It may be a new year, but Dolly Parton is going with her latest single.
The country singer and bona fide national treasure has teamed up with Barry Gibb for a new version of the Bee Gees classic tune “Words”, a track released on Friday from the upcoming all-star album “Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. “The album, which will be released on January 8, is a collection of rethought songs with a country twist.
Parton posted a video teaser on Twitter Friday from “Words,” which Gibb and his deceased brothers Robin and Maurice first recorded in 1967, mentioning that she was “honored” that “my dear friend” Gibb asked her to join him.
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“I had so much fun singing this song together,” Gibb added in his own New Year’s Day Twitter mis.
In addition to Parton, “Greenfields” also features Gibb songs remade by Jason Isbell (“Words of a Fool”), Little Big Town (“How Deep Is Your Love”), Olivia Newton-John (“Rest Your Love on Me”) ), Sheryl Crow (“How Can You Mend a Broken Heart”), Alison Krauss (“Too Much Heaven”), Brandi Carlisle (“Run to Me”), Keith Urban (“I’ll Gotta Get a Message to You” ), and Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (“Butterfly”).
The album is produced by Dave Cobb, who recently told The Tennesseean that he jammed with Parton and Gibb in the same room on the first day of the recording.
“They’re both 4 feet away from me and I play guitar and I start walking to where my guitar was and my legs start shaking,” Cobb said. “Just scary. It’s not just legends, icons, but Dolly has a theme park and Barry is a knight. It’s a lot to take in.”
Contributing Contributors: Matthew Leimkuehler, Nashville Tennessean
This article originally appeared on TODAY in the US: Dolly Parton duets with Barry Gibb during the rendition of the Bee Gees classic ‘Words’