i don’t know. i think my two year old brain said, “hey, that’s a pretty damn good song!” it’s still my favorite to this day 🥰

[@4luv2cuppycake0]

The reason it's probably most recorded is because of all the cheating men and all the heartbroken women that can relate to this song

[@tejaswoman]

By your thinking I should like this song but I've always effin' hated it on every level. Hate the tune, hate the name, hate the pleading with the other woman.

[@darbyfabre2]

I found out this song existed because of Jolyne Cujou from the hit animated series Jojo's Bizzare Adventure: Stone Ocean

[@swampwench]

fun fact the jolyne in this story grew up to be the REAL Jolyne Cujou

[@AlexDeLarge1]

She's just so engaging to listen to. I'm sure she's got a million amazing stories. Love her so much. Celebrity who's still a real person, rare quality.

[@norskibox1780]

So this is the masterpiece Araki had selected our favourite heroine's name from

[@ms.l3392]

I saw a different video of her when she’s way younger live , and she said Jolene was a red headed hussy who worked at the bank, trying to take her man. And Jolene whooped her ass but dolly kept her man lol

[@Carotteline73]

I was looking for that comment

[@emi_jae]

Exactly, so was that made up? 😂

[@Cassandrareads]

@@emi_jae no she changed the name of the woman because she liked the little girls name. This video clipped is edited

[@arreola891]

Why are people not understanding this?? The song IS about the red headed hussy at the bank but Dolly didn't use her real name. She decided to use "Jolene" after that encounter with the little girl.

[@Carotteline73]

@@Cassandrareads thank you for explaining this 😊

[@PaperMortal]

Wait a minute ..does it speed up every time she says Jolene? 😂

[@jyesucevitz]

when she retells the story of how she wrote "I will always love you." it makes me tear up. it's so touching and apparently quite true.

[@jodyreeves4869]

My nephew use to sing Jolene when it came out and I only regret not recording him singing it.

[@BrunoGerhard]

Hi Jody hope you're okay?

[@MagoMerlino72]

In this video, she has the voice of a cartoon character. Beautiful.

[@ngairehodge8566]

I love this woman.

[@LeroyHavoc]

I''m glad you slowed it to 2 rpm, I've never seen Dolly in her actual speed.

[@abbasmahmoodvlogs8794]

She said the song originally came from a man cheating on her with a bank lady

[@sterlingamber4665]

Yes. But she used the name from that little Jolene for the song.

[@ronnieleblanc1786]

So few singers have the ability to come up with there own songs. Dolly definitely matches her voice to her song writing $$

[@itsmargels]

THIS that’s what I was thinking too!!

[@superx335]

his current husband in fact

[@Charmedsas1]

I feel like the video is sped up so they could play the whole interview about the origin of the name. Might be wrong tho😅

[@PraiseWorshipMusic]

Lord Jesus,today I give YOU all of me.All of my situations.All my of my stress.All of my anxiety. All of my fears. Please guide my way and give me YOUR peace. In Jesus ' Name.Amen

[@OldCountrySongs]

Amen!

[@MaryRoss-zi2eb]

She is very talented and beautiful!! And have always had great personality and great voice and taste in music!!!

[@jonnyxs892]

I’d love to hear you impersonating Daffy Duck 😂 Legend 👍

[@jamedoe6113]

I love this lady

[@reeeeheeenoahdeservesbette6652]

And all of a sudden she spoke in Nightcore.

[@ronnetteharvey2002]

I named my daughter after that song. 1973. I was in a diner and needed a name for my unborn baby girl. Heard the jukebox send it out and I loved it.

[@Donnajeanne5329]

I love Dolly ❤

[@BrunoGerhard]

Hi Donna hope you're okay?