Pop Music: Collaborations
This page is about artists with recording careers in their own right, who have made records with other such.
In other words – collaborations!
Although to be strictly accurate, not all of the artists included here could be said to have recording careers in
their own right. e.g. Nicole Kidman.
David Bowie
| Under Pressure (UK No, 1, 1981): ... and David Bowie |
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Queen |
| Peace on Earth – Little Drummer Boy (UK No. 3, 1982): David Bowie and |
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Bing Crosby |
| Dancing in the Street (UK No. 1, 1985): David Bowie and |
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Mick Jagger |
Tom Jones
| Kiss (UK No. 5, 1988) |
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Art of Noise |
| Burning Down the House (No. 7, 1999) |
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The Cardigans |
| Baby, It's Cold Outside (No. 17, 1999) |
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Cerys Matthews |
| Mama Told Me Not To Come (No. 4, 2000) |
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Stereophonics |
| Sex Bomb (No. 3, 2000 – German producer) |
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Mousse T |
| You Need Love Like I Do (No. 24, 2000) |
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Heather Small |
Other
| Easy Lover (No. 1, 1985): Phil Collins and (former Earth Wind & Fire vocalist) |
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Philip Bailey |
| Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word (2002): Elton John featured with |
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Blue |
| Sang with Hot Gossip on I Lost my Heart to a Starship Trooper (1978/9) |
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Sarah Brightman |
| Dont' Cha (2005): Pussycat Dolls feat. (rapper) |
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Busta Rhymes |
| Dead Ringer for Love (1981): Meat Loaf and |
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Cher |
| Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (2000): Spiller featuring |
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Sophie Ellis–Bextor |
| Sisters are Doin' It For Themselves (1985): Aretha Franklin and (British pop duo) |
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Eurythmics |
| Jackson (1967): Nancy Sinatra and |
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Lee Hazlewood |
| Somethin' Stupid (Christmas No. 1, 2001): Robbie Williams and |
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Nicole Kidman |
| Spirit in the Sky (Comic Relief official charity single 2003): Gareth Gates and (comedy family) |
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The Kumars |
| Relight My Fire (1993): Take That and |
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Lulu |
| FourFiveSeconds (2015 – No. 1 in USA, Australia and New Zealand, No. 3 in UK): Rihanna, Kanye West, and |
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Paul McCartney |
| Reached No. 1 in 1978 with John Travolta (You're the One that I Want), with 'John Travolta and Cast',
also in 1978 (Summer Nights), and in 1980 with ELO (Xanadu); also No. 15 in 1980 and No. 22 in 1995, with Cliff Richard
(Suddenly and Had to Be, respectively) |
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Olivia Newton–John |
| Islands in the Stream (1983): Kenny Rogers and |
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Dolly Parton |
| Co–wrote and sang on Adamski's No. 1 hit Killer (1990) – real name Henry Samuel |
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Seal |
| What Have I Done to Deserve This? (No. 2, 1987): Pet Shop Boys and |
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Dusty Springfield |
| Ain't Nothin' Like the Real Thing (1968), You're All I Need to Get By (1968),
Onion Song (1969): Marvin Gaye and |
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Tammi Tyrrell |
| Reached No. 7 in 1983 with Joe Cocker (Up Where We Belong) and No. 6 in 1987 with Bill Medley
((I've Had) the Time of My Life) |
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Jennifer Warnes |
| American Boy (2008): Estelle feat. (American rapper) |
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Kanye West |
| Against All Odds (2000): Mariah Carey and |
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Westlife |
| It Takes Two (1967): Marvin Gaye and |
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Kim Weston |
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