Dolly Parton Remembers Hearing Miley Cyrus’ ‘Wrecking Ball’ For The First Time: ‘It Hit Me Like A Wrecking Ball’

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For Dolly Parton, hearing Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” for the first time was like getting hit by a wrecking ball. The 77-year-old country superstar hit up the “Wrecking Ball 10” podcast produced by Billboard, which celebrates the tenth anniversary of Cyrus’s first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. READ MORE: Dolly Parton Had To Turn Down Tea With Kate Middleton Because ‘She Wasn’t Going To Promote My Rock Album’ Dolly, also Cyrus’ godmother, tapped back into the past to remember her first time hearing the pop-power ballad.

The country crooner says she was driving while first hearing the track, which almost caused her to get into a car wreck. The track also reminded her of another legendary pop ballad. READ MORE: Lauren Alaina Wants Dolly Parton To Officiate Her Wedding Ceremony & Write Her Vows: ‘That Would Be Epic’ “I remember the first time I heard ‘Wrecking Ball’, it hit me the same way it did the first time I heard ‘I Will Always Love You’ by Whitney Houston,” she said. “I was driving, heard that one, and I almost wrecked.

And when I heard ‘Wrecking Ball,’ I almost wrecked again! I thought, when it started into that chorus, I thought it hit me like a wrecking ball.

I thought, ‘Well, how great can a song be?'” Cyrus herself revisited her feelings towards the track during her “Endless Summer Vacation: Backyard Sessions” special on Hulu, which saw her remembering her once-heated feud with the late Sinead O’Connor.