The Only One For Me, Jolene

One of Dolly’s most iconic and successful songs is “Jolene,” a song that, at first listen, is about a romantic rival trying to steal her man: a prime example of the classic “cheating song.” But some see it as flipping a popular country music trope on its head. This idea takes shape when Nadine Hubbs, a professor at the University of Michigan, writes a fourth verse to “Jolene," which makes us reimagine Dolly's songs in entirely new ways.

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The Only One For Me, Jolene is an episode from Dolly Parton's America by WNYC Studios & OSM Audio.

This episode is 00:36:10 long.

This episode was published on Nov 19, 2019.

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