Work Bitch, a largely indie derivative song peaked at #12 on Billboard's Hot 100 last year. Not a terrible peak, but for a lead single from Legend Britney Spears, it was a bit lackluster.
Anyway people have their issues with the song, but could the performance be because it was too gay? It sounds really gay, and yeah Scream & Shout sounded gay but will.i.am somewhat hetero'd it up enough for the bros to dance to. Plus the beat wasn't so grindy and gay.
Anyway you can compare them, but could Work Bitch's performance be because it was way too gay for the charts?
Scream & Shout should have been the lead single, they could have reworked it to give Britney a verse and put out the album in February/March 2013 and it wouldn't have flopped.