It’s been 10 years since Miley Cyrus launched her first No. 1 Billboard Scorching 100 hit, however her nation icon godmother Dolly Parton remembers her first time listening to the monitor prefer it was yesterday.
The “Jolene” singer sat down with Spotify’s commemorative podcast for the tune, Wrecking Ball 10, and recalled her first expertise with the monitor.
“I keep in mind the primary time I heard ‘Wrecking Ball.’ It hit me the identical approach it did the primary time I heard ‘I Will All the time Love You’ by Whitney Houston,” Parton mentioned, referencing Houston’s well-known 1992 cowl of the Parton-written tune for the Bodyguard soundtrack. “I used to be driving, heard that one, and I nearly wrecked. And after I heard ‘Wrecking Ball,’ I nearly wrecked once more! I assumed, when it began into that refrain, I assumed it hit me like a wrecking ball. I assumed, ‘Properly, how nice can a tune be?’”
Following its launch on Aug. 25, 2013, “Wrecking Ball” went on to wreck its competitors on the Billboard charts, turning into Cyrus’ first No. 1 single on the Scorching 100 and spending 32 whole weeks — three of these at No. 1 — on the chart. The monitor additionally grew to become the highest-performing single to come back from the Disney Channel alum’s 2013 album Bangerz, which additionally included “We Can’t Cease” (No. 2 peak, 26 weeks on the Scorching 100) and “Adore You” (No. 21, 18 weeks on the Scorching 100).
Additionally featured on the Wrecking Ball 10 podcast are the tune’s writers, Mozella and Stephan Moccio; producer Cirkut; Billboard senior director of music Jason Lipshutz; and extra.
Take heed to Parton discuss “Wrecking Ball” within the video above, and take heed to the complete podcast episode beneath.
