# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/41 "2012-12-22T19:02:23Z")
[Four Leaf Clover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5GqGEnt1HA) - Old 97s w/ Exene Cervenka [For Shame of Doing Wrong](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kccevwiqng) - Syd Straw and Evan Dando covering Richard & Linda Thompson [Angel From Montgomery](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOW-Eoms07c) - Bonnie Raitt and John Prine ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/42 "2012-12-22T19:44:16Z")
I’m very fond of Dan Hicks and Rickie Lee Jones dueting on [Driftin’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYsfAapr9LE). Rickie comes in around the 30 second mark and fully shares the vocals after that. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/43 "2012-12-22T20:15:46Z")
It’s become an internet meme but I like the song “[Somebody That I Used To Know](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY)” by Gotye and Kimbra. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/44 "2012-12-22T20:21:16Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > “All The Roadrunning” - the entire album by Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris Yep. This one is really nice: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G03Iw8qdBCk/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGBMgPSh_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLDnBJYPxzWJQzIs8zQ0ygmPeYNZ6A "Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - Why Worry") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G03Iw8qdBCk) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/45 "2012-12-22T20:31:30Z")
> [@Weedy](#): > > [Candy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bLOjmY--TA) - Iggy Pop and Kate Pierson Iggy Pop also has a brand new one titled “[Dirty Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lclp63qEjfE)” with Ke$ha on Ke$ha’s new album _Warrior_. One reviewer calls it “deliciously, almost uncomfortably filthy.” I defy you to find any other duet that mentions cockroaches doing it in garbage cans, or Santorum doing it in a V-neck sweater. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/46 "2012-12-22T21:56:25Z")
On the weirder side, there is always Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra doing [Some Velvet Morning.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb-SVPJM4L4) Then there is always the version by [Roland Howard and Lydia Lunch.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBdK7PZSCxw) I’m not sure which is stranger. ---
**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, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/47 "2012-12-22T22:15:44Z")
David Bowie and Annie Lennox capture lightning in a bottle doing [Under Pressure](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRyolzoi13Q) together. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/48 "2012-12-22T23:12:25Z")
One of Evanescence’s biggest hits (“Bring Me to Life”) had a male part. But maybe that’s still cheesy. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/49 "2012-12-22T23:48:01Z")
Meat Loaf and Cher - Dead Ringer For Love. I’m not kidding, it’s a pretty decent rocker. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/50 "2012-12-22T23:50:40Z")
Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick once sang a tremendous duet. He would do one line from “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and she would sing a line from “I Say a Little Prayer for You.” A very moving live performance. I also like James Taylor and Carly Simon’s version of “Mockingbird” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/51 "2012-12-22T23:54:50Z")
There is always “The Battle of Evermore” with Sandy Denny singing rings around Robert Plant. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/52 "2012-12-23T00:34:45Z")
Thom Yorke and Bjork – [I’ve Seen It All](http://youtu.be/3V1Lov1U9mU) Thom Yorke and PJ Harvey – [This Mess We’re In](http://youtu.be/5i1BOy8_KIc) Mark Lanegan and PJ Harvey – [Come to Me](http://youtu.be/C1x5Q-9oN4I) Josh Homme and PJ Harvey – [Crawl Home](http://youtu.be/dOheKFSYvag) Nick Cave and PJ Harvey – [Henry Lee](http://youtu.be/uHdNCHomHlU) Are we seeing a pattern yet? 🙂 I love Stevie Nicks, too. How about her duet with Tom Petty, [I Will Run to You](http://youtu.be/vbNke9OLyCI)? ---
**Author:** ![Sleeping\_Synapse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Sleeping\_Synapse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeping_Synapse)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/53 "2012-12-23T01:35:30Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Male/female duets - any GOOD pop/rock songs? _ **Not** _ this: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGNIDXUaVts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGNIDXUaVts) ---
**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 23, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/54 "2012-12-23T02:18:35Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > Thom Yorke and Bjork – [I’ve Seen It All](http://youtu.be/3V1Lov1U9mU) > > Thom Yorke and PJ Harvey – [This Mess We’re In](http://youtu.be/5i1BOy8_KIc) > > Mark Lanegan and PJ Harvey – [Come to Me](http://youtu.be/C1x5Q-9oN4I) > > Josh Homme and PJ Harvey – [Crawl Home](http://youtu.be/dOheKFSYvag) > > Nick Cave and PJ Harvey – [Henry Lee](http://youtu.be/uHdNCHomHlU) > > Are we seeing a pattern yet? 🙂 You missed [this one.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpnjE1LUvE) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/55 "2012-12-23T03:08:56Z")
Not exactly rock, but… [New Dress](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnRVkg9Mi7o) - Jonatha Brooke and Neil Finn [You Can Close Your Eyes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpMfdob55W0) - James Taylor and Joni Mitchell [Two of Us](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBgVJMuSh-I) - Aimee Mann & Michael Penn ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/56 "2012-12-23T04:44:35Z")
I’m a fan of [Your Love Alone is Not Enough](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_OnFHJou4o) by The Manic Street Preachers with Nina Persson from the Cardigans. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/57 "2012-12-23T06:25:14Z")
I’m surprised that no one’s mentioned [_Jackson_ by Johnny Cash and June Carter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43qK1Lh2xH0). … Or have I misunderstood the question? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/58 "2012-12-23T11:32:45Z")
**Lucky Stars** was very popular with the girls when I was in seventh grade back in the 70s. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PrVP9yM-Vi8/hqdefault.jpg "Dean Friedman, Lucky stars") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrVP9yM-Vi8) ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/59 "2012-12-23T16:50:40Z")
I’m the OP and still going through the suggestions; I must admit some are very good. Only a _few_ are sappy cheese. 😉 And I realized I knew a good duet - [Obsession](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIs5StN8J-0) by Animotion ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_Ferguson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/97f17d/32.png) [@Harvey\_Ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_Ferguson)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/60 "2012-12-24T17:00:17Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I’m surprised that no one’s mentioned [_Jackson_ by Johnny Cash and June Carter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43qK1Lh2xH0). > > … Or have I misunderstood the question? :dubious: Or this one: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsligj1bRFA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsligj1bRFA) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802.md?page=4)