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“Leather And Lace” by Stevie Nicks with Don Henley
From the album Bella Donna (1981) With Don Henley
“Leather And Lace” by Stevie Nicks with Don Henley appears on 9 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1997 and 2025. It was first released in 1981 on the album Bella Donna. Its best result is #274 on the WZLX Memorial 500 (2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,566 classic rock song of all time.
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Stevie Nicks first wrote "Leather and Lace" for Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, whose duet album shared the title, but it never made that record. Jennings still wanted it for himself, but Nicks had fallen for it as a duet, so she cut it with Don Henley of the Eagles for her 1981 solo debut, Bella Donna. Modern Records sent it out in October as the album's second single, between "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Edge of Seventeen".
There was history in the room: Nicks and Henley had been a couple in 1977 and 1978. The song pits his rougher life, the leather, against her softer one, the lace, and argues that opposites pull toward each other. Jimmy Iovine produced, with Roy Bittan on piano, Waddy Wachtel on guitar and Russ Kunkel on drums, and the two singers share the lead.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 419 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 2002 | 274 | 100.7 WZLX | WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2014 | 965 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2020 | 795 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) | 1025 |
| 2022 | 866 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) | 1025 |
| 2022 | 479 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2023 | 460 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2023 | 681 | 101.5 WPDH | WPDH Top 1015 (2023) | 1015 |
| 2025 | 315 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2025) | 500 |
Also listed as: Leather and Lace; Leather & Lace.
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