Final Dolly Parton recording released on Irish band’s new album

The song was recorded just two months before her death.

U2's 16th studio album, Carnaval De Luz, was released today, November 13, and features a duet with the late country superstar.

Just two months before Parton's death at age 80, Torn and was recorded in June, with Bono saying the band was "blessed" to have been able to work with her.

A pre-recorded video was aired at a remembrance event, with Bono adding: “We’d no idea it would be her last, but I wonder if she knew.

“It was like she was singing herself to somewhere else.”

Bono recalled another occasion when they tried to work with the music icon, but couldn't make their align.

She told him: “Unfortunately, Bono, I have more love than time."

The Jolene singer wrote a note to the U2 frontman on the day she recorded Torn, which read: “Hope you like what I did. I did quite a few things.

“Take from it what you want and what you need, but I love the song, and I think it could be something really special.

“Thanks for including me in your life. I’ve always loved you and always will.”

The track was first played on Oliver Callan’s Radio 1 show this morning, with the broadcaster calling the song “brilliant”, but also “very sad”.

He referenced that that Parton was nearing the end of her life at the time of recording, saying :“You can hear it in her voice.

“It does add a certain poignancy to it,” he addedd.

“Bono really didn’t know it was that bad. He didn’t know this was going to be the end.”

Good Morning America also reacted to the song, with co-anchor Lara Spencer describing it as “angelic” and Robin Roberts adding it was nice “to hear her voice again”.

Torn, which was co-written by Parton, U2 and Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid, is about family disagreements.

Some of the lyrics are as follows:

"Torn apart these loving hearts that beat and break the same. We share a house divided and the blood that fills our veins. Brothers turn to strangers and sons deny their name. Somebody loses either way and every heart is torn"

Carnaval De Luz, featuring Torn with Dolly Parton, is out now.