Pop megastar Beyonce Knowles picked a starstruck Wrexham youngster out of the crowd at her recent concert in Manchester to sing a few lines with her. We look at the top 10 strangest musical duets of all time.
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Elton John and Miss Piggy - 'Don't go breaking my heart'
One is a global superstar with a reputation for being a total diva and a wardrobe full of outlandish outfits... and the other is Miss Piggy.
This colourful collaboration featured on the second season of The Muppet Show which aired in 1977, transforming Miss Piggy from a run of the mill puppet into one of the stars of the show.
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Aerosmith and Run DMC - 'Walk this way'
Written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry and released in 1975 this song broke Aerosmith twice, first into the mainstream in the 1970s, and then helped resurrect their career with a new lease of life via groundbreaking hip hop act Run DMC.
Melting hip hop and rock to wonderful effect it birthed a fresh musical genre and became an international smash, winning countless awards for both groups.
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Pavarotti and Queen - 'Too much love will kill you'
Nobody could replace Freddie Mercury, not least an immobile opera singer three times Freddie's size, but the choice of Luciano Pavarotti to sing turned out to be an inspired decision.
This version was recorded live in 2003.
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Hoddle and Waddle - 'Diamond lights'
On the pitch they were two of the finest footballers of their generation.
Off the pitch this 1987 Top of the Pops appearance proved once and for all footballers are better when they let their feet do the talking.
Too much hairspray can clearly do strange things to a person.
Chances are if you hang around in music circles for long enough Tom Jones will duet with you.
He made yet another comeback in 2002, releasing his most successful album; 'Reload', a CD of duets featuring amongst others the Stereophonics, the Cardigans, Cerys from Catatonia and Robbie Williams, although probably the most bizarre of all is Tom's later teaming up with hip hop legend Wyclef Jean, who possibly thought he was working with international DJ Tim Jones.
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Tammy Wynette and the KLF - 'Justifed and Ancient'
In the red corner, one of the biggest selling and most successful country and western singers of all time, a musical icon, Tammy Wynette
In the blue corner, pioneering British acid rock nutjobs the KLF.
The result? A knockout single that became an international smash.
'Justified and Ancient' peaked at two in the UK charts and 11 in the Billboard Hot 100.
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Morrissey and Siouxsie Soux - 'Interlude'
While both enjoyed big success in the 1980s with their bands, the 1990s saw them fly solo.
Despite having completely different personalities and attitudes, they formed an unlikely alliance to record a song, 'Interlude', for Morrissey's solo album in 1994.
Then perhaps the most obvious outcome of anything in the world ever occurred shortly after recording when they fell out and point blank refused to publicise the song.
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Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue - 'Where the wild roses grow'
Squeaky clean Kylie decided an image change was due in 1995 when she teamed up with legendary Australian rock artist Nick Cave.
The song, 'Where the wild roses grow' featured on Cave's hugely successful 'Murder Ballads' album, a collection of songs all about, yes, murders.
It became the most popular release the band made, which is no mean feat for a multi-platinum selling ensemble, and in the accompanying video, Kylie played a girl who is admired, then killed by Cave's character.
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Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus - 'We all stand together'
Recorded by Paul McCartney for the animated film 'Rupert and the Frog Song' this novelty ditty reached number three in the UK chart in 1984, although it was re-released in time to dominate the Christmas charts in 1984.
Despite its popularity amongst the children of the time, Beatles purists were not amused by McCartney's direction after the break up of the band.
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Shane MacGowan and Kirtsy MacColl - Fairytale of New York
Well it is almost Christmas, 'Fairytale of New York', sung by Irish hellraiser Shane MacGowan with his band the Pogues and English singer Kirsty MacColl, was released in 1987 and reached number 1 in the Irish charts and number 2 in the UK.
It was voted the best Christmas song of all time three years running in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in polls by music channel VH1 UK, despite not actually reaching the top spot over the festive period.
It was also as the 84th greatest song of all time by BBC Radio 2 listeners, although it nearly never happened.
MacColl was not intended to appear in the song, the Pogues female bass player was scheduled to take the lead, but she left the band, MacColl stepped in to record a demo and the rest is history.
Check out a young Matt Dillon at the start of the video.
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