About When Life Is Good Again

Dolly Parton Brings Comfort in a Crisis With New Song, ‘When Life Is Good Again’ “Be safe, be respectful, wear your mask, lead with love,” Dolly Parton instructs in her new video for the song “When Life Is Good Again.”

The Country Music Hall of Famer has done her part and then some to bring her fans some solace during the COVID-19 pandemic: releasing six of her albums to streaming for the first time, launching a read-aloud video series for children, and offering frequent words of wisdom to her Twitter followers. The country star even donated $1 million to Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center to aid in COVID-19 research. Now, she’s released “When Life Is Good Again,” which directly addresses the pandemic — more specifically, how blessed we’ll be when this is all over.

Parton opens the song singing, "When life is good again I'll be a better friend A bigger person when Life is good again." It's just the latest bit of outreach from the country icon during the Covid-19 crisis.

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly. With steady success during the remainder of the 1960s (both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner), her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Parton's albums in the 1990s did not sell as well, but she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium and has released albums on various independent labels since 2000, including her own label, Dolly Records.

Parton's music includes 25 Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. She has had 25 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard country music charts, a record for a female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 41 career top-10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years. She has garnered ten Grammy Awards, two Academy Award nominations, ten Country Music Association Awards, seven Academy of Country Music Awards, three American Music Awards, and is one of only seven female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award. Parton has received 47 Grammy nominations.