Liz, Dolly wrote the song as a special for her mentor Porter Wagoner. As she eventually started being more popular than him, on his show, she thought she should move on. I read Elvis Presley wanted to record it, but his manager wanted half of her publishing rights, so Dolly said no. Later, used in the film with Witney Houston, a different arrangement and a big hit. I don’t know anything about country music, but I think she had moved on from just “ country music”.