To me, it's one of the best rock duets from the 80s. It's very difficult today because most recording facilities are so much more sophisticated than they were back then. With Tupac “2Pac” Shakur and Anthony “Treach” Criss from Naughty by Nature making cameos, the “Whatta Man” video won three MTV Video Music Awards: Best Dance Video, Best R&B Video, and Best Choreography. Most of their duets can be considered classics: “Your Precious Love,” “You’re All I Need to Get By,” “If This World Were My Mine,” “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” There was no hit-and-miss between these two—they turned out hit after hit. That’s kind of an interesting colour of beige”. 1 in the U.S. and Britain, and became the UK’s fifth-biggest-selling single of all time. “911” earned platinum status in Norway and also was a top-ten hit in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Finland. It was later a number one in the UK for both Mariah Carey with Westlife in 2000 and X Factor winner Steve Brookstein in 2005. Rogers told Peoplemagazine that he’d been working on the song with the Gibb brothers, but said it wasn’t working, and that’s when they suggested Dolly be brought in. Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin "Separate Lives" (1985) The soundtrack to the film White Nights starring Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov was the place to find this awesome '80s ballad. Eve later appeared on Stefani’s song “Rich Girl” from her 2004 solo album. And their later works were noted for wildly interpretive rearrangements of rock songs like “I Want to Take You Higher” and, of course, “Proud Mary,” originally written and performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Co-written by siblings Michael and Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, this energetic duet from Michael Jackson’s 1995 HIStory album reached No. score: 13 of 40 (32%) required scores: 1, 2, 8, 15, 23 list stats leaders vote Vote print comments. It was the first time the brother and sister superstars ever recorded together, and their memorable US$7 million video—the most expensive ever made—was ranked No. Rock singer Jack White wrote the theme song and performed it with soul songstress Alicia Keys, and despite their different styles, both singers expressed that they had always wanted to collaborate on a project together. The track not only mingles the chart-topping voices of Alicia Keys and Usher Raymond but also features the writing skills of both singers, as well as producer Jermaine Dupri with Manuel Seal and Adonis Shropshire. As Fred Bronson notes in “Billboard Book of Number One Hits”: “As ‘On My Own’ went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, LaBelle and McDonald met for the first time at NBC Studios in Burbank (Calif.), where they performed the song on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.’” Here’s another factoid: Both artists had earned number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles as members of their respective groups, LaBelle and the Doobie Brothers, but neither had a solo topper until this 1986 duet. The duet went on to be a hit in Gabriel’s native UK, but Bush wasn’t his first choice for singing partner. This song was co-written with Lamont Dozier (of Motown's Holland-Dozier-Holland), and was composed for the 1988 movie Buster, in which Phil also starred. 1 on the American charts, and No. “Endless Love” was the biggest hit for both artists. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. The most successful of all the “Peaches” might have been Linda Greene, who grew up in Washington, D.C., and met Herb in the mid-1970s. Incredible Blanket Puts Humans In A Deep Sleep, Melting Stress Away, © Raven Varona/Parkwood/PictureGroup/Shutterstock, father and daughter recording a romantic duet. And D’Angelo, who dropped the Grammy Award–winning “Black Messiah” in 2015, dealt with weight gain, drug and alcohol addiction, and run-ins with the police. Lamenting a lost love from the North Country, the song was reportedly made into a duet when the two performers wound up recording next door to one another, and decided to collaborate. Former Temptations lead singer Dennis Edwards and songwriter Siedah Garrett collaborated on one of the strongest R&B songs of the 1980s. Much can’t go wrong with Wyclef Jean and Mary J. Blige on the same track. He was playing around with a drum machine, and the lyric "su-sussudio" was what came out of his mouth. Lady Gaga and the song’s co-writers, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, reportedly took only four hours to pen the song. Once I got started, though, the words came quickly. “Endless Love” almost returned to the top of Hot 100 chart nearly 13 years later, when Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey’s cover stalled at number two on Oct. 1, 1994. 1 on the American charts, and No. On My Own (1986) - Patti LaBelle/James Ingram 014. The duet won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group. Academy Award–winning actors Barbra Streisand and Jamie Foxx have a duet on Streisand’s forthcoming album “Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway,” scheduled for release on Aug. 26, 2016. The catchy song, produced by Dr. Dre, won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video and the 2002 Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. The song speaks about death of a loved one, how the protagonist took their presence for granted and misses them, and finally about seeing the person in heaven. It’s become Gaga’s longest-leading No. The duet was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and the American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single in 1994, and it ranked 23 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of the 1990s. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. When Peter Gabriel wrote this 1986 song, he didn’t intend it to be a duet, but changed the lyrics later so it made sense to be performed with a female vocalist. Plus, they wrote and produced almost all the songs on three 1970s albums for former Supreme Diana Ross, and worked with Gladys Knight and the Pips, as well as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Originally a massive hit for The Supremes in 1966, Phil decided to cover the soul anthem 16 years later. Bearing the same title as an Ernest Hemingway novel, the 1983 song was certified platinum in the U.S. for selling more than two million copies.