Miley Cyrus, Lainey Wilson, Queen Latifah and Reba McEntire teamed up with Dolly Parton for a new rendition of “Light of a Clear Blue Morning.”
The most recent rendition release comes just days before Parton’s 80th birthday and she is bringing back a hopeful message 50 years later.
“I wrote ‘Light of a Clear Blue Morning’ during a season when I was searching for hope, and 50 years later that message still feels just as true,” Parton said in a statement.
“As I celebrate my 80th birthday, this new version is my way of using what I’ve been blessed with to shine a little light forward, especially by sharing it with some truly incredible women.”
Parton originally released “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” in 1977 on her album “New Harvest...First Gathering.” The song reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and No. 87 on Billboard Hot 100, per People.
Cyrus and Parton have collaborated several times over the past decade. The new recording marks the second collaboration between McEntire and Wilson. Parton and Latifah previously co-starred in the 2012 film “Joyful Noise” and recorded the duet “Not Enough” for the film’s soundtrack, People reported. The latest rendition also features the Christ’s Church Choir.
In an Instagram post announcing the collaboration earlier this week, Parton said proceeds from the recording and accompanying music video will benefit pediatric cancer research at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee.
Parton has long supported the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and previously shared she was undergoing treatment there after postponing her residency in Las Vegas last September, as Deseret News previously reported.
“Nothing major, but I did have to cancel some things so I could be closer to home, closer to Vanderbilt, where I’m kind of having a few treatments here and there, but I wanted you to know that I’m not dying,” she wrote at the time.
Parton will turn 80 on Jan. 19.
Ahead of the country star’s birthday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declared Jan. 19 as Dolly Parton Day across the state.