Happy 78th birthday to Dolly Parton, and happy Friday/weekend to her devoted fans, as she surprise-announced the release of the deluxe edition of her latest album, , to commemorate the occasion.

Parton announced the addition of nine extra songs to the tracklist via social media. “It’s my Birthday so I’m going to give you a present!” she wrote.

“I’m releasing four never released songs for my birthday, to go with the  album, and a few others that you may have heard before that were not on the album.

I hope you enjoy them, and I hope you all have a happy birthday for me! LOL.”

The additional tracks find Dolly covering Billy Joel (), the Eurythmics classic , Pat Benatar (), Simon & Garfunkel () and Eddie Money’s .

As well as the additional covers, Parton has shared new versions of four original tracks: a live version of , the Sylvester Stallone-starring, and a rendition of starring special guests Måneskin.

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Parton made her new album, after being  in November 2022. At the time, it was an honour she didn’t feel she deserved.

“Since I am in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I think [with] this album, I brought so many great artists  into this album that are  in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that deserve to be,” Parton explained in a recent .

She added, “I felt like I had to not only earn my keep, I tried to pay homage to a lot of these great artists that should be in there that are not and to the ones that are that I've gotten the opportunity to sing with.”

Upon announcing the release of last year, Parton wrote in a statement on : “I am very honoured and privileged to have worked with some of the greatest iconic singers and musicians of all time and to be able to sing all the iconic songs throughout the album was a joy beyond measure.

“I hope everybody enjoys the album as much as I’ve enjoyed putting it together!”