I Will Always Love You

I Will Always Love You wasn't written about a breakup — it was a goodbye to a business partner.

Dolly Parton wrote it in 1973 for Porter Wagoner, the man who gave her a start on his TV show and then had to let her go when she went solo. Nineteen years later, Whitney Houston opened it with eleven seconds of silence and turned it into the biggest ballad of the decade.

Which version hits you harder — Dolly's original or Whitney's? Save this for later.