A Christmas Duel
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A Christmas Duel
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| Single by The Hives featuring Cyndi Lauper | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | November 19, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Format | Paid download, 7" vinyl, CD single | |||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop, Rock | |||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:48 | |||||||||||||||||||
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"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 #6 on the Swedish Singles Charts published on December 28, and has since reached a peak at #4. It was released as a vinyl one-sided 7", a CD 5" single, and as download - all in Sweden only.
The song juxtaposes sweet music with nasty lyrics. As for how the collaboration took place,[1]
"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."
"A Christmas Duel" also appears on NO HO HO: Alternative Christmas Holiday Anthems released on November 10, 2009.[2]
References
- ^ "The Hives and Cyndi Lauper Engage In “A Christmas Duel”". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 24, 2008.. http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/11/24/the-hives-and-cyndi-lauper-engage-in-a-christmas-duel/.
- ^ "Amazon.com". http://www.amazon.com/NO-HO-Alternative-Christmas-Holiday/dp/B002TXLCO4/.
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