Dolly Parton's Final Recording Premieres On iHeartCountry — How To Listen

Dolly Parton 's final recording is playing on iHeartCountry.

Parton delivered her final recorded vocal on a duet with U2, "Torn." She wrote "Torn" (and a special country version, titled "Torn" (Kent Wells Version)) with the band and Johnny McDaid, bringing to life "a tender country song detailing broken family ties that holds wider resonances," according to a press release issued on Tuesday afternoon (November 10).

"Hey Bono," Parton wrote in a note dated June 2, 2026, which was shared on Instagram earlier this week. "Hope you like what I did. I did quite a few things. Take from it what you want and what you need, but I love the song, and I think it could be something really special. Thanks for including me in your life. I've always loved you and always will."

Bono previously shared in an interview with Rolling Stone, "When she got ill, she got out of her bed to sing this song. And you can hear that. And I can't even listen to it now. …She sang her heart out and I cannot believe that's an 80-year-old woman."

Parton recorded "Torn" months before her death on August 25 in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80. The beloved country legend passed "after bravely facing a brief battle with cancer," her representatives confirmed in a statement to PEOPLE. Parton opted to keep her battle with cancer private, including from some of her own family members. She was laid to rest in a private service beside her husband, Carl Dean, who died in March 2025. He was 82.

"Torn" is the final track on U2's 16th studio record, Carnaval De Luz, which is also U2's first new album in nearly a decade. The Jacknife Lee-produced project is due to release on Friday (November 13).

Catch "Torn" one day early by listening to iHeartCountry Radio or your local iHeartRadio country stations nationwide, including in the free iHeartRadio app, throughout the day on Thursday. Listen here.