Many fans have asked for the premiere times worldwide of Hold It Against Me.
Here we’ll constantly update information we have on iTunes release for Australia and New Zealand, worldwide and radio premiere times including radio stations that have been confirmed. If your country/station isn’t listed, please comment and someone else might be able to help you out.
If you have another radio or iTunes date that isn’t listed below, please also comment so we can spread the word.
Australia
iTunes
No information has been provided from Sony Music Australia yet regarding the local online release date. We have requested information, and are awaiting their response. Once we know, we’ll post the information here.
Premiere Times
4PM Tuesday (Sydney/Melbourne/Hobart)
3:30PM Tuesday (Adelaide)
3PM Tuesday (Brisbane)
1PM Tuesday (Perth)
Stations
Sydney: 2Day FM/NOVA 969
Melbourne: Fox FM/NOVA 100
Brisbane: B105/NOVA 1069
Hobart: No station confirmation
Adelaide: SA FM/NOVA 919
Darwin: No station confirmation
Perth: 92.9/NOVA 937
Regional stations have not yet provided information on whether or not they will premiere the single at this stage. We will update this page as soon as more information comes to hand. Streaming links to metro radio stations are available at the websites above.
New Zealand
iTunes
No information has been provided from Sony Music AU/NZ yet regarding the local online release date. We have requested information, and are awaiting their response. Once we know, we’ll post the information here.
Premiere Times
6PM Tuesday (Local Auckland Time)
Stations
Auckland: 91.0 ZM
Christchurch: 91.3 ZM
USA
iTunes
Midnight Tuesday January 11th
Premiere Times
12AM Tuesday (EST)
9PM Monday (PST)
Stations (note that no official word has been given that Z100 will premiere the single at midnight)
New York: Z100
Los Angeles: KIIS FM
UK & Europe
iTunes
No information is available at this time.
Premiere Times
No information.
Stations
We’re in the process of contacting stations. If you live in the UK or Europe and contact your local station and find out any times please let us know in the comments section.
For localised information regarding this release in your country, please see your local Britney website.
Amyseeker Germany & Britneyland
France
Sweden
Turkey & Sadece Britney
Czech
UK
Asia
For all information regarding Britney releases in the Asia region, please visit Britney China.
For Indonesia, see BritneyHolic.
As gimmeBRITNEY reported, Sony Music were expected to send out an official press release this morning – and without skipping a beat here it is.
For Immediate Release:
January 7, 2011Britney Spears Set To Release New Single “Hold It Against Me” On Tuesday, January 11th
Song Will Debut Simultaneously At Radio And On The U.S. iTunes Store At Midnight (EST) On January 11th
New York, NY- Britney Spears’ new highly anticipated song “Hold It Against Me” will premiere simultaneously on radio stations and be available immediately in the U.S. exclusively on the iTunes store, Tuesday, January 11th at 12AM EST.
“Hold It Against Me” is produced by Britney’s long-time collaborators Max Martin and Dr. Luke and is the official lead single from her forthcoming album. The as-yet-untitled seventh studio album is slated for release in March, 2011 on Sony Music.
Fans will have the opportunity to purchase the song exclusively on the iTunes store until 1/18.
During her 12-year career, Britney has had five albums debut in the No. 1 position on Billboard ’s Top 200 Albums chart and she’s had 24 Top 40 hits on Billboard’s Mainstream Top 40 chart. Globally, Britney Spears is one of the top-selling artists of the past decade, dominating charts with her albums, selling an astonishing 67 million albums worldwide. Her previous albums include: …Baby One More Time (1999); Oops!… I Did It Again (2000); Britney (2001); In The Zone (2003); Blackout (2007); Circus (2008); and The Singles Collection (2009).
It appears that respectable Britney site PoorBritney was correct in their information that the Facebook campaign was indeed scrapped for the single being released to iTunes and radio on Tuesday.
We’re still chasing up information with Sony Music locally, however based on this information the single will head to Aussie radio shortly after 4pm AEDST on Tuesday. We’ll let you know once we know.
Source: Sony Music/PoorBritney
Spears’ managers Larry Rudolph and Adam Leber gave Ryan a first listen to the high-energy single on Thursday, which blew away the demo that leaked online earlier this morning. Leber played the song off of his trusted iPod Classic in Ryan’s radio studio (see photo right). Britney’s managing team also played a second song for Ryan, “I I I Wanna Go” another powerhouse single from the new album.
Rudolph and Leber explained to Ryan that the creative process for “Hold It Against Me” music video is well underway and are nothing short of spectacular. Spears has been rehearsing choreography for the video for a month now, and will shoot in two weeks.
Source: KiisFM/Ryan Seacrest Online
Official confirmation has been made.
Britney’s first single from her upcoming March album will be released on Tuesday!
Heard an early demo of my new single leaked. If u think that’s good, wait til you hear the real one Tuesday. -Brit
via Twitter
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NOTE: This is just discussion – not information from Sony Music Australia.
Surprisingly, the iTunes information for the track features the writers “Dr. Luke / Max Martin / Bonnie Mckee”. Bonnie McKee, of course, has worked with Dr Luke and Max in the past, co-writing California Gurls, Teenage Dream, and a stack of Rihanna tracks. She also attended the Texas ‘Writing Camp’ in late 2010 which featured dozens of writers working on various tracks for Britney’s 7th album.
Additionally, the track is titled ‘Hold It Against Me 1.0′, implying this is a first version. It’s plausible that this is a rough track produced by ‘Riz’ (a writer/artist on Akon’s Konvict label who leaked the supposed demo) that’s now been passed onto Max and Luke, been completely reworked, and is now an epic flawless hit waiting to be devoured by us hungry fans.
Of course Sony are sleeping right now, so we can’t ask them if the demo is legitimate or not (we have no idea) – but we can’t help but wonder if this is a bit of intentional leakage to make all of Brit’s fans go crazy! I mean, Kill the Lights didn’t appear out of nowhere last time… 
Guess we might find out when the official press release comes out on Friday the 7th (The 8th for Australians)!
What do you think of our theory? Discuss in our forum ‘The Zone’ now!
UPDATE: UK music website Popjustice has just confirmed that the demo is indeed REAL, but the final version of the song will sound VERY different.
…the production, vocal and structure will sound very different.
And you don’t have very long to wait.
Source: Popjustice
A rumoured demo of Britney’s new single ‘Hold It Against Me‘ has surfaced and has set great debate amongst Britney fans all over the world.
Take a listen to the track below, and then have your say. Is it real, or is it fake?
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