Queens,
Collaborations,
and Rock Scenes

Jump Rabbit, Jump

Kylie Minogue▸Slayer

In Kylie Minogue "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Fever · Parlophone · 2001

StartWhat better place to start than the biggest pop song of the noughties? We will hear no argument on this (except via the Mailbag or on Bluesky).

01 Kylie Minogue & Dua Lipa "Real Groove" Disco: Guest List Edition · Darenote/BMG · 2021

ViaDua Lipa brings her unique style to bear on the Queen of Aussie Pop's dance-floor filler.

02 Dua Lipa & Elton John "Cold Heart" The Lockdown Sessions · EMI · 2021

ViaShe also collaborated with Harrow's own Queen of Pop, the one and only Elton John.

03 Elton John & Tony Bennett "Rags to Riches" Duets: An American Classic · Columbia/RPM · 2006

ViaWe know this Tony Bennett classic from Goodfellas, and here Elton and Tony add their own twist to it.

04 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga "The Lady Is a Tramp" Duets II · Columbia/RPM · 2011

ViaAnd then on Duets II, Tony and Lady Gaga reimagined "The Lady Is a Tramp".

05 Lady Gaga "Dope" Artpop · Interscope · 2013

ViaLady Gaga worked with Rick Rubin on "Dope", from Artpop.

Out Slayer "Raining Blood" Reign in Blood · Def Jam · 1986

ViaRick Rubin, who produced Slayer's "Raining Blood". Et voilà, the craziest Long Way Round we've done so far.

On this trip we learnedThat you can get from Kylie to Slayer.

This week we were challenged to get from Kylie's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" to Slayer's "Raining Blood". We knew Rick Rubin would be involved, but we didn't see the other leaps coming.

We landed every single leap.