| A Christmas Duel | |
| Cover: | Cyndihyves.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Hives and Cyndi Lauper |
| Released: | 19 November 2008 |
| Recorded: | 2008 |
| Genre: | Pop rock |
| Length: | 4:48 |
| Chronology: | The Hives |
| Prev Title: | Won't Be Long |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | Go Right Ahead |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
"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. 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 10 November 2009.[2]