Country Vs Pop - I Will Always Love You

"Dolly Parton wrote the song in 1973 and it was released a year later, having been produced by Bob Ferguson. She has told numerous interviewers over the years that she wrote it for her one-time partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, with whom she was having a business splitting at the time."[...] "Parton re-recorded the song in 1982 to include it on the soundtrack to the film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Her 1982 version also reached number one on the US Country Chart, marking the first time the same song reached number one on the country charts twice by the same artist." [...]
"In 1992 (see 1992 in music), singer Whitney Houston covered the song for the soundtrack to The Bodyguard, her film debut" [...] "Houston's single was a massive worldwide success, selling over 10 million copies and proving a much bigger success than the original version almost 20 years earlier. " [...] "In a joke frequently used by Mad Magazine, whenever Whitney Houston is mentioned, they casually mention the fact that people use this song for weddings, when the song is about people breaking up for good. In 2002 the Iraqi government held a referendum asking whether Saddam Hussein should remain as president. Saddam Hussein's campaign advertising before the election featured the song 'I Will Always Love You." (wiki)