Best/worst duets, best covers in OD

  • Oct. 7, 2007, midnight
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The results as voted by 6 Music listeners
6 MUSIC COME TOGETHER – YOUR TOP 40

1 Foggy Dew – Sinéad O’Connor & The Chieftains

2 Fairytale Of New York – Kirsty MacColl & The Pogues

3 Under Pressure – Queen & David Bowie

4 Where The Wild Roses Grow – Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue

5 Walk This Way – Run DMC & Aerosmith

6 Islands In The Stream – Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

7 You’re All I Need To Get By – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

8 What Have I Done To Deserve This? – Dusty Springfield & Pet Shop Boys

9 Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush

10 Some Velvet Morning – Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra

11 Little Drummer Boy – Bing Crosby & David Bowie

12 Dancing In The Streets – Mick Jagger & David Bowie

13 Barcelona – Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé

14 Interlude – Morrissey & Siouxsie

15 Je T’aime… Moi Non Plus – Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin

16 Justified and Ancient – The KLF & Tammy Wynette

17 Stan – Eminem & Dido

18 Teardrop – Massive Attack & Liz Fraser

19 I Want You – Inspiral Carpets & Mark E Smith

20 This Mess We’re In – PJ Harvey & Thom Yorke

21 Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart – Marc Almond & Gene Pitney

22 Do They Know it’s Christmas? – Band Aid

23 Love Hurts – Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris

24 Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee

25 Smooth – Rob Thomas & Santana

26 Miss Sarajevo – Passengers (U2 & Pavarotti)

27 When Love Comes to Town – U2 & BB King

28 Girl from the North Country – Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash

29 What A Wonderful World – Shane MacGowan & Nick Cave

30 7 Seconds – Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry

31 E Bow The Letter – REM & Patti Smith

32 You’re The One That I Want – John Travolta & Olivia Newton John

33 Setting Sun – Chemical Brothers & Noel Gallagher

34 The Saints Are Coming – U2 & Green Day

35 Parklife – Blur & Phil Daniels

36 Something Stupid – Frank & Nancy Sinatra

37 Crying – KD Lang & Roy Orbison

38 Well Did You Evah? – Debbie Harry & Iggy Pop

39 Relight My Fire – Take That & Lulu

40 Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves – Aretha Franklin & Annie Lennox

Just thought I’d point out that there was a concerted effort to get the winner in the no 1 position. No, I’ve never heard of it either.

6 MUSIC COME TOGETHER – THE TOP 10 WORST SONGS

1 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder – Ebony and Ivory

2 Arthur Mullard & Hilda Baker – You’re the One that I Want

3 Mick Jagger & David Bowie – Dancing In the Streets

4 Bing Crosby & David Bowie – Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth

5 Rene & Renata – Save Your Love

6 Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson – The Girl Is Mine

7 Elton John & Pete Doherty – Children Of The Revolution (Live 8)

8 Puff Daddy & Faith Evans – I’ll Be Missing You

9 Elton John & George Michael – Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me

10 Band Aid – Do they Know It’s Christmas?
TIED WITH
10 Girls Aloud & Sugababes – Walk This Way

6 MUSIC COVER LOVERS – TOP 40

1 Johnny Cash – Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)

2 Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

3 Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

4 Futureheads – Hounds of Love (Kate Bush)

5 This Mortal Coil – Song to the Siren (Tim Buckley)

6 Stranglers – Walk on By (Dionne Warwick)

7 Soft Cell – Tainted Love (Gloria Jones)

8 Clash – Police and Thieves (Junior Mervin)

9 White Stripes – I Just Don’t Know What to do With Myself (Dusty Springfield)

10 Fall – Lost in Music (Sister Sledge)

11 Siouxsie & the Banshees – Dear Prudence (The Beatles)

12 Kirsty MacColl – A New England (Billy Bragg)

13 Nirvana – The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie)

14 Byrds – Mr Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan)

15 Pet Shop Boys – Always on My Mind (Elvis Presley)

16 Muse – Feeling Good (Nina Simone)

17 The Damned – Eloise (Barry Ryan)

18 Lemonheads – Mrs Robinson (Simon & Garfunkle)

19 Cake – I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)

20 China Drum – Wuthering Hights (Kate Bush)

21 St Etienne – Only Love Can Break your Heart (Neil Young)

22 Devo – Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)

23 Foo Fighters – Baker St (Gerry Rafferty)

24 Jose Gonzalez – Hand on Your Heart (Kylie Minogue)

25 Dinasaur Jnr – Just Like Heaven (The Cure)

26 Elbow – Independent Women (Destiny’s Child)

27 Manic Street Preachers – Suicide is Painless Theme from M*A*S*H)

28 Mark Ronson – Just (Radiohead)

29 Robert Wyatt – Shipbuilding (Elvis Costello)

30 Black Crowes – Hard to Handle (Otis Redding)

31 Tori Amos – Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)

32 Ryan Adams – Wonderwall (Oasis)

33 U2 – Helter Skelter (The Beatles)

34 Bjork – It’s Oh So Quiet (from Annie Get Your Gun)

35 Slits – Heard it Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye)

36 Aretha Franklin – Respect (Otis Redding)

37 Michael Andrews feat Gary Jules – Madworld (Tears for Fears)

38 Patti Smith – Gloria (Them)

39 Clash – I Fought the Law (Bobby Fuller Four)

40 Stevie Wonder – We Can Work it Out (The Beatles)

So, what would you lot put on your list?

Will

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