"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).

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]

Charts

Chart performance for "A Christmas Duel"
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[1] 4

References

  1. ^ a b "The Hives & Cyndi Lauper – A Christmas Duel". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. ^ Daniel (2 November 2008). "The Hives and Cyndi Lauper Engage In "A Christmas Duel"". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Amazon.com". Amazon. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Duel
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