Once a good song, always a good song! Dolly Parton and Chet Atkins’ sweet 1976 duet “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind” is making a big comeback thanks to TikTok.
As of this week, the wistful love ballad is one of the Top 10 trending songs on the TikTok Viral chart, with users putting the classic to work in videos about romance, nostalgia, and rekindled relationships.
In one especially popular clip, a TikTok user captioned their post: “2 years ago we made memories and lost one another, and now we’re back and better than ever. ❤️” Meanwhile, others are lip-syncing the lyrics as if addressing an old flame — or posting throwback photos with the simple text, “Just babies!”
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“Do I Ever Cross Your Mind” was first released in 1976 on Atkins’ album The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends. Six years later, in July 1982, Parton recorded a solo version, releasing it as the third single from her album Heartbreak Express. The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Country chart in 1982, one year before what is arguably Parton’s most famous duet, “Islands in the Stream” with Kenny Rogers from 1983.
But it’s “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind” that is going viral in 2025. The lyrics capture that universal feeling of looking back on a lost love:
Oh, how often I’ve wished that again I could kiss
Your sweet lips like I did long ago
And how often I’ve longed for those two loving arms
That once held me so gentle and close
And when I think of you and the love we once knew
How I wish we could go back in time
Do you ever think back on old memories like that
Or do I ever cross your mind?
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That timeless sense of longing seems tailor-made for TikTok, where bite-sized storytelling thrives on nostalgia and emotion. Now, nearly 50 years after its initial release, the duet is introducing itself to a new audience — proving once again that some songs simply never fade away.
Parton, of course, has never been far from the spotlight. From her classic catalog to her social media savvy, the country icon continues to connect with new generations. Atkins, remembered as one of the most influential guitarists in country history, lends the track a heartfelt instrumental backdrop that complements Parton’s unmistakable voice.
Atkins was a renowned country instrumentalist, playing guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and ukulele. Over his illustrious career, he won 14 Grammys for his instrumentation. Atkins sadly passed away in 2001 at the age of 77 after a battle with cancer.
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