The late Dolly Parton is set to posthumously feature on U2’s new song ‘Torn’, the final recorded vocal performance of her career.
The duet with Bono will close the Irish band’s forthcoming 16th album, ‘Carnaval De Luz’, which is due for release on November 13.
Parton died on August 25 at the age of 80, following what her representatives described as a “brief battle with cancer”. According to Rolling Stone, she recorded her vocals for ‘Torn’ in June, just two months before her death.
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“When she got ill, she got out of her bed to sing this song,” Bono told the publication, adding that he now finds the recording difficult to listen to.
‘Torn’ was co-written by U2, Parton and Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid. Bono initially approached the country icon about contributing to a separate, as-yet-unreleased project inspired by Irish folk music, but Parton felt the material was too Irish for her and instead offered him a song of her own called ‘Torn’.
Bono and McDaid then reworked the lyrics around the perspective of a mother watching her family fracture, and Parton agreed to sing the new version. Bono said she gave the recording everything she had, while Daniel Lanois contributed pedal steel guitar.
Parton was also able to hear and approve the final mix before her death. ‘Carnaval De Luz’ producer Jacknife Lee told Rolling Stone that she was proud of her vocal and thrilled with the finished recording.
