The song was the soundtrack to the movie The Bodyguard where Whitney Houston played Kevin Costner and it was on the Billboard charts for 14 weeks.
Other 90s songs that managed to cross the YouTube billion mark are Guns N 'Roses November Rain, Smells like teen spirit with Nirvana and Zombie with The Cranberries
Dolly Parton wrote the song for her mentor and duet partner Porter Wagoner when she wanted to leave him to become a solo artist.