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Dolly Parton releases cover of Queen’s “We Are The Champions”

Country icon to release rock album in November of this year.

Country icon Dolly Parton has released a cover of Queen as part of her upcoming album, Rockstar.

The track will be featured on the singer's 49th studio album, which includes reinterpretations and collaborations with rock artists such as the previously released singles "Bygones" with Rob Halford of Judas Priest and Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe , "Magic Man" with Ann Wilson of Heart , and "World On Fire".

“We Are The Champions” came with a snippet of “We Will Rock You,” which you can listen to at the end of this article.

Rockstar will feature nine original songs and 21 covers of rock classics. The album concludes with two covers: “Let It Be” with surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr along with Peter Frampton and Mick Fleetwood , and “Free Bird” with Lynyrd Skynyrd members Gary Rossington , who passed away in March, and Artimus Pyle , along with posthumous vocals by Ronnie Van Zandt.

The album Rockstar will be released on November 17th and is already available for pre-order.

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