Two Are Better Than One

This week the theme is to find a song that is performed as a duet with two prominent performers, suggested by Nancy aka The Sicilian Storyteller. 

I don’t love this song so much as I love McCartney and yes, Michael Jackson

Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson – Say Say Say (1983)

In the spring of 1981, Paul McCartney was settling back into a solo career, following the breakup of Wings, while Michael Jackson had recently released his breakthrough record, Off the Wall. During this time, McCartney enlisted Jackson to work with him on the bubbly “Say Say Say,” inviting the young artist to stay at his home and encouraging him creatively along the way. In the two years that passed between the song’s recording and release (off McCartney’s Pipes of Peace), Jackson’s star would rise exponentially with Thriller (which included another duet with McCartney, “The Girl is Mine”). By the time that “Say Say Say” came out in 1983, the world was primed for more of the duo. It became a massive global hit for both artists and remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks.