*Sarcasm* How shocking! Ciara has done 2 really smart things in her career since 2006 -- recording "Promise" and scrapping "Sweat" quietly. Like I said in the other thread 2 weeks ago, "Boy Outta Here" was always the first single. She rehearsed choreography for it back in May. "Sweat" had to be something recorded in the 11th hour that Ciara or LA (or both) felt was something that it certainly is not. Sometimes when you record newer material, you can be so hype that you think it's better than the hot **** you've had for months. I'm sure that's what happened. Everything about the project felt sloppy. Especially those promo pictures thrown on that website. They jumped the gun on hype.
"Sweat" is a flop. It's safe to assume the label wanted something that the major markets would be instantly spinning. That adds date **** is just excuses fans use to not admit their fave flopped. I'm sure the song tested with a poor response, they got feedback from program directors in major markets, and the result was the label not putting it on iTunes or promoting it.
This is a good thing. It can only go up from that garbage "Sweat".