Wildflowers (Dolly Parton song)

"Wildflowers" is a song written by Dolly Parton, which was included on the Grammy-winning, multi-Platinum 1987 album Trio and recorded by Parton with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. The original recording featured an autoharp, acoustic guitar (played by Harris) and fiddle, and was arranged to sound like an old fashioned Appalachian folk song. It was the fourth single released from the Trio album, and reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1988.^[1]

"Wildflowers"
Single by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
from the album Trio
B-side	"Hobo's Meditation"
Released	March 7, 1988
Recorded	1986
Genre	Country
Length	3:34
Label	Warner Bros. 7-27970
Songwriter(s)	Dolly Parton
Producer(s)	George Massenburg
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris singles chronology
"Those Memories of You" (1987) "Wildflowers" (1988) "After the Goldrush" (1999)

In 2008, the recording was played at a reception by the Texas State Democratic Party, honoring former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. Johnson's love of wild flowers was well known, and she had long championed the planting of them along the U.S. highways.

Content

In the song, the narrator talks about being restless and wanting to branch out, using wildflowers as a metaphor, concluding that "wildflowers don't care where they grow".

Chart positions

Chart (1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	8