Please please recommend me some non-embarrassing duets I can do with my female coworker at the office christmas party

My boss has ordered that I and a coworker who also sings and plays guitar have to perform a few songs at the christmas party (and not christmas songs). I'm trying to think of songs that will work as male female duets but not have awkward romantic/sexual connotations -- doesn't have to originally be a male/female duet but should have opportunity for harmony. Office leans youngish fwiw, even management is only in their late 40s/ early 50s, so 70s to 90s is probably the sweet spot.

Thanks much friends. Sarcastic posts welcome but please give me some legit suggestions too.

The one that came to mind so far is "You've Got a Friend"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBIRqY602lo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CJ2wUhPtYM

that’s what i was gonna post ffs

non-romantic male/female duets are a tough one tho tbr, I'm kinda struggling to think of even one

I mean Gabriel/Bush "Don't Give Up" doesn't really have anything awkward in it but it's still clearly a couple singing to each other

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpnjE1LUvE

could try to do the David Bowie/Bing Crosby Drummer Boy without the drum and all of the sexual tension

oh wait that's a christmas song

Your boss “ordered” this?

https://youtu.be/TKlCA0-Arks

Melanie - Brand New Key
Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning

best bet might be to play the typical couple stuff for laughs - George Jones/Tammy Wynette or Loretta Lynn/Conway Twitty

Here's my favorite of the latter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFq6eZBS1iM

Just do a bunch of TMBG songs.

Well, Donny nd Marie were brother and sister, so maybe they... Oh.

How about "Whispering grass"?

Check the Sandy Denny version

Driver 67/Car 67

Dancing in the street

Lazy line painter jane

Christmas song, still: The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - "Fairytale of New York"

Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield - "What Have I Done To Deserve This?"

Would be awesome if you could pull this off:
Jody Watley ft. Eric B. and Rakim - "Friends"

Male, but could surely work as male/female
Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson - "Say Say Say"

Ike and Tina - "Proud Mary"

Some of the Everley Brothers, maybe?

Islands in the Stream

On my Own

Knew You Were Waiting

nearly any Dean & Britta should be good

Under Pressure

And if you do “on my own” remember that the key to a mike McDonald impersonation is a falsetto but in a low register

Islands in the Stream

the lyrics to this are pretty horny (makin looooove with each other uh huh)

Stop Draggin My Heart Around is obviously romantic, but the lyrics are vague enough that it might not be too weird

Under Pressure is the nonromantic song I have most enjoyed singing in duet
Hate to say it but some Weezer songs might be crowd-pleasers, Simon & Garfunkel, Mamas and the Papas?

Otherwise I would focus on adding harmonies to songs you already enjoy singing
Maybe some Springsteen songs would be good for harmonies?

songs w harmonies /= male/female duets

listen there aren't going to be that many widely-recognized male-female harmonies that aren't romantic

platonic duet singing hasn't really taken off iirc

Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike

My boss has ordered that I and a coworker who also sings and plays guitar have to perform a few songs at the christmas party (and not christmas songs). I'm trying to think of songs that will work as male female duets but not have awkward romantic/sexual connotations -- doesn't have to originally be a male/female duet but should have opportunity for harmony. Office leans youngish fwiw, even management is only in their late 40s/ early 50s, so 70s to 90s is probably the sweet spot.

Thanks much friends. Sarcastic posts welcome but please give me some legit suggestions too.

The one that came to mind so far is "You've Got a Friend"

― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, October 29, 2018 1:11 PM (fifty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you should def do Hunger Strike

added potency w/the boss in the room

Laugh at Me - Sonny and Cher

What if you guys do Shoop or Whatta Man? Sexual but not towards each other.. or can I kick it by tribe comes to mind

glycerine

for 15 minutes

Jackson by Johnny and June may be celibate enough in its disgust

Robbie Fulks & Kelly Willis - "Parallel Bars"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1-kzfEF1s4

Good one

"I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone"

Maybe romantic but G-rated and cheesy is the way to go.

"A Whole New World"?

What if you guys do Shoop or Whatta Man? Sexual but not towards each other.. or can I kick it by tribe comes to mind

X tribute

do some The Culps style mash-ups with lyrics changed to be about your industry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIeGHPGSyRM

“Obsession”!

Human League "Don't You Want Me Baby"

Death Valley 69

Shiny Happy People
Or if too much tension
Replace partner with muppet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7_xzAWLv-g

"Chop Suey"

you should sing "Pet Sematary" and add harmonies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tKqk1mydis

I think this may be the answer
https://genius.com/Starship-nothings-gonna-stop-us-now-lyrics

sry meant to link to video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxyN3z9PL4

It's (pretty heavily) a love/relationship song, tho.

aaliyah/timbaland, "are u that somebody"

hold you forever
ever and evaaaaaaaaaahh

^^ are you sure you wanna sing this part?

I think you should just go over the top and do Peaches & Iggy Pop. Romance and innuendo would be awkward, this is so far beyond that nothing matters anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31kYXDJenSg

But I'd second Shiny Happy People for a more 'proper' suggestion.
Maybe Richard & Linda Thompson have some good ones too, despite them having been a couple?

omc "how bizarre"
len "steal my sunshine"

ghetto superstar

stop draggin my heart around

bring me to life

“I’m 2 Sexy”

Work/office themed songs that can easily be converted to duets:
- Work From Home
- 9 to 5 (both the Dolly Parton and the Sheena Easton songs)
- A Hard Days Night
- Wives And Lovers (has been interpreted by both men and women over the years)
- Take This Job (And Shove It)
- Heigh Ho

“Can I Kick It” is the best answer for both song and protest of the concept

Maybe trade bars on “Check The Rhime” though idk

A tiny bit lovey dovey, but pretty innocent and sweet really.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOjVjc5vJ6I

Nothing's Gonna Stop is now is a great call

“Fight The Power”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34unOIhXJwo

After Hours by the Velvet Underground could probably work pretty nicely as a duet

There are certain niche forums where this would be the first suggestion. No professions of love for one another, at least.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeeNSFIajsI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSuHrTfcikU
Mandatory holiday party duets is a consequence of late stage capitaPARK LIFE

Can't see all the youtube links here at work, but a 'Well Did You Evah' à la Iggy and Debbie could be fun - "What a Swell Party This is!"

lemon incest

the OP in this has made me feel better about my low-apid white collar working-class job because although I've just spend the majority of my biweekly paycheque on bills my boss can't order me to do anything outside of a very limited job description

Anything you can do, I can do better from Annie Get Your Gun is a nonromantic duet.

So is X See How We Are.

But I like to just take songs we already know and alternate verses

Advanced level, for both you and the band:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqnKk0OnoH0

^^ The song sounds like a relationship, but in context could sound like a 1Q 2019 motivation number.

It's (pretty heavily) a love/relationship song, tho.

― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Wednesday, November 7, 2018 3:39 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah but it's (1) G-rated (2) cheesy enough to be "fun" and (3) has some lyrical themes that could vaguely be reinterpreted toward business success.

SMDH at myself for writing that #3.

You say tomato