4. ‘Ebony And Ivory’ by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, 1982
Yet another appearance on this list by Paul McCartney. The track was recorded for McCartney’s “Tug Of War” album. The duet spent seven weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, making it the longest-running solo No. 1 for both McCartney and Stevie Wonder.
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“Ebony and Ivory” is something of a “can’t we get along?” type of song, with the lyric: “Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony / side by side on my piano keyboard, oh lord why don’t we?”