Britney Spears Releases 'Work B**tch' Early to Combat Song Leak

Pop star Britney Spears was dismayed to discover that a low-quality version of her song, "Work B**tch," which she had planned to debut Monday, leaked online Sunday morning

Spears, 31, and her team combated the leak by moving the uptempo song's radio premiere to Sunday afternoon, and by releasing the high-quality version on Vevo and YouTube a day early.

As Lady Gaga did when "Applause" leaked in August, Spears and manager Adam Leber addressed the pop-music emergency on Twitter, keeping fans updated on the radio and iTunes release plans in a series of tweets: