Dolly Parton accepting an award

Dolly Parton wrote and recorded I Will Always Love You years before Whitney Houston's version.

Photo by Curtis Hilbun, cropped (CC BY)

The useless fact

Who wrote I Will Always Love You?

Answer: Dolly Parton.

Why It’s True

Dolly Parton wrote and recorded I Will Always Love You years before Whitney Houston's version. WhitneyHouston.com documents it in “I Will Always Love You (1992).”

Category
Celebrity Facts
Decade
1990s
Difficulty
Easy
Updated
Fact-checked November 5, 2026