Michael Buble broke his Christmas collaboration rule for Cher.
The ‘Home’ hitmaker – who has teamed up with the ‘Believe’ legend for a new version of his 2005 single on her new festive collection – admitted his usual stance is to reject any offers to duet at this time of year after becoming synonymous with the season following his 2011 album ‘Christmas’.
“Every late September/October every artist, the ones that you know, the biggest artists in the world, start to call me and say, ‘I have an idea, you and me should make a Christmas…’ Buble is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper’s Wired column as saying:
“And I go, [mimics putting phone down] ‘click’, I say, ‘Thank you so much, I know you’re gonna kill it.’
“I made one Christmas record, 12 years ago! One!”
However, he had to make an exception when the pop icon got in touch.
He added: “That changes when Cher calls. Number one, when Cher calls, you pick up.
“And number two, she said that she wanted to cover Home, I wrote that song a long time ago and I am still so proud of it.”
Buble noted he’s worked with “everyone from [Justin] Bieber to [Barbra] Streisand, to Celine Dion, to Ariana Grande, to Lady Gaga”, but insisted Cher – whose new album ‘Christmas’ came out in October’ – is “one of the greatest vocalists of our time”, making it an easy decision.
Meanwhile, Buble teased that he can be a bit of a Scrooge over the festive season.
He joked: “When [fans] meet me and ask for a selfie or something I usually ask for $5 and they get disappointed and I’ll never understand it.
“For the holidays, from late October to early January it’s $10, the prices have gone up.”
