# Male/female duets - any GOOD pop/rock songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802 "2012-12-22T00:44:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/21 "2012-12-22T05:27:43Z")
_Don’t Know Much_ – Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt _Missing You_ – John Waite and Alison Krauss _Rich Woman_ – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Almost anything by the B-52s _This Is Us_ – Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler _I Wanna Sing that Rock and Roll_ – Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlins _Proud Mary_ – Ike & Tina Turner _Crying_ – Roy Orbison with kd Lang _Just out of Reach_ – Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson (so what if their tracks were recorded 30 years apart?) Does Peter Paul and Mary count? If so, a bunch of their stuff Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway did a number of very nice duets ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/22 "2012-12-22T05:28:09Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [John Stewart/Stevie Nicks - Gold](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM73jRsJn4A) > > [Walter Egan/Stevie Nicks - Magnet and Steel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar5GaTC440M) > > [Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty - Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UD0c58nNCQ) > I’m sensing a theme here. [Stevie Nicks/Kenny Loggins - Whenever I Call You Friend](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpr8WTqUZp4) (well, I don’t think it’s cheesy) ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/23 "2012-12-22T05:43:37Z")
[“That Lovin’ You Feelin’ Again”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTUG1odiRXo) by Roy Orbison and Emmylou Harris. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/24 "2012-12-22T06:49:59Z")
The Jesus and Mary Chain w/Hope Sandoval-“Sometimes Always” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WdAcS4c0-Qk/maxresdefault.jpg "The Jesus And Mary Chain - Sometimes Always (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdAcS4c0-Qk) ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/25 "2012-12-22T07:00:25Z")
Snow Patrol and Martha Wainwright, [Set the Fire to the Third Bar.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPKDfBdxkMM) ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/26 "2012-12-22T09:26:38Z")
> [@feddup2](#): > > Are you all mad? > > [Gimme Shelter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgzyyxe9GUs) > > Jagger/Lisa Fischer. Makes my nipples hard every time. [_ahem_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15726144&postcount=29) But really, it’s not a duet. One _hell_ of a support/backup singer, yes. But there’s no dialog in the song. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/27 "2012-12-22T09:54:04Z")
Interesting to see how many people have listed country songs, as most of what I’d have thought of would be in that genre. There’s a brilliant cover of Don’t Give Up by [Willie Nelson and Sinead O’Connor.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv_NwsCfmUs) Also, Nanci Griffith’s [Gulf Coast Highway](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WABdrZCJ5Ys), and covered by [Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T_uM3A13W4) ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/28 "2012-12-22T10:02:22Z")
Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry take on Cole Porter together in [Well Did You Evah.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjejqJVUYOU) Sauced again. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/29 "2012-12-22T10:33:06Z")
Isobel Campbell of _Belle & Sebastian_, has since they broke up released 3 solo albums: _Ballad of the Broken Seas,_, _Sunday at Devil Dirt_ and _Hawk._ All are duets with Mark Lanegan formerly of _Screaming Trees_ and _Queens of the Stone Age._ Here they do [Come Undone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F2oEpif-6khttp://). Very cool.Now that’s a duet. [Allmusic](http://www.allmusic.com/album/ballad-of-the-broken-seas-mw0000350901) says: It’s tempting to say something facile like “beauty meets the beast” in writing about this collaboration between former _Belle & Sebastian_ member Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, best known for his work with _Screaming Trees_ and _Queens of the Stone Age._ After all, Campbell’s voice is all sweet angelic whisper while Lanegan’s whisky-and-nicotine rasp sounds like the product of ten thousand nights in a barroom, but somehow these sweet and sour elements come together with striking and impressive results on _Ballad of the Broken Seas_. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/30 "2012-12-22T10:35:59Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > “[Paradise by the Dashboard Light](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmPMMitJDYg)” by Meat Loaf (and Ellen Foley) > [@mcgato](#): > > [Fairytale of New York](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8) with the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl. Bonus: It’s the Christmas season. > [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > The Jesus and Mary Chain w/Hope Sandoval-“Sometimes Always” > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdAcS4c0-Qk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdAcS4c0-Qk) Damn, now I got nuthin 😛 ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/31 "2012-12-22T15:04:12Z")
Steve Earle “I Remember You” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Da_qDw0sFfo/hqdefault.jpg "STEVE EARLE - I Remember You") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da_qDw0sFfo) I’m pretty sure that’s Emmylou Harris singing with Mr. Earle. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/32 "2012-12-22T15:44:05Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [John Stewart/Stevie Nicks - Gold](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM73jRsJn4A) > > [Walter Egan/Stevie Nicks - Magnet and Steel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar5GaTC440M) > > [Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty - Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UD0c58nNCQ) > I’m sensing a theme here. > [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Tom Petty / Stevie Nicks - _Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around_ > > (Stevie seems to be the key here..) > [@jayjay](#): > > [Stevie Nicks/Kenny Loggins - Whenever I Call You Friend](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpr8WTqUZp4) (well, I don’t think it’s cheesy) Another one: [Stevie Nicks/Don Henley - Leather and Lace](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLEMiDrdSKU) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/33 "2012-12-22T15:45:45Z")
Carly Simon & James Taylor [Mockingbird](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeOqD3uMIRs). ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/34 "2012-12-22T16:09:57Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [Stevie Nicks/Kenny Loggins - Whenever I Call You Friend](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpr8WTqUZp4) (well, I don’t think it’s cheesy) I fucking love that song. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/35 "2012-12-22T16:49:48Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Steve Earle “I Remember You” > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da\_qDw0sFfo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da_qDw0sFfo) > I’m pretty sure that’s Emmylou Harris singing with Mr. Earle. It is. She’s done loads of great duets, many more than mentioned here already. The two albums with Gram Parsons are among the greatest music ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/36 "2012-12-22T17:43:13Z")
Not sure if it’s ever been recorded, but I twice got to see Jimmy Buffett and Maria Muldaur sing “Let’s Get Drunk and Screw”… (This was back in the PPH days…) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/37 "2012-12-22T18:47:39Z")
_Tramp_ - Otis Redding and Carla Thomas ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/38 "2012-12-22T18:56:50Z")
Nathaniel Merryweathers “Lovage” Music to make love to your old lady by is a fantastic album pretty much all the way through and is mostly duets [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od8FfT1U820) ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/39 "2012-12-22T18:58:03Z")
I don’t know if this counts as pop or rock, but [“Who”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpPYKJAnwUo), by David Byrne and St. Vincent, is pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/40 "2012-12-22T18:58:18Z")
“All The Roadrunning” - the entire album by Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802.md?page=3)