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Originally posted by cheers09
again, Hummingbird Heartbeat was not released anywhere it was just a rumor made up b y an Aussie radio station do you think katy will just let a single die like that w/o promotion?
and Teenage Dream only because she can milk it.. others can't because they already flop on their 1st/2nd single
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An Aussie Radio station, and the official Music Network of Australia, the official Australian Charts.
One of the Boys received the same treatment, as did Dance In The Dark and Are We All We Are.
Australian Record Labels can release whatever the hell they want (esp. Sony Music Australia). The record labels here work independently from the main label and can release any song at will if they feel the need too. See;
Dance In The Dark
Cuz I Can
I Hate Boys
Bad Infulence
One Of The Boys
Are We All We Are
Unusual You
They were all released as singles by Australian labels, independently from the main label. UY & Bad Influence were released as CD Singles & Radio only (no digital). I Hate Boys was digital only. Rest were just radio. But it happens all the time and they are treated as official singles here in Australia. Labels here often send tracks to radio here before they are officially announced and is often why songs break out in Aus before the rest of the world (Pound The Alarm, Thrift Shop are two recent examples).