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Top 10 Worst Song Duets


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some duets are hid and some well you be
the judge welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top 10 worst songs
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for this list we’ll be looking at two
which which seemed interesting on paper
but we’re not quite executed as well as
we’d hope while there have been some
truly awful live performance wet this
list is only dealing with studio
releases number ten I’ve got you under
my skin Frank Sinatra and Bono I have
got to run the mush skin this jazzy
swing song starts off great as you
listen to the soothing crooning of Frank
Sinatra but you’re soon greeted with the
faint whispers of u2’s Bono
the parts where the two artists sing in
tandem are particularly disappointing
especially when the YouTube frontman
attempts to add harmonies holding you
inside of a wall and applause even after
a quick listen if evidence there is a
lack of chemistry between them and this
is most likely because they were never
in the studio at the same time a demand
made by old blue eyes and exchange for
his participation in the project if
you’re looking for a better version of
the song opt for one sung by Sinatra
himself
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number nine
cruising Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow
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this cheesy cover of the Smokey Robinson
song was fun for the aptly named movie
duets and it may have gotten a pass on
those grounds if producers didn’t decide
to make it a commercial single and the
film contains a ton of song covers as
the main theme revolved around a road
trip with a karaoke competition as the
destination while the song topped the
charts in Australia and New Zealand it
did somehow also topped the adult
contemporary chart the duet was an
attempt to revitalize who he loses
career and give Paltrow the actress the
stepping stone to becoming Paltrow the
singer but sadly after this song she
stopped making music for years and she
will OA swell still no news there
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yes
number eight chillin with you Britney
Spears and Jamie Lynn Spears it’s
Britney bitch and this time she’s
decided to keep it in the family
her duet with younger sister Jamie Lynn
Spears as an ode to their sisterly love
and appreciation for one another but
it’s clear another genre would have
suited the songs better I’m sure I’m
sure it goes from a slight country bead
to EDM to pop and leave the whole song
disjointed if you want a better genuine
performance there’s more out there that
go with their style and are frankly far
more enjoyable to listen to every day
every day every day chillin with you
it’s a cute song at times but you can’t
help but cringe every time Britney said
would you
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number seven evany and ivory Paul
McCartney and Stevie Wonder every little
cat in perfect harmony this uplifting
tune would uses black and white piano
keys as a metaphor for racial harmony
times by critics being too simplistic
it’s possible the bar was set too high
for these two musical icons but it’s
doubtful the song would have worked with
any other two artists either forgive
each other what we need to design the
song might be bland and overly
optimistic offering no solutions to
inequality but the video is somehow
worse ironically McCartney and Wonder
didn’t even film it together and were
instead placed together through editing
in fact the most fascinating thing about
this soft weight social pandering is
that it managed to get banned in the
apartheid South Africa so perhaps that
message was at least effective on
notorious eighties racist
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number six changes Kelly Osbourne and
Ozzy Osbourne no one expected this from
the Prince of Darkness but then again no
one expected this either originally
recorded by Ozzy during his time in
Black Sabbath the song was inspired by
drummer Billy Ward separation from his
wife a mere 30 years later Ozzy and
daughter Kelly Osbourne decided to
tarnish the original memory of the song
changing the lyrics to be about a father
and daughter drifting apart
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the track was made for the re-release of
Kelly’s debut album the album like the
duet split the room almost instantly and
along with their reality series are seen
by many fans as The Osbournes has last
grasp to stay in the limelight
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number five what’s up with you Eddie
Murphy and Michael Jackson this is what
happens when comedians delve into
serious music thankfully along with
party all the time these are the only
songs that haven’t been left buried in
the years when Murphy was making music
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Michael Jackson is only the featured
artist on the song but even with
uninspired lyrics he steals the show
while Murphy conveys the deeper message
of the tune how human beings need the
planet not vice versa
it is overshadowed by MJ’s catchy yet
meaningless chorus the music video is
also panned by critics as nonsensical
and cheap
well at least the Harlem Boys Choir got
to say they meant to entertainment icon
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number four pretty girls Britney Spears
and Iggy Azalea Britney Spears makes
this list yet again but this time with
Australian rapper Iggy Azalea in this
heavily auto-tuned electro hop – the
lyrics are overtly saying that girls the
world over gets what they want based on
their appearance and was considered
offensive to both so pretty and less
than pretty between your Beauty canopy
when we create the whole world want to
keep the implication that you can only
make it if you have a certain look and
that if we don’t you will be miserable
is terrible for a young girl psyche
meanwhile music critics were torn over
the track with some calling it the song
of the summer and others calling it a
rehash of azalea’s fancy number three
our lips are sealed
Hilary Duff and Hailey Duck
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in yet another duet sung by family
members we find sisters Hilary and
Hayley duck in what seems to be a tune
aimed at nine year old made for Hilary’s
movie a Cinderella story the song was
chosen for a secretive theme mimicking
the film it was originally released by
the go-go’s in 1981 at the powerpuff new
wave song with band members each playing
their own instrument a far cry from
Hilary and Hayley’s overproduced track
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while Hilary had somewhat of a prior
singing career the addition of her
sister was even less of a musical
background should have raised red flags
I put on my t-shirt the only thing I
meant to say is I’m number two
accidental racist Brad Paisley and LL
Cool J with flannel my tip some have
like an yells chorus done with a title
like dodges you know this can’t be good
this duet makes evany and ivory look
like a solved racism it’s easy to take
LL Cool J’s inclusion as a sign of good
intention but intentions aside the track
fails on multiple fronts
Leslee lyrics are borderline offensive
asking for an apology for slavery
something no one was holding paisley
responsible for school days versus are
somehow even more egregious I want you
to give hey we’ll be a slave I never
could feel like a newfangled Django dogs
in the prison wife is comparing waving a
confederate flag a traitorous symbol of
secession from the face that wanted to
continue slavery with a Jew right which
is something that keeps sweat out of
your eyes from that – implying society
should just forget about slavery pretty
much everything on this track is
offensive and should be considered an
accidental release some people didn’t
connect the dots but if I think
ultimately it’s for the best because
it’ll it raises awareness about a
subject that needs to be talked about
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
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number one sweet lovin friend
Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone this
is shocking but yes the same badass who
lost to Creed and single-handedly repot
the Vietnam War made this then let’s see
that the duet appeared on the soundtrack
for the 1984 film rhinestones a movie
that Stallone had stated was the only
film he wishes he’d never made the song
feels like an attempt at tapping into
the fun of a Loretta Lynn Conway Twitty
duet except that there is very little
chemistry between Parton and fly there’s
little wonderful how this track was
nominated for a Razzie for worst
original song in 1984 Stallone didn’t go
home empty-handed though at sweet love
and friends lost out to his other
musical offering drink inside bother you
created the general consensus is that
both sweet love and friends and the
movie Rhinestone itself never be
mentioned again Steele you sure norsu my
friend I was going to do
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