# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/61 "2012-12-24T20:25:47Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > There is always “The Battle of Evermore” with Sandy Denny singing rings around Robert Plant. Heart does a cover of BoE that is technically better than _Led Zeppelin_ because they have the built in duet. But it does not compare to BoE once you add in Sandy Denny’s amazing vocals in that song (her other stuff’s not bad either, but this is superb.) ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/62 "2012-12-24T20:29:28Z")
Here’s a couple from one of the greatest movie soundtracks known to humankind: Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle - [“Picking Up After You”](http://youtu.be/VDBriYALp1U) Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle - [“One From The Heart”](http://youtu.be/iaUl8M5GZHE) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/63 "2012-12-24T20:55:37Z")
No mention yet of [Let’s Duet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-wchNTG_04) by Dewey Cox w/Darlene Madison. ---
**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 24, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/64 "2012-12-24T21:01:30Z")
10,000 Maniacs with Michael Stipe-“A Campfire Song” Michael Stipe only sings a small part but I guess you could still call it a duet. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNlYyB-0vsA) ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/65 "2012-12-24T23:44:45Z")
“Christmas TV” by Slow Club [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsKv1aKS0Q) “In my Sleep” by Austin Hartley Leonard and Kendall Jane Meade [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HUTh0TT-sk4/hqdefault.jpg "Austin Hartley-Leonard & Kendall Jane Meade In My Sleep") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUTh0TT-sk4) ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/66 "2012-12-25T02:10:53Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > On the weirder side, there is always Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra doing [Some Velvet Morning.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb-SVPJM4L4) Well, I never thought it weird at the time (angsty teen!) but I suspect that I may be the only living person who ever actually owned the album “Nancy & Lee” 😃 I loved that album! I think Lee actually produced and/or wrote several of Nancy’s solo hits too. ---
**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 25, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/67 "2012-12-25T12:28:26Z")
> [@LilyoftheField](#): > > Well, I never thought it weird at the time (angsty teen!) but I suspect that I may be the only living person who ever actually owned the album “Nancy & Lee” 😃 I loved that album! I think Lee actually produced and/or wrote several of Nancy’s solo hits too. Ha ha I have all three of their albums, as well as at least one other Hazlewood duet album. Plus plenty of his other stuff… I doubt we’re the only ones either! The whole first Nancy & Lee album probably fits for this thread. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/68 "2012-12-25T13:00:17Z")
> [@feddup2](#): > > Are you all mad? > > [Gimme Shelter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgzyyxe9GUs) > > Jagger/Lisa Fischer. Makes my nipples hard every time. Just to clarify, it’s Merrie Clayton on the original studio version. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/69 "2012-12-25T14:41:22Z")
I’ll add Trey Anastasio (and Phish) and Allison Krauss, “If I Could.” Hippie schmaltz, not yuppie schmaltz. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/70 "2012-12-25T15:15:58Z")
Robert Plant and Allison Krauss have already been mentioned, but my preference is for Gone,Gone,Gone (Done Moved On). I also like Of Men and Monsters, with the pop tune Little Talks being a current guilty pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/71 "2012-12-26T12:45:56Z")
Lemmy of Motorhead and Kelly Johnson of Girlschool [and the massed bands billed as ‘HeadGirl’] - [Please don’t touch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9pMJ1mC53o). Kim Gordon [and Sonic Youth] with Chuck D - [Kool thing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDTSUwIZdMk). Arguably not really a duet but female lead vocalist with a bit of helpful nattering from the sides. Our Kylie and Our Nick - [Where the wild roses grow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpnjE1LUvE). Sort of the modern Lee and Nancy. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/72 "2012-12-26T13:30:16Z")
[Aimee Mann and Michael Penn – Two of Us](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBgVJMuSh-I) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/73 "2013-01-03T19:10:52Z")
OK, I must somehow have missed all the earlier references to [“It Takes Two”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URU-gWAOlDM) by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston, because there’s no way we could have gotten this far in the thread without that tune being mentioned… right? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/74 "2013-01-03T19:15:03Z")
[The Battle of Evermore](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHJH0ETi8D4) with Robert Plant and Sandy Denny. She’s not the greatest singer ever, but it’s still one hell of a song. (Bonus: It’s about Lord of the Rings!) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/75 "2013-01-03T20:53:28Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > [The Battle of Evermore](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHJH0ETi8D4) with Robert Plant and Sandy Denny. She’s not the greatest singer ever, but it’s still one hell of a song. (Bonus: It’s about Lord of the Rings!) Hmmm… coud this be a whoosh? If I were to make a short list of greatest singers ever, Sandy Denny might well be on it. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/76 "2013-01-03T21:10:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > There is always “The Battle of Evermore” with Sandy Denny singing rings around Robert Plant. Huh. I definitely did a text search to see if anyone mentioned this. **silenus** scooped me. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802/77 "2013-01-03T22:44:53Z")
You want a non-cheesy male/female duet? Then you want [Tomorrow Wendy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI8DPkeGPBU) by Andy Prieboy with Johnette Napolitano (of Concrete Blonde). And also [I Remember](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYPCYboEpmk) by Damien Rice with Lisa Hannigan (another link to a live version - the original is great too, but this version will knock your socks off, possibly literally.) Some other great duets: [9 Crimes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgqOSCgc8xc) by Damien Rice with Lisa Hannigan [Yankee Bayonet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03eo0asomyM) - The Decemberists [Young Folks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0) - Peter Bjorn & John [You Don’t Know Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRgQns-TJGM) - Ben Folds with Regina Spektor [Gasoline and Matches](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCT17rUr_Jo) - Buddy & Julie Miller [I See You, You See Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxyPT8QaBAk) - The Magic Numbers [Private Idaho](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7t7cGwN7_0) - The B-52’s [Good Things](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX9vkmvfABk) - Luke Steele & Katy Steele [Your Ghost](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VA8uaumikU) - Kristin Hersh with Michael Stipe [Where The Wild Roses Grow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpnjE1LUvE) - Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue [Kids](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvn6eYJh-0c) - Kylie Minogue & Robbie Williams (not sure it passes the cheese test but it’s sure as hell fun) ---
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/o9sesopGFqA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=FL23B_dHjpP443gs2-xCS6hAxCS6hA https://www.youtube.com/embed/3aXUeCm9Jbs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=FL23B_dHjpP443gs2-xCS6hA https://www.youtube.com/embed/1hW4kswTH_0?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLzMbrGrsUg7m_QrimdIpyDG7tHjO-quYT https://www.youtube.com/embed/40eTOiY6w3I?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PL67B05C8C79943753 https://www.youtube.com/embed/e_lB33XWisM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PL67B05C8C79943753 ---
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> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 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. [Nobody likes that song.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY4xE9rAY8k) ---
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Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow, “Picture.” Almost anything by Lady Antebellum. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-duets-any-good-pop-rock-songs/644802.md?page=5)