Bono Reveals Dolly Parton Recorded Final Song With U2
Bono revealed that Dolly Parton’s final vocal recording is a duet featured on U2’s upcoming album, out Nov. 13.
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In an emotional Sept. 24 interview with Rolling Stone, the U2 frontman announced that the band’s upcoming “Carnaval de Luz” album contains a priceless piece of history — the very last song Parton recorded before she died in August at age 80, following a brief battle with cancer.
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“When she got ill, she got out of her bed to sing this song,” Bono revealed.
“And you can hear that. And I can’t even listen to it now.”
The final vocal recording of Parton’s decades-long career was recorded in June and is the album’s closing track, titled “Torn.”
Bono said Parton co-wrote the song with U2 and Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid.
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Bono shared insight about how the single came to be, and noted that he initially contacted Parton to collaborate on a side project inspired by folk music.
“She said, ‘That’s a little too Irish for me,’” Bono told the outlet.
“But she said, ‘I got this song. It’s called “Torn,” and do you wanna see where you can take it somewhere else, maybe?’”
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He recalled the moment the single began to take shape, telling the outlet that he and McDaid rewrote the lyrics around a mother watching her family fall apart. Parton embraced their vision and agreed with the direction they were taking the song.
“She sang her heart out, and I cannot believe that’s an 80-year-old woman,” Bono said.
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He shared that Parton approved the final cut before she passed away.
“Dolly loved it,” producer Garret Lee said. (RELATED: Dolly Parton’s Nephew Reportedly Ousted Amid Explosive Estate Battle)
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“She was so proud of her vocals and the recording. She was thrilled with it. We were very nervous that she might not approve, or would be uncomfortable with it, but she loved it,” he said.
“It’s very moving to have had these intimacies with such a figure,” Bono said, reflecting on the experience.
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“The fact that they’re not there now, in any way you can call back, other than through her songs, is very sobering.”
U2 collaborator Daniel Lanois plays pedal steel on the track, and Larry Mullen Jr. added a drum part inspired by Bob Dylan’s “Most of the Time.”
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