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Single cover. Dolly / Warner Music Nashville (digital single) (2011)
"The Sacrifice" is a single by Dolly Parton. It was released on October 11, 2011, by Dolly Records and Warner Music Nashville as the second single from her forty-third solo studio album, Better Day. It was written by Dolly and produced by Kent Wells.

Track listing

  • The Sacrifice (Dolly Parton) 3:28

Recording

"The Sacrifice" was recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, Tennessee; Kent Wells Productions in Nashville, Tennessee; and The Sound Kitchen in Franklin, Tennessee.

Music video

​A music video was created by Daryl Arnberger using live footage from Dolly's Better Day World Tour.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Better Day liner notes.
Performance
  • Mike Brignardello – electric bass
  • Richard Dennison – background vocals
  • Andy Hall – dobto
  • Vicki Hampton – background vocals
  • Paul Hollowell – keys, piano, B3
  • Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle, mandolin
  • Rob McNelley – electric guitar
  • Jennifer O'Brien – background vocals
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
  • Dave Talbot – banjo
  • Steve Turner – drums, percussion
Production
  • Kyle Dickinson – assistant engineer
  • Allen Ditton – assistant engineer
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Patrick Murphy – engineer, mixing
  • Ben Schmitt – assistant engineer
  • ​Kent Wells – producer