we never thought we’d see these artists
make music together and I’m trying to
get her to dismantle the bar come on
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
unlikely musical collaborations
for this list we’ve stuck to songs that
have appeared on at least one album or
compilation and have only included
collaborations for which the artists
involved either contributed vocals or
instrumental parts with the machine
yourself good play we’ve excluded songs
or remixes in which artist
collaborations were added after the fact
number ten Jack White and Loretta Lynn
Portland Oregon slow Gin Fizz tell me
he’s collaborated with Alicia Keys and
produced four insane clown posse but we
decided White’s union with a country
music superstar is his best moving in
fast she was taking the first lady of
country music and the ex White Stripes
frontman may have a 44 year age
difference but Van Leer Rose still
became her most successful crossover
album aside from their Portland Oregon
duet white also wrote some of the music
and produced the record in its entirety
and a pleasure to go
number nine Lou Reed and Metallica the
view Emma chorus
of the voice
they’re one of heavy metals most
commercially successful bands he’s the
former frontman of one of rock’s most
influential acts but that doesn’t mean
they’ll be forgiven for the dreadful
Lulu a science of the heart and blood
after Metallica and Lou Reed played a
concert together in 2011 they thought
they could make beautiful music together
the resulting art rock and experimental
metal project unfortunately proved
otherwise
number eight Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
and Kylie Minogue where the wild roses
grow on the first day I saw her I knew
she was the one
despite their drastic differences in
height and musical genres Nick Cave and
Kylie Minogue thought their voices and
talents would be perfect for a murder
ballad
they were right the Australian pop
starlets vocals helped propel the single
from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 9th
album into the top 20 of multiple
European chart
number seven anthrax featuring Chuck D
of Public Enemy bring the noise
as one of the first thrash metal acts to
gain major label recognition anthrax
helped define the genre with their
rapid-fire riffs and hardcore punk
inspired ferocity
they then showed they weren’t afraid to
bring the noise when they teamed up with
Chuck D the Public Enemy was initially
skeptical of the idea the song spawned a
joint tour and planted the seed for rap
metal
number six Puff Daddy featuring Jimmy
Page come with me
while Robert Plant received Grammy
recognition for his Americana
collaboration with bluegrass country
singer Alison Krauss it’s his Led Zep
bandmates not so metal moment with Puff
Daddy 9 years prior that’s still got us
scratching our heads
appearing on the Godzilla movie
soundtrack Diddy’s version of Kashmir is
a hip-hop and rap rock number featuring
orchestral elements and Kage on guitar
surprisingly it charted within the
Billboard top 50 number 5 Kanye West
featuring Bon Iver lost in the world
Ezee must have had the hipster crowd in
mind when he recruited Bonnie Vera’s
Justin Vernon for this track off My
Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
by mixing indie rock and hip-hop with
samples and auto-tune West crafted a
truly original song it’s been highly
praised by fans and critics alike while
it was never officially released as a
single lost in the world is often
performed live by the hip hop
number four Run DMC featuring Steven
Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith walk
this way though Aerosmith’s second
single from Toys in the Attic took the
masses by storm in the 1970s the band
hit a brief snag after that it took the
flavors of one of the most influential
hip-hop groups of all time to revitalize
the Bands career
the 1986 collaboration between Run DMC
Steven Tyler and Joe Perry also paved
the way for rap rock and launched the
hip hoppers to mainstream popularity
number three Nelly featuring Tim McGraw
over and over that she never thought
you’d hear an R&B and country song right
but both genres were influenced by blues
music and both often tackle love and
heartbreak in fact the genres narrative
styles helped Nelly and Tim McGraw nab a
top three song on the Billboard Hot 100
in the mid-2000s their collaboration was
so successful that many country and R&B
fans couldn’t help listening to it over
and over again over and over again
cuz it’s all in my head anyways I’m hope
you beat this man hit me back number two
Eminem featuring Elton John Stan letís
go
doh slim Shady’s often been blasted for
violent sexist or homophobic lyrics
spaceman shut up bitch I’m trying to
talk hey slim that’s my girlfriend
screamin in it yet at the 2001 Grammys
none other than the openly gay Elton
John replaced Dido beside him to sing
his chart-topping single to say people
were surprised is an understatement not
just an I meant to write too sooner but
I’ve just been busy the memorable
performance got so many people talking
it was later included on a greatest hits
compilation this is huge
damn I’m Ben oh I’m pleased to meet you
you’re the one that sings right well
right or wrong I sing either way
number one David Bowie and Bing Crosby
peace on earth little drummer boy after
his mainstream success began to decline
following his art-rock experimentation
on the Berlin trilogy Bowie decided to
try something a little more normal
but a Christmas duet between the 30-year
old Ziggy Stardust and 74 year-old
crooner Bing Crosby was the last thing
anybody expected you the new better what
it’s been a long time to 7 the new
anything blending elements of the
traditional Carol with original material
the 1977 recording has since become a
holiday classic
do you agree with our list what do you
think is the most unlikely musical
collaboration be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com for more entertaining top
tenants
