| "Leather and Lace" | ||||
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| Single by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley | ||||
| from the album Bella Donna | ||||
| B-side | "Bella Donna" "Outside the Rain" (UK) | |||
| Released | October 6, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Length | 3:44 | |||
| Label | Modern | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Stevie Nicks | |||
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Iovine | |||
| Stevie Nicks singles chronology | ||||
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| Don Henley singles chronology | ||||
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"Leather and Lace" is a song performed by American singers Stevie Nicks and Don Henley. It was released on October 6, 1981, as the second single from Nicks' solo debut studio album Bella Donna (1981).
Nicks and Henley were romantically involved from 1977 until 1978. Nicks originally wrote the song for Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter's duet album Leather and Lace, but the song was not included.[1] Jennings still intended to use the song for his solo work, while Nicks became attached to the idea of the song as a duet. Nicks' version, a duet with Eagles singer Don Henley, peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in January 1982.[2] Jimmy Iovine was the producer.
The song compares the male singer's rougher life, represented by leather, to the female singer's softer life, represented by lace, and how opposites can attract. Record World called it a "magical ballad."[1]
- ^ a b "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. October 24, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100: Week of January 23, 1982". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2010.