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Single cover. Dolly / Sony Masterworks (digital single) (2013/2014)
"Blue Smoke" is a single by Dolly Parton. It was released on December 20, 2013, in Australia and New Zealand by Dolly Records and Sony Masterworks as the first single from her album of the same name. It was subsequently released on March 18, 2014, in the rest of the world. The song was written by Dolly and originally intended as the title track of her 2005 album, which eventually became Those Were the Days. The track was produced by Kent Wells.

Track listing

  • ​Blue Smoke (Dolly Parton) 3:34

Recording

"Blue Smoke" was recorded at Kent Wells Productions in Franklin, Tennessee.

Lyric video

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Blue Smoke liner notes.
Performance
  • Christian Davis – background vocals
  • Richard Dennison – background vocals
  • Terry Eldredge – background vocals
  • Jamie Johnson – background vocals
  • Randy Kohrs – dobro
  • Bob Mater – drums
  • Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle, mandolin
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Danny Roberts – mandolin
  • Scott Vestal – banjo
  • Kent Wells – acoustic guitar​
Production
  • Richard Dennison – vocal arrangement
  • Kyle Dickinson – recording assistant, mixing assistant
  • Steven Marcussen – mastering
  • Patrick Murphy – recording, mixing
  • Taylor Tharpe – recording assistant, mixing assistant
  • Kent Wells – producer, arrangement
  • Christine Winslow – production assistant

Alternate artwork

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European single cover. Dolly / Sony Masterworks (digital single) (2014)