lazarus57 - Leather & Lace
lazarus57
May 01, 2025 05:31pm
<p>"<strong>Leather and Lace</strong>" is a song performed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Nicks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Stevie Nicks</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Henley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Don Henley</a>. It was released on October 6, 1981, as the second <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">single</a> from Nicks' solo debut studio <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">album</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_Donna_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Bella Donna</em></a> (1981).</p><p>Nicks and Henley were romantically involved from 1977 until 1978. Nicks wrote the song for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Waylon Jennings</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessi_Colter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jessi Colter</a>'s duet album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather_and_Lace" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Leather and Lace</em></a>, but the song was not included.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather_and_Lace_(song)#cite_note-rw-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[1]</sup></a> 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Eagles</a> singer Don Henley, peaked at number six on the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a> for three weeks in January 1982.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather_and_Lace_(song)#cite_note-Billboard1982-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jimmy Iovine</a> was the producer.</p><p>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. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_World" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Record World</em></a> called it a "magical ballad."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather_and_Lace_(song)#cite_note-rw-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[1]</sup></a></p><p><br></p><p><sup style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></sup><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/SN_-_Leather_and_Lace_single.jpg" alt="undefined"></p>