Pentatonix And Dolly Parton Break The Internet With "Jolene"

Pentatonix and Dolly Parton sing an a cappella version
of Parton's classic "Jolene"  

Well, this went viral, and for good reason.

The awesome a cappella group Pentatonix reworked the Dolly Parton classic "Jolene." And they got Parton to do the reworking with them.

The result is this great performance and now viral video. - 5.2 million views as of Sunday morning and it was only just posted on YouTube Friday. Wow!

In case you missed it, here it is.  Enjoy!

Play Dolly Parton's "Jolene" At About 3/4 Its Normal Speed And You Get Awesome

Dolly Parton's "Jolene" seems to be awesome
played at any speed.  

Dolly Parton's classic 1973 record "Jolene" is awesome. Moody, desperate, passionate.

Now, get this. Somebody thought to play the 45 rpm record on an old turntable at 33 rpm. So you hear it at roughly 73.3 percent of its normal speed.

Hat tip to BoingBoing for clueing us into this

The first to the two videos below is "Jolene" by Dolly Parton, done at the speed and familiarity we're used to with the song.

The second video is the 33 rpm, 73.3 percent rate. It sounds like a guy, losing out in a same-sex relationship. But it's totally, TOTALLY awesome.

Listen to both of them. Absolutely worth it.

First: Normal Dolly Parton:


Now, the 33 rpm version of Parton singing "Jolene." Which do you think is better?