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She called the situation “a running joke” and “innocent,” but the song it inspired was an emotional heavy hitter, and its sneakily dark tone and earworm chorus helped turn it into Dolly’s most-covered track. This cover stood out in my Spotify search because the track is literally called “Jolene but it’s gay,” which is very fun and amounts to small lyrical alterations like, “I’m begging of you, please just leave your man.” The thing is, the way Dolly sings about the other woman in this song has always felt super sapphic. This version is from her live 1989 album, and the whole thing is great: She opens by saying, “I’ve always been a big fan of Dolly Parton!” and her rendition is pretty flawless, with lots of swelling strings, guitar (banjo?
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