I Will Always Love You was written by Dolly Parton in 1973, but Whitney Houston's 1992 version for The Bodyguard turned its final chorus into one of pop's most recognisable vocal peaks. Online editors began pairing that climax with cannon fire and other oversized sound effects to exaggerate the emotion, and the remix spread across meme pages and soundboards as a shorthand for an epic farewell. It remains popular because almost everyone recognises the note before the blast lands.