“I Will Always Love You” by 15 different artists!

Dolly Parton wrote and recorded “I Will Always Love You” in 1973 as a farewell to business partner/mentor Porter Wagoner. Since then, it has become the most successful song in Parton’s catalog.

Dolly has seen commercial success come from personal recordings of the song three separate times.

The original, released on the 1974 album ????????????????????????, peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, becoming one of the best selling singles of the year.

Then, nearly a decade later, she re-recorded it for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, released July 12, 1982, as the first single from the soundtrack album. The single eventually hit number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, earning Parton a rare distinction: reaching the number one position twice with the same song.

Parton recorded "I Will Always Love You" in 1995 as a duet with Vince Gill for her album, Something Special. After a performance at the 29th Annual CMA Awards, the song was officially released as a single in November 1995, peaking at number 15. This marked the third time Parton had a top 20 hit with the song.

In 1992, the late great Whitney Houston recorded a new arrangement of "I Will Always Love You" for the soundtrack to The Bodyguard, her film debut. Houston's version appears at No. 9 on NME's Greatest No 1 Singles in History list. In 2004, Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You" placed at number 65 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. It was also ranked at number 22 on The Guardian's list of Britain's favorite 100 songs, published in May 2002. As of January 2013, Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You" has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling single by a female artist of all time as well as one of the best-selling singles of all time.

Take a look at some of the music Industry’s finest taking on the classic “I Will Always Love You.”