'RuPaul's Drag Race' Queens Don Dolly Parton Attire for 'Jolene' Video

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For the lead-in to live performances of Dolly Parton's mega-hit "Jolene," she has, for years, shouted out to the drag queens who show up at her shows dressed like her. She even often replaces the name "Jolene" with "drag queen" in the chorus when she performs it.

For the Netflix movie Dumplin' -- about a plus-sized teen girl obsessed with Dolly Parton who gets help entering a beauty pageant from a cadre of drag queens -- Parton and out songwriter Linda Perry produced a gorgeous new soundtrack. Now, some of the queens from RuPaul's Drag Race have banded together for an epic version of "Jolene" that pays homage to the national treasure that is Parton.

(RELATED: 8 Times Dolly Parton Cemented Her Gay Icon Status)

Among the queens who don their best Parton drag for the Dumplin'-related video are Alaska Thunderfuck, Ginger Minj, BenDeLaCreme, and BeBe Zahara Benet.

Watch below.

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Tracy E. Gilchrist

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.