Songs with multiple lead singers

Many bands have multiple people that sing lead, but fewer have multiple lead vocals within the same song. One exception is Twilight Zone by Golden Earring, where George Kooymans sings the chorus and I think the first verse, and Barry Hay sings the second verse. Or the Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter, I would consider Merry Clayton a second lead vocalist. Journey with That's The Same Way, they had a couple of others I believe. What are some other good examples? Not backing, or chorus vocals, or response vocals, but distinct lead vocalists.

Duets would be less interesting, there are going to be a ton of those. Islands In The Stream, I Got You Babe, whatever... more in a band context where it's unexpected. Um, did the Beatles ever do this?

 

Traveling Wilburies

 

I'd say Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb is going to be a top choice.

 

One good one I just thought of myself is the Move's cover of Last Thing On My Mind. I think they did that more than once with the pre-=Jeff Lynee lineup.

 

"Hunger Strike"--so very 90s
"Ebony and Ivory"--so very 80s
"Bargain"--so very 70s
"I Got You Babe"--so very 60s (but I now see you've mentioned this one as not preferable, oh well).

 

Alice In Chains- Right Turn
actually any Alice song, because of the harmonies
same with Mastodon. Everyone sings lead

 

Vanishing Girl -The Dukes of Stratosphere

 

Barenaked Ladies - "If I Had a Million Dollars"



Robertson begins every line, Page finishes it.

 

"Let Me Live" by Queen. Freddie, Roger and Brian all take a verse.

 

Barenaked Ladies - "Lovers in a Dangerous Time"



An excellent cover of the Bruce Cockburn song.

 

Chicago Transit Authority - "I'm a Man"

 

Highwayman by The Highwaymen

 

"Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles and "Don't You Want Me" by Human League.

 

Alan Parsons did it......songs like the Raven and Stereotomy come to mind. The band the Beastie Boys did it all the time in their songs.

 

How bout the Meatloaf song, Paradise By The Dashboard Light

 

Chicago had a few. "Dialogue" was a fantastic back-and-forth between Terry Kath and Peter Cetera, and I always liked "Hard Habit to Break," which I didn't realize at the time was a back-and-forth between Peter Cetera and Bill Champlin:



I had no idea it was two lead singers until I saw the music video four or five years after the song hit the charts!

I also liked some of the ELO songs where Jeff Lynne let Kelly Groucutt take over the lead on a few verses, like "Nightrider," "Sweet Is the Night," and "Poker" (among a handful of others).

 

The Bangles -Walk Like An Egyptian

 

Many Sly and the Family Stone and Norman Whitfield-produced Temptations songs

A lot of the Spinners' hits

 

No mention of Jack Straw or I Know You Rider?

 

Ya got me! I don't know, I don't really think of the GD a whole lot outside of the forum Dead threads, it's like a special world I keep separate. Same with Phish, I didn't list "Rift." But you're right.

 

Yeah, "Bargain" was the first one I thought of. I was listening to Who's Next in my car today.

 

The Band has quite a few.

We Can Talk - Richard, Levon and Rick

 

the 1st big two to spring to mind for me are grateful dead jack straw + the who baba o'riley

 

That is very true--two others I can recall are "The Weight" and "Acadian Driftwood"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LAcP_v-j3I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBTDdaCEY2k

 

I like apparently random antiphonies - like the one between Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck in "Let Me Love You" on the "Truth" album or Ken Hensley and David Byron in "Paradise" on Uriah Heep's "Demons And Wizards".