Single cover. Kind Music Group (digital single) (2023)
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"Peace Like a River" is single by Dionne Warwick and Dolly Parton. It was released on February 24, 2023, by Kind Music Group. It was written by Dolly and produced by Dolly with Damon Elliott, Dionne Warwick's son. It peaked at number two on the Billboard Gospel Digital Song Sales chart.
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Track listing
- Peace Like a River (Dolly Parton) 4:53
Background"Peace Like a River" was written by Dolly in the 1980s, but she never released it. Although, a portion of the songs lyrics were featured on a greeting card from Dolly's Hallmark collection in the 1990s. Dolly told Robin Roberts in a February 7 interview on Good Morning America that she sent Dionne a demo of the song recorded in the 1990s and that she loved it and wanted to record it as a duet. Dionne called the song "Dolly's testimony" and a "song of inspiration."
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"Peace Like a River" Hallmark card from the 1990s.
Photo courtesy of Doyle Gilliam-Rodriguez, RareDolly Facebook group.
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Music video
A music video for the song was released alongside the single on February 24, 2023. It was directed by Nick Pres and Damon Elliott.
Commercial performance
The single debuted and peaked at number two on the Billboard Gospel Digital Song Sales chart dated March 11, 2023, its only week on the chart.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from Apple Music and YouTube.
- Trevor Case – mastering
- Damon Elliott – producer, mixing
- Teddy "Bladde" Harmon – keys, drum programming, strings, additional production
- Mario Luccy – mixing, engineer
- Dolly Parton – lead vocals, producer
- Dionne Warwick – lead vocals