Kelly Clarkson & Dolly Parton Team Up For Incredible New Version Of ‘9 To 5’

If you request a 2nd cupful of ambition, Dolly Parton and Kelly Clarkson are serving it up hot. As portion of Still Working 9 To 5, a documentary astir the challenges that women inactive look successful the workplace, Dolly’s iconic opus from the 1980 classical was reimagined arsenic a duet with the American Idol icon. The opus besides arrived connected Sept. 9, National Women’s Equality Day.

Fans got an aboriginal preview of the opus successful the trailer for Still Working 9 To 5, released successful precocious August. The caller instrumentality connected the opus was produced by Shane McAnally, Sasha Alex Sloan, and King Henry and it earned precocious praise from Dolly. “I was blown distant erstwhile I heard what Shane had done with my song,” Parton said, per Rolling Stone. “This statement shows however otherwise a opus tin beryllium done, and the communicative tin beryllium told successful a full caller way. A peculiar acknowledgment to Steve Summers [creative manager for Dolly Parton Enterprises] for getting the shot rolling connected this full philharmonic venture.”

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“Who knew that 42 years later, I’d inactive beryllium moving 9 to 5,” Parton added. “I believed then, and I judge now, that each idiosyncratic deserves to beryllium paid reasonably for their work… nary substance what they are. I deliberation this documentary shows that the conflict continues and that we each request to bash our portion to assistance marque things amended for everybody.”

Dolly besides teased the opus erstwhile she stopped by The Kelly Clarkson show successful precocious August. “You did a large occupation connected that too. I emotion however you took that and conscionable made it your own, and I got a accidental to sing inheritance for a change!” Dolly told Kelly, per Billboard. “But I’m truly arrogant of that rendition of it, and I think, hopefully, it’ll bash good for us. It’s large successful the documentary.”

Still Working 9 To 5, directed by Camille Hardman and Gary Lane, documents the instauration of the 1980 drama and the pursuing 40+ years of inequality that women faced pursuing it. “Hardman and Lane person done a good occupation successful giving a classical drama its owed 4 decades later, but besides letting it radiance a airy connected a inactive raging taxable that deserves inactive to beryllium heard each this clip later,” wrote professional Pete Hammond for Deadline. “Still Working 9 To 5 is simply a beauteous bully mode nevertheless to transportation connected the connection to caller generations.”