Twenty Favorite Duet Songs

(in order of preference, with links)

1. Under Pressure by Queen (vocals: Freddie Mercury) and David Bowie

2. Movin’ Right Along by Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear

3. Cheek to Cheek by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald

4. Fairytale of New York by The Pogues (vocals: Shane MacGowan) and Kirsty MacColl

5. Ain’t Life a Brook by Bill Morrissey and Greg Brown

6. Don’t You Want Me by The Human League (vocals: Philip Oakey and Susan Ann Sulley)

7. Travelling Light by Tindersticks (vocals: Stuart Staples) and Carla Torgerson

8. Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes) by Brook Benton and Dinah Washington

9. You’re All I Need to Get By by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

10. Je t’aime . . . moi non plus by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin

11. You’re the One That I Want by Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta

12. Where Is the Love by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

13. U Got the Look by Price and Sheena Easton

14. Baby, It’s Cold Outside by Pearl Bailey and Hot Lips Page

15. Joan of Arc by Jennifer Warnes and Leonard Cohen

16. Without You by Susanna Wallumrød and Bonnie “Prince” Billy *

17. Give the Anarchist a Cigarette by Chumbawamba (vocals: Alice Nutter and Lou Watts)

18. Yah Mo B There by James Ingram and Michael McDonald

19. Sleep Like Breathing by Alison Moyet and David Freeman

20. Some Small Hope by Virginia Astley and David Sylvian

    
    

* I prefer their duet on “(I’ll Love You) Forever and Ever,” but I can’t find a streaming version of it anywhere.

Addendum: I can’t in good conscience include With a Rebel Yell, She Cried “Don’t Give Up the Fight” by Bob Marley and Billy Idol, but it’s pretty great.

— February 10, 2026

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