Music

Celeb couples make (mostly) beautiful music together

When Jay Z and Beyoncé steamed up television screens across America last Sunday with their Grammys performance of “Drunk in Love,” it wasn’t just ridiculously sexy. It was also a sign of the times: Bey and Jay are one of three real-life couples storming Billboard’s Top 100 chart right now.

Loved-up collaborations are nothing new. Sonny and Cher hit it big with “I Got You Babe” in 1965, Ike and Tina Turner kept on rolling with “Proud Mary” in 1971, and Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston served up “Something in Common” in 1993. Of course, those examples have something else in common: The singers’ relationships all went kaput.

Even worse, soft-rock icons Captain & Tennille — most famous for their 1975 hit “Love Will Keep Us Together,” of all things — recently announced that they were divorcing after 39 years.

Remember that what goes up might eventually come down. And we’re not just talking about chart positions.

Beyoncé and Jay Z

“Drunk in Love”

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Duets have been crucial in this pair’s shared life. The king and queen of pop first met when they duetted on 2002’s “’03 Bonnie and Clyde,” and their chemistry provided the fuel for 2003’s magnificent “Crazy in Love.” More than a decade later, they’ve been married for almost six years and have a daughter, but “Drunk in Love” captures them acting like lusty teenagers over tough trap beats. Of course, these horndogs also have a palatial spread in Tribeca. Most New Yorkers don’t have enough space to get it on in the kitchen, like Beyoncé sings about. Or have to worry about the same things as Jay: “Foreplay in a foyer, f–ked up my Warhol.”

John Mayer and Katy Perry

“Who You Love”

When Katy Perry divorced Russell Brand in 2012, she ran straight into the arms of serial playboy John Mayer — who reportedly inspired Taylor Swift’s song “Dear John,” complete with the verse: “Maybe it’s you and your sick need to give love then take it away.” Out of the frying pan, into the blast furnace. But doubters be damned, because after an on-and-off-stretch, Perry and Mayer are back together and they’re not afraid to show it. Just last month, the two appeared together (along with other real-life couples) in the sappy video for the single, which finds Mayer singing the lines “I tried to run before/But I’m not running anymore” directly to Perry. Looks like his wandering days are done . . . and hopefully for longer than it takes to promote the record.

Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger

“Let Me Go”

Canadian rock’s biggest power couple were married last year and, as many haters of Kroeger’s band Nickelback and Lavigne’s solo career feared, they ended up recording together. Surprisingly, instead of a mushy love song, their musical union “Let Me Go” is actually a break-up ballad. But it’s just as bad and corny as expected. And the overly melodramatic video is even worse, with sand falling through an hourglass, lots of stuff breaking and Lavigne playing air piano.