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Single cover. Butterfly / Big Machine Label Group (digital single) (2023)
"What's Up?" is single by Dolly Parton featuring Linda Perry. It was released on September 22, 2023, by Butterfly Records and Big Machine Label Group as the sixth single from Dolly's forty-ninth solo studio album, Rockstar. It is a cover of the hit 1993 song by Perry's band,4 Non-Blondes. The song was written by Perry and produced by Kent Wells. It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Rock Digital Song Sales chart.

Track listing

  • W​hat's Up? (featuring Linda Perry) (Linda Perry) 4:38

Music video

​The song's music video was directed by Steve Summers and premiered on CMT and YouTube alongside the single's release on September 22, 2023. The clip was filmed at Eakin Elementary School in downtown Nashville on one the hottest days of the year.

Commercial performance

The single debuted and peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Rock Digital Song Sales chart dated October 7, 2023, its only week on the chart.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Apple Music.
Performance
  • Dane Bryant – Hammond organ
  • Gary Lunn – bass
  • Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
  • Nir Z – drums
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Linda Perry – acoustic guitar
  • Mike Rojas – accordion, Wurlitzer piano
  • Kent Wells – acoustic guitar, background vocals
  • Christine Winslow – background vocals
Production
  • Kyle Dickinson – editing engineer
  • Brian Judd – additional engineer
  • Chris Latham – editing engineer
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mastering engineer
  • Joel McKenney – engineer
  • Mark Needham – engineer
  • ​Dolly Parton – executive producer
  • Kent Wells – producer, editing engineer
  • Kevin Willis – engineer
  • Christine Winslow – assistant recording engineer