The track leaked on December 2 , 2011
The track leaked a few hours prior to the premiere.
William Orbit, the producer of "Alien," also defended the pop star last month when the track leaked, saying that it was a vocal warm-up and not the final take.
A Ryan Tedder track leaked back in May, "DJ Is My Lover," sounds almost identical to the song "Shooting Stars," a catchy electro-pop number from the awkwardly named house duo Bag Raiders.
"Nothing bothers us more than individual tracks leaking" and ruining the "overall album experience," said a message signed by Brian Weitz, 29, known as Geologist, on the Web site The Quietus (thequietus.com).
One even hacked into Brian's email, sending a string of messages to the band's friends asking them to leak the entire CD, claiming "the album is intended to be heard as a whole, and nothing bothers us more than individual tracks leaking and ruining the overall album experience".
Two big hip-hop tracks leaked in the last few days.
Rumored release dates came and went, concert tours fizzled, slivers of incomplete new tracks leaked onto the Internet.
Last week, two tracks leaked online, a bouncy dancehall song called "Controlla" and a surprising cover of Jackson Browne's "These Days," taken from Tumblr rap star Babeo Baggins' EP "Love Songs For Tough Guys".
The artist initially planned to drop the album in the spring, but after a series of tracks leaked, she decided to release the first six song on iTunes, three months before the whole album comes out in March.
