A Christmas Duel

"A Christmas Duel"
Single by The Hives and Cyndi Lauper
Released	November 19, 2008
Format	Paid download, 7" vinyl, CD single
Recorded	2008
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:48
Cyndi Lauper chronology "Into the Nightlife" (2008) "A Christmas Duel" (2008) "Just Your Fool" (2010) The Hives chronology "Won't Be Long" (2008) "A Christmas Duel" (2008) "Go Right Ahead" (2012)

"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 "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

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