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“I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston. Written and originally performed by Dolly Parton. This is the best cover ever.

Some people may be a little peeved if a song they wrote became a smash hit for someone else, but not Dolly Parton. Her song “I Will Always Love You” — while still a no. 1 for the country singer — became a megahit after Whitney Houston covered it in 1992 for the soundtrack to the movie The Bodyguard.

Parton tells Katie Couric in a recent interview she didn’t even know for certain Houston was going to cut it. “Kevin Costner had asked for that song. But I had never heard if they were gonna do it … I was drivin’ home one day, and it came on the radio,” she recalls, noting she almost ran off the road out of shock.

Her reaction? Impressed.

“And then, when she went into that, ‘I will always love you,’ ooh, it was one of the most overwhelming feelings I’ve ever had in my life,” Parton says.

The legend says she doesn’t mind so much when people associate the song with the R&B star. In true Parton fashion, she handles it with a sense of humor and grace, saying matter-of-factly: “Well, a lot of people say that’s Whitney’s song, and I always say, ‘That’s fine, she can have the credit, I just want my cash.'”

Made over $10 million in royalties in the 90s alone.

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