While on her Queen of Me tour, country pop star Shania Twain continues to release new music. She recently re-recorded her hit song ‘On Three’ — for the album, Queen of Me: Royal Edition (Extended) — and it features her longtime friend, country music legend Billy Ray Cyrus.
[Cyrus’s debut album, Some Gave All, which includes ‘Achy Breaky Heart’, became the best selling album of 1992 in the United States, selling over 9 million copies in the first 12 months of release.]
Twain reports that she had already written the song and was in the studio recording it when she could “just hear a sexy man with a southern accent counting the song in and the first person that came to mind was Billy.”
Iβm happy to announce Queen Of Me: Royal Edition (Extended)! This version includes a couple of tracks that some of you may be familiar with – Done & Dusted and On Three, featuring my friend @billyraycyrus. Itβs out Friday 23rd, pre-save it now π«Ά https://t.co/6I1JkwK49L pic.twitter.com/iRLdBSxIRR
— Shania Twain πππ (@ShaniaTwain) June 16, 2023
As seen in the video above, Twain called Billy Ray — who’s rocking two long blonde braids and a fedora — and “literally had him record it down (on) the phone.”
It’s not the first time Cyrus has collaborated with a country music legend as seen below (with darker unplaited hair) with Dolly Parton.
Watch @DollyParton 's Mountain Magic Christmas, tonight Dec. 1 at 8pm on @NBC, and streaming on @Peacock. #NBC pic.twitter.com/2lbTuKuzvL
— Billy Ray Cyrus (@billyraycyrus) December 1, 2022
The new version of ‘On Three’ will be released on Friday, June 23.