10 Greatest Duets In Rock History

At the start of the '80s, Stevie Nicks had gotten to the end of her rope. With Fleetwood Mac beginning to fall apart due to drug problems and the inner turmoil of both band couples divorcing at once, the Gold Dust Woman decided it was time to finally strike out on her own. Nicks had the capacity to be a superstar in her own right, but this tale of jaded love had a little bit of assistance from the heartland.

When working with producer Jimmy Iovine, Nicks crossed paths with Tom Petty, who ended up contributing one of the biggest songs of her career in Stop Draggin My Heart Around. As Nicks takes on the mantle of leading the Heartbreakers, her vocal rapport with Petty is undeniable, almost like they are old friends trying to find some sort of closure from their jilted love life.

This eventually led to a healthy professional relationship between Petty and Nicks over the years, where she was dubbed the "honorary Heartbreaker" every time she guested on one of the group's songs. Any good crooner knows how to sell a breakup song, but it's always nice to get two different sides of the story like this. After years of being in a walking soap opera, Nicks had finally found a song that captured all the drama of complicated love without any of the real life consequences.