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Some musical collaborations should never have left the recording studio. Join us as we count down the most embarrassing and misguided celebrity duets that somehow made it to our ears! From tone-deaf lyrics to painfully mismatched artists, these collabs had us cringing from start to finish. Which musical mismatch made you shrivel up inside? Let us know in the comments below!
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00:00Do what I want, do what I want, won't you buy? Do what I want, do what I want, won't
00:04you buy?
00:04Yeah, we're taking the haters and we're wrapping them up.
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most embarrassing or simply misguided celebrity duets that
00:13should not have happened.
00:14And if I dare too long, probably break down and cry.
00:20Number 10, Booty, Jennifer Lopez featuring Iggy Azalea.
00:24It sounds like a parody, but somehow, it's not.
00:27This song from Lopez's album, AKA, is a very straightforward dance track written by multiple artists, including Chris Brown and
00:35Pitbull.
00:35This makes the repetitious and rhymeless lyrics even more strange, and the male gaze-y aspect is disturbing.
00:48With this cliched Middle Eastern flavor and generic rhythm, you might hope Iggy Azalea's involvement would help.
00:54Oh, but no.
00:56Azalea's verse repeats the same idea as the rest of the song.
01:05At least she and Lopez looked good, and the song was a modest hit.
01:08But there is a reason why Lopez was so reluctant to record it in the first place.
01:12Bitch, bitch, bitch, booty, but you got a bitch, booty.
01:15Bitch, bitch, booty, but you got a bitch, booty.
01:19Number 9, Do It, Miley Cyrus and the Flaming Lips.
01:22Yeah, I smoke pot.
01:23Do it.
01:25Yeah, I love peace.
01:27Do it.
01:28Cyrus has been known for her controversial performances, especially her salacious rendition of Blurred Lines with Robin Thicke at the
01:342013 MTV Video Music Awards.
01:36But in terms of cringe, this collaboration with rock bands, The Flaming Lips, takes the cake.
01:42I wanted to find a sausage.
01:45I wanted to find a good girl.
01:47The original hip-hop song about loving peace and smoking marijuana is nothing special.
01:51It even comes with a nigh-unwatchable music video.
01:54At the 2015 MTV VMAs, though, The Flaming Lips got involved, which added further insult to injury.
02:00Why there is a sky, and how the birds fly, and why there is a moon.
02:08Add in the random drag queens from RuPaul's Drag Race, and you get a very puzzling display indeed.
02:13Let's not.
02:14Yeah, I smoke pot.
02:16I smoke pot.
02:17Yeah, I love peace.
02:18I love peace.
02:19Number 8, Trolls, 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj.
02:23Following the rapper's release of the garishly awful Gooba after his stint from prison, 6ix9ine upped the ante with this
02:29song.
02:30This time, however, Nicki Minaj would sing and contribute a verse.
02:39With the same Eminem-style colors, Trolls is a dull, rote, rap-trap track with the usual self-aggrandizing cliches,
02:47and digs at other rappers.
02:54Yawn, but also, no.
02:57Minaj's two verses don't make matters any better, sounding bland and lazily written.
03:02Minaj comes across as lethargic and even bored.
03:07Perhaps having to perform without her signature machine-gun-fire rapping style killed her buzz.
03:12Whatever the case, these two are not lit.
03:15Number 7, The View, Lou Reed and Metallica.
03:18I am a chorus of the voices that gather up the magnets.
03:24This songwriter's last single is a disappointing one.
03:27Reed's flat talk sing delivery, paired with Metallica's heavy metal flair, is an unsuccessful juxtaposition almost painful to listen to.
03:35In a coffin, your soul's shaking.
03:38I want to have you downing every meaning of a mask.
03:42The black and white music video, directed by Darren Aronofsky of all people, fails to justify the song.
03:47Although some critics gave the collaboration positive reviews, perhaps because of its riddling but eloquent lyrics, the fans were not
03:54as pleased.
03:54You!
03:57I am the table!
04:00Unfortunately, Reed died in 2013, so this single would just have to be his last word.
04:05As it is, this duet mostly repels us, and Metallica should not have gone there.
04:09I am the table!
04:11I am!
04:12I am!
04:13I am!
04:14I am!
04:16Number 6, Sweet Child O' Mine, Fergie and Slash.
04:20Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only, Slash!
04:26Watching the Super Bowl halftime show had never been so painful.
04:29For the 2011 show, members of the Black Eyed Peas were invited to perform, with Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash
04:35as a special guest.
04:36During the show, Fergie and Slash performed Sweet Child O' Mine.
04:39We say performed, but it was really Fergie singing a very warbly rendition, and dancing sensuously, while Slash stood stoically
04:47playing guitar.
04:47He's got a smile that he seemed to me, reminds me of childhood memories.
04:54If there is such a thing as negative chemistry, these two had it.
04:58The halftime show in general got negative reviews all around, but Fergie and Slash's duet was certainly a low point.
