The Only One For Me, Jolene

Published: Nov. 19, 2019, 5 p.m.

One of Dolly\u2019s most iconic and successful songs is \u201cJolene,\u201d a song that, at first listen, is about a romantic rival trying to steal her man: a prime example of the classic \u201ccheating song.\u201d\xa0 But some\xa0see it as flipping\xa0a popular country music trope on its head.\xa0This idea takes shape when Nadine Hubbs, a professor at the University of Michigan, writes a fourth verse to \u201cJolene,"\xa0which\xa0makes us\xa0reimagine\xa0Dolly's songs in entirely new ways.