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Wikipedia article{{Infobox song | name = A Christmas Duel | cover = Cyndihyves.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Hives and Cyndi Lauper | album = | released = November 19, 2008 | recorded = 2008 | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop rock | length = 4:48 | label = | writer = Randy Fitzsimmons | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = }} "'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." "A Christmas Duel" also appears on 'NO HO HO: Alternative Christmas Holiday Anthems', released on November 10, 2009. ReferencesCategory:The Hives songs Category:Cyndi Lauper songs Category:2008 singles Category:American Christmas songs Category:2008 songs | |
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