Barbra Streisand Shares Duet With Paul McCartney, ‘My Valentine’
by Best Classic Bands Staff
Barbra Streisand has announced a 2025 duets album featuring collaborations with such fellow legends as Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, and James Taylor. The new collection, The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two, coming June 27, even includes a trio performance with Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande. The album is available for pre-order in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here. The duet with McCartney on “My Valentine” was released on May 16. It follows the initial single, “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” with Hozier. Listen to both below.
For this new collection of duets, Streisand, who turned 83 on April 24, collaborated with a stellar group of friends, contemporaries, admirers, and label mates to share the microphone on eleven tracks. The album serves as a long-awaited follow-up to 2014’s #1, Platinum-certified duets collection, Partners. [The latter, featuring Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, and others, is available in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here.]
“What a joy it was to record ‘My Valentine’ with Paul McCartney,” she wrote on May 14. “To share time with him in the studio was truly special!”
“I’ve always loved singing duets with gifted artists,” the star wrote on her Facebook page. when the album was announced on April 30. “They inspire me in unique and different ways…and make our time in the studio a joy! My new album gave me the chance to work and play with some of my old friends, label mates, and new artists too. I admire all of them… and I hope that you’ll enjoy listening to our collaborations as much as I enjoyed recording with all of my wonderful partners.”
Barbra Streisand The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2 Track and Artist Listing
1. THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE – Hozier
2. MY VALENTINE – Paul McCartney
3. TO LOSE YOU AGAIN – Sam Smith
4. THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU – Bob Dylan
5. LETTER TO MY 13 YEAR OLD SELF – Laufey
6. ONE HEART, ONE VOICE – Mariah Carey & Ariana Grande
7. I LOVE US – Tim McGraw
8. SECRET O’ LIFE – James Taylor
9. FRAGILE – Sting
10. WHERE DO I GO FROM YOU? – Josh Groban
11. LOVE WILL SURVIVE – Seal
Related: Streisand had one of the biggest albums of her career in 1980 when she collaborated with Barry Gibb
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