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2008 single by The Hives and Cyndi Lauper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"A Christmas Duel" is a Christmas duet recorded by the Swedish rock band the Hives and American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper. It was available as a single on 19 November 2008. It debuted at No. 6 on the Swedish Singles Chart published on 28 December, and later reached a peak at No. 4.[1] It was released as a vinyl one-sided 7", a CD 5" single, and as download (all in Sweden only).
"A Christmas Duel" | ||||
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Single by The Hives and Cyndi Lauper | ||||
Released | 19 November 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2008 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 4:48 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Randy Fitzsimmons | |||
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Music video | ||||
"A Christmas Duel" on YouTube |
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."[2]
"A Christmas Duel" also appears on No Ho Ho: Alternative Christmas Holiday Anthems, released on 10 November 2009.[3]
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[1] | 4 |
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