05:04Oh, sweet child in my eye.
05:11Number 5, Walk This Way, Aerosmith, NSYNC, and Britney Spears.
05:16Speaking of embarrassing Super Bowl halftime shows, we'd be remiss if we didn't talk about this chaotic motley.
05:21In 2001, Aerosmith and NSYNC headlined the show, with a guest appearance by the Princess of Pop herself.
05:31At the end of the medley, Spears joined NSYNC and Aerosmith in singing the latter's Walk This Way, joined by
05:41Nelly and Mary J. Blige.
05:43It's a blast from the past, alright, but it's also a mess of genres that never really cohere.
05:56Spears especially looks out of place with the rock bands and the rap artists.
06:00Perhaps this is a bit of nostalgia we'll just not partake in.
06:09Number 4, Sweet Love and Friends, Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone.
06:14You heard right.
06:15Looking for an evening's pleasure.
06:18Yes, get this.
06:19We're not sure who was the one to suggest pairing these two together, but they were undoubtedly wrong.
06:24The film was a flop, and offering Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone in a duet is one reason why.
06:29Thought of something lasting, just to fill it up, some empty time.
06:37Stallone is no singer, much less a country one, and he is woefully outclassed by Parton in his cottonmouth rendition
06:43of this original song.
06:44But it ain't exactly what we said.
06:49We're lasting, talking, just to dancing.
06:53Even Parton is not at her best here.
06:55The song was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song, and the film in general was nominated
07:00for Worst Musical.
07:01What a mismatch.
07:09Number 3, Do What You Want, Lady Gaga featuring R. Kelly.
07:13What are you hungry for, Mr. President?
07:16Girl, you've been working for me for six long years.
07:19You know what I want.
07:21We're not happy these two did what they wanted.
07:24A synth-pop, R&B-infused number written by Gaga, the song insists that the world can only have the
07:29singer's body, and not her thoughts and opinions.
07:32So do what you want, what you want with my body, do what you want, don't stop this funny, do
07:37what you want, what you want with my body.
07:39When she performed it at the American Music Awards, seeing a breathy-voiced Secretary Gaga singing Do What You Want
07:45With My Body to R. Kelly was stomach-curdling on its own.
07:48Longer nights, convoy, private flights, crazy schedule, fast flight, I wouldn't trade it in, cause it's our life.
07:57It became even more so over time, as more and more assault allegations about Kelly became common knowledge.
08:02Gaga ended up pulling the song from music streaming services, which is a good call.
08:06I love to hear you say, girl, do what I want, do what I want, what you buy, do what
08:12I want, do what I want, what you buy.
08:14Number 2.
08:15Strut.
08:15Steven Seagal featuring Lady Saw.
08:18Steven Seagal, fly down on Jamea, cause I'm one of the hottest girl.
08:21So I'm saying to believe the star, cause I don't know I'm a rock.
08:25Now this was an odd pair indeed.
08:27Controversial actor Steven Seagal actually co-wrote this song, with Jamaican singer Lady Saw, in one of the most unexpected
08:34duets in music.
08:34When the girls start to strut, you can look at their butt, you shouldn't do that.
08:40The girl's dress is just a pity.
08:43Seagal's melodic part, and his voice, contrast sharply with Saw's aggressive rap, creating a very jarring effect.
08:49Also known as Me Want the Pooh Nanny due to the repeated phrase, listeners were not happy with Seagal's fake
08:54Jamaican accent.
08:55Then me can make you come, with me to the ocean.
08:59That would be fine, you can be my bottle cat.
09:02The witless lyrics failed to redeem the song either.
09:05Why this action film star would even try his hand at dancehall is a mystery for the ages.
09:10Talk about cringe.
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09:331. Accidental Racist
09:36Brad Paisley and LL Cool J
09:44This country song stirred quite a lot of controversy, with its tone-deaf lyrics defending wearing a t-shirt of
09:51the confederate flag as southern pride.
09:53Yeah.
09:53Even more confusingly, Paisley co-wrote the song with rapper LL Cool J.
09:58Yeah, I'm proud of where I'm from, but not everything we've done.
10:05This means we get to hear Paisley's earnest country ballad vocals, along with LL Cool J's rap.
10:11It's hard to tell which is worse, Paisley's uneasy lines, or LL Cool J earnestly rapping.
10:15If you don't judge my du-rags, I won't judge a red flag.
10:20I don't understand what...
10:23Those are red flag lyrics, alright.
10:25Paisley and LL Cool J were obliged to explain the meaning of their song, which is not a good sign
10:29at all, to the embarrassment of all of us.
10:31For those of you who are talking about this, I guess you'll listen to it and you'll make up your
10:36own mind.
10:36Yeah, make your own mind up. That's fine. You can throw things at me. I'm alright.
10:39Alright.
10:40Now this is cringe.
10:47Which other mismatched musical duet made you shrivel up inside hearing or watching it?
10:51Let us know in the comments down below.
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