Producer RedOne Discusses Lady Gaga And Cher Duet 'The Greatest Thing'

Producer RedOne has described the forthcoming duet from Lady Gaga and Cher as a 'party'.

Cher revealed last month that Gaga would duet on the track, telling fans over Twitter: ''Can't wait till GaGa puts her Voice on "The Greatest Thing" SHE WILL ROCK IT SO FKNG HARD! (sic)"

The collaboration has now been confirmed as the lead single from Cher's new album. She told fans over Twitter that the 'The Greatest Thing' will be released in SEPTEMBER."

Speaking about the collaboration, producer RedOne told MTV: ''[Gaga and I] recorded the song a few years ago, and we were always in the studio enjoying that song. It's weird we never did anything with it. So I remember my management and Cher's management were trying to get us together, and I thought, 'Oh my God, I'd love to meet Cher, just to meet her!'

"And so I met her, I played her some songs, and I played her 'The Greatest Thing,' and she loved it. She said, 'This is my song,' I said, 'Yes, it's your song.'"

He continued: "I cut the vocals with Cher first, and I was in Madrid and got a text from GaGa saying, 'I'm thinking about jumping on the song in the remix. I was like, 'No, you should jump on the original! Make it a duet.' She said, 'Oh yes, OK, absolutely,' and then I spoke to Cher, and it became a party."

He added: "Everybody loved it. GaGa on it, Cher, two big icons, [they are] part of music history. So it happened. I'm very happy to be a part of this."

An early demo version of 'The Greatest Thing' appeared online last year.