A Christmas Duel

"A Christmas Duel"
"A Christmas Duel"
Single by The Hives and Cyndi Lauper
Released	November 19, 2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:48
Songwriter(s)	Randy Fitzsimmons
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
The Hives singles chronology
Music video
	"A Christmas Duel" on YouTube

"A Christmas Duel" is a special Christmas duet recorded by the Swedish rock band The Hives and American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper. It was available as a single on November 19, 2008. It debuted at No. 6 on the Swedish Singles Charts published on December 28, and has since reached a peak at No. 4. It was released as a vinyl one-sided 7", a CD 5" single, and as download (all in Sweden only).

The song juxtaposes "really sweet music and nasty lyrics". As for how the collaboration took place, The Hives' lead singer Pelle Almqvist stated: "We came up with the song and we figured it was a duet, and we'd always hoped to do a duet with Cyndi Lauper."^[1]

"A Christmas Duel" also appears on NO HO HO: Alternative Christmas Holiday Anthems, released on November 10, 2009.^[2]

References[]

^ Daniel (November 2, 2008). "The Hives and Cyndi Lauper Engage In "A Christmas Duel"". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
^ "Amazon.com". Retrieved December 5, 2009.

[1] Daniel (November 2, 2008). "The Hives and Cyndi Lauper Engage In "A Christmas Duel"". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 24, 2008.

[2] "Amazon.com". Retrieved December 5, 2009.

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