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Betrayal, bluegrass and Backwoods Barbie: Dolly Parton’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Fifty years after Parton released the album Jolene, we assess a catalogue that spans country, Christianity and weirdly chilling ballads

There are Dolly Parton songs that deliver an emotional gut-punch, and there are Dolly Parton songs that play to her glitzy public image. Why’d You Come in Here … is firmly in the latter category: it’s lustful, funny (“you could stop traffic in a gunny sack”), insanely catchy, and overflowing with camp exuberance.

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