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Single cover. Butterfly / Big Machine Label Group, LLC (digital single) (2023)
"World on Fire" is a single by Dolly Parton. It was released on May 11, 2023, by Butterfly Records and Big Machine Label Group, as the lead single from Dolly's forty-ninth solo studio album, Rockstar. It was written by Dolly and produced by Kent Wells. It peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart. Dolly performed the song live for the first time at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards.

Track listing

  • World on Fire (Dolly Parton) 4:21

Digital radio promo single track listing​
  • World on Fire (Radio Edit) (Dolly Parton) 3:56

Music video

Dolly performed the song live for the first time at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards on the day of the single's release. This performance also serves as the song's official music video.

Commercial performance

The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, number three on the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart, number four on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, number 21 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart, and number 26 on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. It also peaked at number 78 on the UK Official Singles Download Chart, and number 81 on the UK Official Singles Sales Chart.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Apple Music.
Performance 
  • Scott Bass – background vocals
  • Emily Blackbird – background vocals
  • Dane Bryant – synthesizer, Hammond organ, strings
  • Richard Dennison – background vocals
  • Rachel Edge – background vocals
  • Kat Elfman – background vocals
  • Hunter Garrett – background vocals
  • Vicki Hampton – background vocals
  • Cody Howell – background vocals
  • Stephanie Howell – background vocals
  • Ethan Kuntz – background vocals​
  • Gary Lunn – bass
  • Jimmy Mattingly – viola, violin, cello
  • ​Joel McKenney – background vocals
  • Rob McNelley – electric guitar
  • Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
  • Mark Needham – programming
  • ​Nir Z – drums
  • Jennifer O’Brien – background vocals
  • Dolly Parton ­– lead vocals
  • Mike Rojas – piano, Mellotron
  • Olivia Steele – background vocals
  • Alex Wells – background vocals
  • Kent Wells – acoustic guitar, background vocals, programming
  • Kevin Willis – background vocals 
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Production
  • Drew Bollman – recording engineer
  • Kyle Dickinson – editing engineer
  • Brian Judd – additional engineer
  • Chris Latham – editing engineer
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mastering engineer
  • Joel McKenney – engineer​​​​
  • Mark Needham – additional engineer
  • Dolly Parton – executive producer
  • Kent Wells – producer, editing engineer
  • Kevin Willis – engineer
  • Christine Winslow – assistant recording engineer
  • Ryan Yount – assistant recording engineer
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