Melissa Manchester topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart in 1975 with “Midnight Blue,” earning fame for a poignant storytelling song infused with romantic feeling. Now, Manchester has recreated her classic hit, with some help from Dolly Parton.

The pop legend and the country queen released a new version of “Midnight Blue” on Friday, Feb. 23, via Green Hill Productions. It’s one of 10 tracks included on Manchester’s new album “RE:VIEW,” which looks back at milestone songs from her 50-year career.

“I sent Dolly the track and she sent back a recording of her singular interpretation. It was so tender,” Manchester, 73, said via a press release. “I wanted to meet her vocally in that beautiful and unexpected place. The harmonics she thinks of are just otherworldly.”

“Midnight Blue,” written in 1973 by Manchester and Carole Bayer Sager, propelled Manchester to national stardom. She had another claim to fame in the early 1970s, appearing as a member of the Harlettes, Bette Midler’s flamboyant trio of backup singers.

With “Midnight Blue,” however, Manchester grabbed the spotlight as a solo artist. She continued to earn acclaim in the 1970s and ‘80s with hits such as “Don’t Cry Out Loud,” “Through the Eyes of Love” (from the movie “Ice Castles”), “You Should Hear How She Talks About You” (a Grammy winner for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female) and more.

In an interview with Billboard magazine, Manchester said she reframed the tone of “Midnight Blue” for her duet with Parton, transforming it into a song about friendship.

“When Carole Bayer Sager and I wrote ‘Midnight Blue,’ it was addressing our young marriages, our young husbands and our much younger selves, and how to navigate through some stormy waters,” Manchester told Billboard. “When Dolly asked me to find us something we could sing together, it occurred to me that re-framing the inner world of ‘Midnight Blue’ as a song between two longtime friends might expand the heart of the song. I think it did.”

Manchester’s list of songwriting credits also includes “Whenever I Call You ‘Friend’,” written with Kenny Loggins for his 1978 album “Nightwatch.” (Loggins recorded the tune as a duet with Stevie Nicks.) For her new album, Manchester performed her own duet with Loggins, revisiting “Whenever I Call You ‘Friend’” with an assist from saxophone great Dave Koz.

“I waited for freaking ever to re-record it with Kenny,” Manchester said in the Billboard interview. “I wanted to put my own stamp on it.”

Although best known as a singer and songwriter, Manchester has moonlighted as an actress over the years, appearing in Midler’s 1991 movie “For the Boys,” the TV series “Blossom” and more. She’s currently performing on a national tour of “Funny Girl” as Mrs. Rose Brice, the mother of main character Fanny Brice.

Here’s the full track listing for Manchester’s “RE:VIEW,” which is available on streaming platforms:

1. “Whenever I Call You Friend” (featuring Kenny Loggins & David Koz)
2. “Through The Eyes Of Love”
3. “You Should Hear How She Talks About You”
4. “Fire In The Morning”
5. “Come In From The Rain”
6. “Midnight Blue” (featuring Dolly Parton)
7. “Confide In Me”
8. “Just Too Many People”
9. “Don’t Cry Out Loud”
10. “Just You And I” (featuring Gerald Albright)