--- description: From Jimmy to Kelly title: Kelly Clarkson and Jimmy Fallon History of Duets image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a133aa6b3f25f14/698781d1e20a876eada8560c/nup-167609-1147-jpg.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Kelly Clarkson and Jimmy Fallon Sing the History of Duets by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 3, 2015 3:42 PM CUT  by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 3, 2015 3:42 PM CUT Kelly Clarkson was recently bemoaning the fact that she couldn’t find artists to collaborate with her during an interview with _BBC Radio 1_, but she has finally found the perfect duet partner in Jimmy Fallon. On _The Tonight Show_, Fallon mentioned hearing the interview and the second he told the audience he didn’t understand it, Clarkson appeared onstage. The duo then cut loose with another installment of Fallon’s “History of…” musical project that has seen the host rap with[ Justin Timberlake](http://time.com/3710405/snl-40-justin-timberlake-and-jimmy-fallon-rap-the-history-of-snl/ "undefined") and mom dance [with Michelle Obama](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/23/michelle-obama-busts-a-move-with-jimmy-fallon/ "undefined"). For the “[History of Duets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df8MjNmNs-c "undefined"),” Fallon and Clarkson covered everything from Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe” to Diana Ross and Lionel Richie’s “Endless Love,” Human League’s “Don’t You Want Me” to Elton John’s “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” topped off with Paula Abdul’s “Opposite Attract.” _Read next:_ [_Kelly Clarkson: I Will Never Tell My Daughter About_ ](http://time.com/3725769/kelly-clarkson-piece-by-piece-interview/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined")[From Justin to Kelly](http://time.com/3725769/kelly-clarkson-piece-by-piece-interview/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3729943/kelly-clarkson-jimmy-fallon-history-of-duets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3729943/kelly-clarkson-jimmy-fallon-history-of-duets/"},"headline":"Watch Kelly Clarkson and Jimmy Fallon Sing the History of Duets","datePublished":"2015-03-03T15:42:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:19.740Z","description":"From Jimmy to Kelly","url":"https://time.com/3729943/kelly-clarkson-jimmy-fallon-history-of-duets/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","jimmy fallon","kelly clarkson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a133aa6b3f25f14/698781d1e20a876eada8560c/nup-167609-1147-jpg.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a133aa6b3f25f14/698781d1e20a876eada8560c/nup-167609-1147-jpg.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"fallon-clarkson-screenshot","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3729943/kelly-clarkson-jimmy-fallon-history-of-duets/","name":"Watch Kelly Clarkson and Jimmy Fallon Sing the History of Duets"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"10 Questions for Kelly Clarkson","description":"Singer Kelly Clarkson chats with TIME's Belinda Luscombe about her new Christmas album \"Wrapped in Red,\" the difference between country stars and pop stars, and her Jane Austen ring.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/okJ4mxzy/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-10-30T20:41:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/okJ4mxzy.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3729943/kelly-clarkson-jimmy-fallon-history-of-duets/","duration":"PT5M44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3729943/kelly-clarkson-jimmy-fallon-history-of-duets/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```