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    10 Worst Duets Ever: No. 1

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    'Cruisin''
    --Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis (2000)

    Lewis and Paltrow play a singing father and daughter in a movie about the professional karaoke circuit? What could possibly go wrong? Well, there's the film's signature duet, a tone-deaf cover of a middle-of-the-road Smokey Robinson hit from 1979, which sounds like it was recorded by a has-been singer and a professional actress. Oh, wait, it was! The single did hit No. 1... in Australia.
    10 Best Duets Ever
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    Katieat 10-20-2008

    Really? I admit some of these were bad, but it just sounds like you wrote down watever duets you could think of.

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    kkrisekrisat 10-20-2008

    i concur whoever put this countdown together missed the really bad ones

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    Uterpa Corpat 10-20-2008

    I agree, how could anything Huey do be even close to bad. Ppl just hate when a big movie star can also sing

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    ENTREPENUIRat 10-20-2008

    Seriously?????!
    Wheres the contribution to Freddie Murcurie (sp) where Eminem sang with Elton John.... For whomever's sake! Then the group singing at the end led by a who knows how messed up Liza Minelle (sp)....
    Spelling errors do not take from the point ;)
    b.

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    Robertat 10-20-2008

    I agree with Katie. Some of those were good. I think whoever rated these all poor doesn't really appreciate music, REAL music. They weren't great but they were meant to be fun songs.

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    Rhondaat 5-30-2009

    I have to agree a few of the duets were atrocious but Paula Abdul's Duet and Willie and Julio's were 2 songs I honestly enjoyed. The worst duet I've ever heard and consider Willie Nelson has sounded good with 90% of his singing partners and Dolly Parton always sounded good with her singing partners BUT Dolly and Willie should NEVER have collaborated on the song "Everything's Beautiful"!!!!!

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    Joan E.at 11-01-2009

    Seems to me that Dolly parton did a really bad remake of Baby its cold outside with someone. I could never listen long enough to find out who.

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    bellefilleat 11-03-2009

    Yes, I agree that some really bad ones were forgotten. What about Nelly and Tim McGraw? That was very bad!! However, I do agree with the number 1 choice.

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    The Warped Vinyl Junkieat 11-16-2009

    I made it all the way to number one, to see the only really GOOD one of these duets named the very worst.

    By the way...for a REAL "worst duet ever," what about Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry proving they had no idea what Cole Porter was writing about in "Well, Did You Evah"? That's the most astounding stinker of ALL time!

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    Jenniferat 12-07-2009

    Someone needs to get a new line of work. You're definitely no Siskel & Ebert of the music world.

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    Bobb da Boneat 1-27-2010

    Da Bone sayz dat singin is da way fer da peoples to b at one wich each others, dey b no bad duets!

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    james hagan jrat 10-20-2008

    Also hit number one on the adult contemporary chart

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    Steveat 10-20-2008

    Cruisin was a good duet. Paltrow is very popular singer overseas.

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    kevkoomerat 10-20-2008

    Yeah and Slim Whitman was popular overseas as well.....

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    maekenzyat 10-20-2008

    cruisin is a really good duet and one of my favorite songs

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    JamminJohnny13at 10-20-2008

    ditto I agree

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    julybaby791989at 10-20-2008

    why isnt always by atlantic starr one of them

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    Angelat 10-21-2008

    Aw, I like that song :)

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    dancingdrama17at 10-20-2008

    i think this song was very good because each of them were popular singers or still are. i think the creator thought of the first duets that even came to mind and just typed them in and made up a lame excuse to go with it but all i really have to say directly to him is shame, shame on intagonizing great musicians/artists like frank sinatra who i guarantee has been around longer and knows a lot more about music then the creator himself, unless the creator was simon cowell who really knows his stuff!

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    lovextheexlifeat 10-20-2008

    i kinda liked the girl is mine most of those songs arent THAT bad

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