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"Christmas Tree" is a Christmas music-themed song, featuring vocals from Lady Gaga and Space Cowboy. It was written by Gaga and Rob Fusari, and was produced by Martin Kierszenbaum and Space Cowboy. Space Cowboy and Gaga were introduced in Los Angeles by Martin Kierszenbaum, the head of Gaga's label, Cherrytree Records, an imprint of Interscope Records. Kierszenbaum recommended a collaboration between them after hearing Space Cowboy's single "My Egyptian Lover", released in January 2007 and featuring vocalist Nadia Oh. Kierszenbaum contacted Space Cowboy during Christmas 2007 and Space Cowboy first spoke to Gaga by phone on New Year's Eve, " along so well right away" talking about sequins, disco balls, Prince, David Bowie and body paint. The pair worked together in Los Angeles to create "Christmas Tree" and "Starstruck", a song from some editions of Lady Gaga's then-current album The Fame. Space Cowboy commented of working with Lady Gaga:
We figured out that we shared pretty much the same experiences; we’d been doing similar things on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Then I got invited to the studio to write some songs with Lady Gaga; we did “Starstruck”, we did a song called “Christmas Tree” She’s super-creative, she’s amazing — the best writer I’d ever seen, and best performer. —Space Cowboy, A Space Cowboy Odyssey, interview with URB.Read more about this topic: Christmas Tree (Lady Ga Ga Song)
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