make music together and I’m trying to
get her to dismantle the bar come on
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
unlikely musical collaborations
for this list we’ve stuck to songs that
have appeared on at least one album or
compilation and have only included
collaborations for which the artists
involved either contributed vocals or
instrumental parts with the machine
yourself good play we’ve excluded songs
or remixes in which artist
collaborations were added after the fact
number ten Jack White and Loretta Lynn
Portland Oregon slow Gin Fizz tell me
he’s collaborated with Alicia Keys and
produced four insane clown posse but we
decided White’s union with a country
music superstar is his best moving in
fast she was taking the first lady of
country music and the ex White Stripes
frontman may have a 44 year age
difference but Van Leer Rose still
became her most successful crossover
album aside from their Portland Oregon
duet white also wrote some of the music
and produced the record in its entirety
and a pleasure to go
number nine Lou Reed and Metallica the
view Emma chorus
of the voice
they’re one of heavy metals most
commercially successful bands he’s the
former frontman of one of rock’s most
influential acts but that doesn’t mean
they’ll be forgiven for the dreadful
Lulu a science of the heart and blood
after Metallica and Lou Reed played a
concert together in 2011 they thought
they could make beautiful music together
the resulting art rock and experimental
metal project unfortunately proved
otherwise
number eight Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
and Kylie Minogue where the wild roses
grow on the first day I saw her I knew
she was the one
despite their drastic differences in
height and musical genres Nick Cave and
Kylie Minogue thought their voices and
talents would be perfect for a murder
ballad
they were right the Australian pop
starlets vocals helped propel the single
from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 9th
album into the top 20 of multiple
European chart
number seven anthrax featuring Chuck D
of Public Enemy bring the noise
as one of the first thrash metal acts to
gain major label recognition anthrax
helped define the genre with their
rapid-fire riffs and hardcore punk
inspired ferocity
they then showed they weren’t afraid to
bring the noise when they teamed up with
Chuck D the Public Enemy was initially
skeptical of the idea the song spawned a
joint tour and planted the seed for rap
metal
number six Puff Daddy featuring Jimmy
Page come with me
while Robert Plant received Grammy
recognition for his Americana
collaboration with bluegrass country
singer Alison Krauss it’s his Led Zep
bandmates not so metal moment with Puff
Daddy 9 years prior that’s still got us
scratching our heads
appearing on the Godzilla movie
soundtrack Diddy’s version of Kashmir is
a hip-hop and rap rock number featuring
orchestral elements and Kage on guitar
surprisingly it charted within the
Billboard top 50 number 5 Kanye West
featuring Bon Iver lost in the world
Ezee must have had the hipster crowd in
mind when he recruited Bonnie Vera’s
Justin Vernon for this track off My
Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
by mixing indie rock and hip-hop with
samples and auto-tune West crafted a
truly original song it’s been highly
praised by fans and critics alike while
it was never officially released as a
single lost in the world is often
performed live by the hip hop
number four Run DMC featuring Steven
Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith walk
this way though Aerosmith’s second
single from Toys in the Attic took the
masses by storm in the 1970s the band
hit a brief snag after that it took the
flavors of one of the most influential
hip-hop groups of all time to revitalize
the Bands career
the 1986 collaboration between Run DMC
Steven Tyler and Joe Perry also paved
the way for rap rock and launched the
hip hoppers to mainstream popularity
number three Nelly featuring Tim McGraw
over and over that she never thought
you’d hear an R&B and country song right
but both genres were influenced by blues
music and both often tackle love and
heartbreak in fact the genres narrative
styles helped Nelly and Tim McGraw nab a
top three song on the Billboard Hot 100
in the mid-2000s their collaboration was
so successful that many country and R&B
fans couldn’t help listening to it over
and over again over and over again
cuz it’s all in my head anyways I’m hope
you beat this man hit me back number two
Eminem featuring Elton John Stan letís
go
doh slim Shady’s often been blasted for
violent sexist or homophobic lyrics
spaceman shut up bitch I’m trying to
talk hey slim that’s my girlfriend
screamin in it yet at the 2001 Grammys
none other than the openly gay Elton
John replaced Dido beside him to sing
his chart-topping single to say people
were surprised is an understatement not
just an I meant to write too sooner but
I’ve just been busy the memorable
performance got so many people talking
it was later included on a greatest hits
compilation this is huge
damn I’m Ben oh I’m pleased to meet you
you’re the one that sings right well
right or wrong I sing either way
number one David Bowie and Bing Crosby
peace on earth little drummer boy after
his mainstream success began to decline
following his art-rock experimentation
on the Berlin trilogy Bowie decided to
try something a little more normal
but a Christmas duet between the 30-year
old Ziggy Stardust and 74 year-old
crooner Bing Crosby was the last thing
anybody expected you the new better what
it’s been a long time to 7 the new
anything blending elements of the
traditional Carol with original material
the 1977 recording has since become a
holiday classic
do you agree with our list what do you
think is the most unlikely musical
collaboration be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com for more entertaining top
tenants
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