(Finished March 21st, 2026) Part 3 of The Best Duets of the 1980s

Hello,

From my very brief research it seems like the 80s was the best decade for duets. That ten year period had so many of the greatest duets of all-time. Billboard ranked the Top 40 Duets of All-Time and 18 of them were from the 80s. Here’s those 18 songs and many other great songs from that decade. Duet is a very loose term here, but I did the best I could.

35) Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard “Suddenly”:

36) The Pet Shop Boys “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)”:

37) Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich “Don’t Kill The Animals”:

38) The Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin “Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves”:

39) Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb “Guilty”:

40) Meat Loaf and Cher “Dead Ringer For Love”:

41) The Judds “Girls Night Out”:

42) Dan Hill and Vonda Shepard “Can’t We Try”:

43) Whitney Houston and Teddy Pendergrass “Hold Me”:

44) Sparks with Jane Wiedlin “Cool Places”:

45) Soul 2 Soul and Caron Wheeler “Keep On Movin’”:

46) Olivia Newton-John and ELO “Xanadu”:

47) Pet Shop Boys With Dusty Springfield “What Have I Done To Deserve This”:

48) Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville “When Something Is Wrong With My Baby”:

49) Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go”:

50) Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes “I’ve Had The Time Of My Life”:

51) Barry Gibb and Barbra Streisand “What Kind of Fool”:

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